Recovery

I find it fascinating how different people react after a race; how their body's respond to the challenge of something tough like a Middle Distance effort. Although Reg and I finished in very similar times at Aberfeldy last Saturday and in similar degrees of pain, by Tuesday I was back swimming and cycling (albeit very easily) and I also swam and ran on Wednesday. Reg I understand, in comparison, is still in absolute bits and hasn't done any training at all this week. I'm now looking forward to getting a long bike and a long run in this weekend as I aim for a good 10 day block of training before tapering for The Vit.

Talking of The Vit, this has now achieved "A" status for me this year, and my season's success will depend very much on how I do at this race. At the start of the year I set myself a few goals and, to be honest, I haven't ticked many of them off; two of them were "a sub 5 hour Middle Distance race", and "a sub 1:40 HIM run". I've therefore decided to go public on my aims for The Vit:

Swim - 35:00
T1 - 3:00
Bike - 2:29:59
T2 - 2:00
Run - 1:39:59

Total 4:49:58

There is some flexibility in there to allow for a bad day at the office but I feel that these times are within my capability although I will need to be close to the edge to achieve them. Any support along the way will be much appreciated.