1 hr 17' fell run from Eskdale Green, Lake District
Easy run, felt energetic.
6.2.13 - Pilates with Michael
11 years ago
Sunday 22 July 2007
Thursday 19 July 2007
I've entered my next Ironman race
In a slight lapse of retarded forgetfulness (the pain having gone) I have just entered my next Ironman triathlon - Challenge Roth in Germany.
Roth (pronounced 'Rote') is the second biggest Ironman distance race after the world champs in Hawaii, and is famous for having Tour de France style crowd support round the course, which, let's face it, has got to help when you're in a World of Pain.
This will take place on 13th July 2008 so at least I have enough time to work on my bike training, buy some porno aero-wheels and get running some fast marathons. I want to be ready to slash some serious time off my new PB.
Bring it on.
Roth (pronounced 'Rote') is the second biggest Ironman distance race after the world champs in Hawaii, and is famous for having Tour de France style crowd support round the course, which, let's face it, has got to help when you're in a World of Pain.
This will take place on 13th July 2008 so at least I have enough time to work on my bike training, buy some porno aero-wheels and get running some fast marathons. I want to be ready to slash some serious time off my new PB.
Bring it on.
Sunday 15 July 2007
14th July 2007 Mountaineering
Snowdon via Crib Goch
Went up to Snowdonia with Lordy+AZT, Hinksy, Tyler+Keren, Nath, Sam Guy, Boon+Clara and Hannah Lord. Dave Gorvett was doing the 3Peaks. We camped in Capel Curig.
We did Crib Goch in moderate cloud, dry weather. Easy and good to strech the legs again after the Ironman. Ready to do some swimming this week.
Went up to Snowdonia with Lordy+AZT, Hinksy, Tyler+Keren, Nath, Sam Guy, Boon+Clara and Hannah Lord. Dave Gorvett was doing the 3Peaks. We camped in Capel Curig.
We did Crib Goch in moderate cloud, dry weather. Easy and good to strech the legs again after the Ironman. Ready to do some swimming this week.
Wednesday 11 July 2007
8th July 2007 IRONMAN Austria
Ironman Austria race - 11:36.05
Swim (3.8 km) 1:11.04
T1 6.43
Bike (180 km) 6:08.22
T2 4:15
Run (marathon) 4:05.39
Very glad with the time and overall race. All sections faster than expected - particularly bike and run splits.
Swim: Felt easy and drafted other people well. Water was fairly warm. Pleased with split and great to be in contention a bit more after the swim section.
T1: Not overly quick - took time to apply loads of suncream which was v.necessary.
Bike: Went through half-way in 2:50h so there was lag but not too worrying. On reflection probably had some room for improvement in the bike leg, but I didn't want to overly hammer it as I wanted to keep some capacity for the run. I would aim to go 5:45h on this bike course without any further training. To gain full advantage, on the bike I need to look into aero wheels. Most other people had these. I took on board 1/2 a Powerbar and 1/2 banana at each aid station (every 20 km), 3 Powergels and approx 5 litres of fluids using water-iso-coke-iso system - this worked well.
T2: Ate some salted peanuts, a bit unorthodox, but these worked well as it had on a few rides to Hastings, and I didn't cramp at all during the race.
Run: Most pleasing section, but also most painful. Had 'difficult' stage in first half of the marathon but kept running throughout. Did one Powergel at 20km but found that I didn't need any other energy solids. Had orange segments and watermelon at each aid station after 20 km - this was brilliant and great relief in terms flavour.
Recovery: Lordy and Anna Z drove me back to Salzburg the following day. Pretty zonked for two days but no major muscle injuries. Toes in a bit of a nasty state but blisters healing well. 4 days later I'm back at work and feeling pretty mobile. Aim to do easy swim sometime next week and some walking this weekend.
Definately want to build on this result by targetting fast full and half-Ironman races in 2008. Would like to go sub-11 which would put me in contention for World Champs qualification. Need to work on biking fast and get marathon down to 3:40 which I think is very do-able.
Swim (3.8 km) 1:11.04
T1 6.43
Bike (180 km) 6:08.22
T2 4:15
Run (marathon) 4:05.39
Very glad with the time and overall race. All sections faster than expected - particularly bike and run splits.
Swim: Felt easy and drafted other people well. Water was fairly warm. Pleased with split and great to be in contention a bit more after the swim section.
T1: Not overly quick - took time to apply loads of suncream which was v.necessary.
Bike: Went through half-way in 2:50h so there was lag but not too worrying. On reflection probably had some room for improvement in the bike leg, but I didn't want to overly hammer it as I wanted to keep some capacity for the run. I would aim to go 5:45h on this bike course without any further training. To gain full advantage, on the bike I need to look into aero wheels. Most other people had these. I took on board 1/2 a Powerbar and 1/2 banana at each aid station (every 20 km), 3 Powergels and approx 5 litres of fluids using water-iso-coke-iso system - this worked well.
T2: Ate some salted peanuts, a bit unorthodox, but these worked well as it had on a few rides to Hastings, and I didn't cramp at all during the race.
Run: Most pleasing section, but also most painful. Had 'difficult' stage in first half of the marathon but kept running throughout. Did one Powergel at 20km but found that I didn't need any other energy solids. Had orange segments and watermelon at each aid station after 20 km - this was brilliant and great relief in terms flavour.
Recovery: Lordy and Anna Z drove me back to Salzburg the following day. Pretty zonked for two days but no major muscle injuries. Toes in a bit of a nasty state but blisters healing well. 4 days later I'm back at work and feeling pretty mobile. Aim to do easy swim sometime next week and some walking this weekend.
Definately want to build on this result by targetting fast full and half-Ironman races in 2008. Would like to go sub-11 which would put me in contention for World Champs qualification. Need to work on biking fast and get marathon down to 3:40 which I think is very do-able.
Sunday 1 July 2007
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