Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: 3 Weeks in Autumn

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Sunday, 24 August 2008

3 Weeks in Autumn

OK, perhaps not quite Autumn but lets not get pedantic.

The next 3 weekends have some quite intensive RAF Tri involvement. Next weekend (31 Aug) is the World Long Course champs in Almere with several RAF Tri guys and gals racing. Best of luck to you all.

The following weekend (6 Sep) is The Vitruvian and the Inter Services Long Course champs and there will be a lot of RAF Tri guys and gals taking on the challenge around Rutland Water. The race is always well organised and marshalled but it's not my favourite venue; quite simply I think I have raced there too often now.

The weekend after that (13 Sep) is my final race of the year, across the water in Northern Ireland at the Half Ireman event. I am really looking forward to this race for a couple of reasons: it will be my first sea swim race; it will be my first visit to Northern Ireland; I am looking forward to celebrating the end of the UK HIM tour by tasting some proper Guinness.

I was surprised how well I have recovered after last weekends race at Aberfeldy. For a recovery week I had some gentle sessions early in the week in all 3 disciplines and this weekend I have managed a moderately hard 60km ride in 1 hour 51 mins and a steady 10 mile (approx) run in 1 hour 21 mins. Am now looking for a quality week of biking with a couple more long runs and 2 or 3 technique sessions in the pool and then a gentle taper into the Vit weekend.

And the weight keeps creeping down, which is just great.

Train smart folks.

2 comments:

Iron Girl said...: That's a busy and intensive 3 weeks you've got planned Turbo. Have you got a recovery strategy so that you maximise the rest time between Vit and NI?; 26 August 2008 at 14:04
Turbo Man said...: Yes, do nothing! Rest, recover and taper all in the same week! Training will have no benefit so I won't do any. The aim is to enjoy the trip to NI and some real Guinness.

And to beat Reg.

And Kelda. (yeah right!!!):-); 26 August 2008 at 18:29