Today was my first serious long ride and run, and my last words to Roo before I went out the door were, "there's no sane reason for doing this".
But it's either do it, or give up on the plan altogether and somehow that doesn't fit my personality. So out I went into a very unpleasant wind to conquer the day! And while it wasn't an overwhelming success it was also not a failure. I went just over 140 kms in 4:38. The first 70 kms into the wind used up all but 2 hours of that. And while I wasn't overly enamoured by my time, I was pleasantly surprised when I headed out for my 5 km run to discover that I was still feeling pretty good. That's really the important part anyway, and I ran the whole way.
So there will be 6 more of these with an increase of 10 kms each week culminating in 200 kms with a 10 km run 3 to 4 weeks before d-day. I will also squeeze the Welland race weekend in there which will be a Sat/Sun double header, with the Sunday race being a Half Ironman. Let the madness begin!1
"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."---Robin Williams
Love
Peter
But it's either do it, or give up on the plan altogether and somehow that doesn't fit my personality. So out I went into a very unpleasant wind to conquer the day! And while it wasn't an overwhelming success it was also not a failure. I went just over 140 kms in 4:38. The first 70 kms into the wind used up all but 2 hours of that. And while I wasn't overly enamoured by my time, I was pleasantly surprised when I headed out for my 5 km run to discover that I was still feeling pretty good. That's really the important part anyway, and I ran the whole way.
So there will be 6 more of these with an increase of 10 kms each week culminating in 200 kms with a 10 km run 3 to 4 weeks before d-day. I will also squeeze the Welland race weekend in there which will be a Sat/Sun double header, with the Sunday race being a Half Ironman. Let the madness begin!1
"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."---Robin Williams
Love
Peter
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