Well the first leg of my half ironman tour is almost upon me, and I must say it has come round very quickly. It only seems like yesterday that I had several weeks to go and was planning what training I needed to do. Now it is down to a few days and I'm planning what I need to pack. For some reason I'm a bit nervous about it but I don't know why. I've done some good training with regular 9 hour weeks over the last 6 or 7 weeks (I only averaged 9 hours per week when I completed Ironman in 2006) and I have previously completed 5 HIMs. I guess it's just early season lack of confidence, so finishing will be the priority. That's not to say that I won't be putting in a good effort.
Talking of good efforts, I went along to give Sags some moral support yesterday on his 25 mile TT. 1:00:07 is a great effort and oh so close to that psychological "Magic" hour. Sags had just passed his minute man when I saw him and I'm sure he was smiling. He did a mean run session straight afterwards so I can only assume he wasn't trying hard enough on the bike - if you're not seeing stars or black spots in front of your eyes at the end of a TT you really haven't tried hard enough!
I managed a 9.5 mile run yesterday in 1 hour 17 minutes, that included the time spent standing by the side of the road cheering Sags on. The good news is that is very close to my PB pace for a half-marathon so I know I am running as well as I ever have (which I know it isn't that great!). Legs feel a bit tired this morning but I got to the pool and did 50 lengths (and remembered to start my watch) and some drills. I'm happy with my swim pace as well. Let's hopeI can put it all together on Sunday.
Resetting - 5K Fitness Baseline Race
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You will be great Mick, I'll be thinking of you, looking forward to reading your race report and hearing if Reg finishes!
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