Finally… training back on track!

Lately I just haven’t felt like training been going well. Its been hard to get all the training sessions done, or  injury and illness preventing me from doing what you want to do.

But finally I think I have finally got over the hurdle and I am now able to get stuff done. Last week I managed to complete all training sessions. It was the final hard week of the block. But I was committed and got it done. It feels really good to have done that, its strange really in the overall scheme of things it wasn’t actually a “big” week. Plus work was rather stressful. But I don’t think things will get much worse than that, work wise, which gives me confidence that I can do this.

So last weekend consisted of a 90min run on Saturday and a 3hr ride on Sunday. (see not that “big”). Was the biggest run I have done in ages, I drove up to the summit road, past the kiwi, up to where the road flattens out a bit and then ran along till the corner before you drop down Coopers. It was a very awesome run (well on the way out). There was low cloud covering the city and the harbor, but on the summit you were above it, floating in the clouds. Ah hmmm… not sure if I should really say… but just before the turn around, I had a slight accident in the pants, not quite sure why that happened, it came on rather sudden… cleaned myself up as best I could before making the return journey. There was quite a bit of chafing happening at the end. Ok that subject is over and done….

The bike was to be a flat ride with short hills… I find that a bit hard, short hills… there really isn’t that many short hills in this part of the country. any way went out to sumner ( I originally planned to climb Evans, its short isn’t it?, but my legs weren’t feeling that great at that point so decided against that idea). Then I went back around the hills, climbing a few hills along the way, including up dyers and down hackthorne. Then out to Halswell, prebbalton, templeton and yaldhurst before home. There was a point between prebbalton and yaldhurst where I just felt flat. I think there was a slight head wind, but I wasn’t going anywhere fast. At Templeton I decided to pull in and get a coke, that seemed to perk me up a bit better on the way home.

Right so after that week Jo is confident that we are on track for 5 bridges Marathon in August (was that really my idea? not sure if I can really be bothered with it at the moment… no worry I be more enthusiastic in a few weeks, at least I hope I will).

Well this week is a easy week, thats nice. Though tomorrow I have a 60 min hill run, and there is a horrible southerly coming, do I do it in the morning or afternoon… decisions decisions… and where can I go for a 60min hill run that doesn’t include trails?

Oh, oh thats another thing!

I think all this running on the road has actually been a blessing, I have for ages talked myself into hating tarmac, and it is harder but its not as bad as I have talked myself into.

Here endth my rambling thoughts…