Winter Came

Perth has had a crash course in Winter today. Roofs torn off houses to the north, high winds, countless rain fronts, cold temperatures, today has had it all. A real welcome to the season type of day.

Actually just this week we were discussing that we have had a remarkably mild autumn so far. It doesn't feel like it today, but the weather has been pretty friendly to triathletes this season. Here we are two weeks from Busselton Half Ironman and this is only the second weekend we have had of properly wild and wintery weather. I am sure by this time last year we had been out riding in the rain numerous times, whereas this year it hasn't really been an issue yet. Last winter was one of the wettest on recent record and so it is not surprising that we haven't been rained on as much this year, but still, the change is welcome for most of the athletes out there I am sure.

I have written a couple of times recently about training in poor weather and the upshot is that it shouldn't really stop you. If you give it sufficient preparation and thought then poor weather isn't an excuse for poor training. However, the reality is that when the weather turns nasty it does make it hard to produce quality sessions. For example I would have hated trying to get it some decent bike or running time today. Certainly possible, but it would not have been particularly fun.

Hopefully tomorrow turns a bit brighter and our luck we have had with weather so far this year holds out for another couple of weeks (including race day). Fingers crossed.