A nice quiet day today. A bit of a cheeky 5km run this morning before heading to the pool to help Paul on the pool deck for the Friday Threshold session.
A bit of a gym session this afternoon and then I am done. Weekend ahoy.
The session down at the pool was a fun one (to watch), a mixture of hot and cold. Some 200s and 100s done on quite a relaxed turnaround before a series of 50s done rapidly with very little rest. One of those classic sessions that seems easy on paper, but much harder in the pool. I don't remember hearing anyone saying it was easy by the end that is for sure.
The run session before the swim (and the 11km run I did last night) were both good. When I decided to take the first part of this week easy exercise wise it was with the hope that I would feel up to running last night and this morning. Mission accomplished. The body felt fine for both runs, both muscularly and cardiolarly (I suspect that isn't a word) but I do still have to resist the urge to try and run as fast as I can. It is so nice to be running that it is very tough to hold back. I am doing alright but I have to admit that when the wind is behind me and the road slopes down a little I am guilty of striding out and letting things go for a bit. As I wrote on Sunday, my goal for this week was to run 7 to 10km more than last week, which I am on target to do. So far the body is feeling really good too.
Time on the bike tomorrow and for the first time in a few weeks I am going to be heading out and doing a Saturday ride on my solo. With Busselton Half Ironman being on this weekend, Perth is going to be entirely devoid of triathletes, including the Break Your Limits junior squad and most of the other people I would usually ride with on a Saturday. I am without friends. I have to say though I don't have a problem with heading out solo at all, in fact I am quite looking forward to it. I quite enjoy getting out and doing my own thing and riding my own path. Should hopefully be a nice morning.
Speaking of Busselton Half, the race is now only a couple of days away and everybody is well and truly in the mood. The countdown is on. Most people I know doing the race are down there already and I suspect the atmosphere in Busselton is probably well on the way to being a mixture of excited and nervous.
I was considering going down to watch, but in the end we decided to stay in town and do the regularly scheduled kids sports etc. It turns out there are other things in life other than triathlon and this weekend I am planning on exploring those options a little.
I am going to be interested to see how I react to Busselton being on. It is the first major race that I was supposed to be doing but am now not because of my heart. The next one is Cairns Ironman. I suspect I will be interested, but slightly unenthusiastic. It isn't that I don't care about the race, but I find it hard to be pumped about an event that reminds me of what I am now not. That reminder is another reason that I am not heading down this weekend.
Still, I hope that everybody has a great day out and PBs are enjoyed by all. I know some legends who are down there racing and just quietly I suspect they are going to smash it.
Good luck everyone.
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