Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: 2010 A Races

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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

Tuesday, 22 December 2009

2010 A Races

I have now entered my 2 A races for 2010. The first is The Outlaw IM-distance triathlon on 8 August and the second is Quelle Challenge Barcelona on 4 October; both are as the cyclist in relay teams. The Outlaw hasn't released details of the bike course so predicting a time is difficult at this stage but I'll be aiming for 5 hours or so. Barcelona is a known quantity for me and so I am setting my target at 4:50. This would represent a 27 minute improvement on 2009 but I reckon if I pace myself properly and feed as planned then this is achievable (plus our swimmer is targetting sub 50 minutes so I need to get my act together!).

I can now relax over Christmas and New Year and train for no other purpose than weight management, before getting ack in to the programme on 2 Jan 10.

4 comments:

Mark "Frank" Whittle said...: Are you doing that sportive in Bristol in May with Sags? I might do that one too.; 23 December 2009 at 08:53
Unknown said...: All the best for the festive season & all the best for the 2010 season!; 23 December 2009 at 12:21
Turbo Man said...: Frank - Yes, thats the plan, although I'm waiting for confirmation of my ICSC dates before I can enter. This was supposed to have been published on 14 Dec but has been put back to the first week of Jan. I'll let you know. Hopefully it won't be full by then as every other sportive I've planned has filled up before I've had a chance to enter.; 23 December 2009 at 12:59
Unknown said...: 4.50 thats rapid!!! but it is an ok bike course, as long as your ego doesnt get the better of you again? have a great xmas, ATB; 24 December 2009 at 07:56