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Budapest, Hungary Sept 8-12
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29-01-2010 11:42am#1I had to take a time out from logging for a while for various reasons, personal attacks on the log, life stuff, losing my username, work being mental etc etc.. so I'll attempt to log again, only with more careful consideration of my input this time.
No point in listing the events of the year(although I'll report on them), the A goal is the Triathlon World Championships in Sept in Budapest. I'll peak for the Europeans in Athlone, but I plan to give the Worlds everything I've got because its my first time getting to this kind of level in sport. There is another boardsie on here with the exact same goal so thats motivating. I'm 30-34 and he is 25-29 so not a precise head to head
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Out of respect to my Coach, I shall not be logging every detail but I do hope I can cover the journey with interest and I invite anyone's viewpoint or comments. I particularly appreciate the support from some of you when the nutters ruined the vibe of the last log and hopefully this one will stay clean
So without further ado, 32 weeks to D-day. Yes its a long way off but as the evenings grow longer and race season approaches, those 32 weeks will fly by and I want to be on my toes for the ride...
Why log?
Well its the community thing again. I just like the people that hang around here
Something to do on work breaks. I tend to put up how I feel about the journey here while the sweaty notebook is just numbers, hence its a nice diary to look back on for a read.
So how is the form?
Swimming - Generally I'm really enjoying swimming. I feel good about it which is a long long way from where I started less than 2 years ago. I'm much more aware of my stroke and what I'm doing now than just flaking up and down the lane. TTs have had good results and I'm finding that I'm still quite comfortable at the end of 3k sets. Speed has improved also. For example very little sleep last night, up until 2am and training late yesterday evening. The swim this morning was generally pants in terms of the stroke but 5*100m in 1:34-1:36 after 2k was decent speed for how I felt. There was plenty of rest between them and I was working to the point of the stroke breaking down and gasping for breath but the point is the speed held. The target is 25mins for 1500m this year so I'm making dents into that pace.
Cycling - Is a mystery to be honest. I've only been out on the bike twice since Kenmare last September so I don't know how the form is. If the turbo is an indicator then its going ok. I can sustain 300watts for longer and I think I have a feeling for 95-100 cadence which was something inportant I had to train my legs for over the base period. The cub are running a TT league during the summer so that will be a good measure of how its going. The new bike is a PX Stealth pro carbon with nice bars and the DA50mm carbon wheels. Its currently just a pretty ornament in the house though. I waiting on a few bits and need to be set up on it but I'm excited to give it a try. I might have it ready for one of the Duathlons in a few weeks. The target for cycling speed this year is to crack an hour for 40k straight and get as close to it as possible in September
Running - Has felt crap lately. I had to work on changing stride and posture and other bits which have been fine but I just made a very poor transition from base to build running sessions and I was really struggling on the few track sessions I've been at. I even failed a run test recently as a bunch of things came to a head (beena crazy couple of weeks). Mileage has been average at best and most significantly I've missed my last 3 long runs. That said I did recently cover 5k in 18:26 for a TT so that restored confidence somewhat. The target pace is 37mins for 10k off the bike in September. This one fills me with dread...
So long winded, thanks for bearing with me and here goes....7
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Hi, got the 310xt. Nice piece of kit that I am still figuring out. Cool how it just automaticall has all the data ready and organised on the lap top so no time prepping data and loads of time over analysing sessions! The multi sport mode is the one that stands this out I reckon although I haven't used it yet but you can set up your screens to show wahtever data you need for each discipline and just hitting the 'lap' button switches it from run to bike mode. I'll give it a go at the duathlon if I remember to push the button that is... I have a tendancy to race without looking at the watch.MrCreosote wrote: »Which Garmin did you go for? Been thinking about getting one myself.
Cheers. The 10k is a benchmarking run so I really need to do it for various reasons, heart rate zones, vdot paces etc.... The duathlon is less important but I'd like to give it a decent go anyway. I won't be used to handling a tri bike so corners and shifting will be a bit slower than usualinterested wrote: »was wondering why the taper and then read
' 2 races planned for this week ULRC 10k on Thursday night and the first Limerick Duathlon on Sunday'
Dont go peaking too early now champ September's a few cycles away and all
Best of luck:eek:I pity your toilet I usually wouldn't have that many but I couldn't leave just 2 in the box! 0 -
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Just spotted your return now shotgun. Welcome back.
As for the 10k, disappointing I know but better to suffer disappointments in January rather than A goal time! You probably have done so already, but have a look at the lead up to the event, etc and see what you could have done differently to achieve the goal. I guess it's going to be difficult balancing races with your training as there will be plenty of lower priority events with no taper during heavyish training weeks. Review it, learn from it and move on. No point dwelling on it.
Have you completed the build of the new bike yet? What you think of the 310xt?0 -
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12th out of 134, I was expecting better. What happened?
Well the running legs let me down for the second time this week. I knew they weren't fresh but the run legs of this duathlons were slower than last year which is giving me cause for concern. Conditions were lovely and it was the first spin on the new bike. Yes I should have tested it beforehand but time constraints during the week and all that. I also couldn't get one of the SPD 105 pedals off it which I had taken off the road bike, and so I couldn't put on the lovely new Look keo pedals. Just cosmetics! Despite doing virtually nothing for 2 days the legs were not feeling entirely fresh and the arches still hurt which is somthing I will need to address. I did a short warm up on the bike, thankfully as some adjustments were needed. It was going to be a case of getting used to it in the race. The warm up run was not good I'd have to admit as I had no 'spring' in my step. I had the Garmin set up to record everything also.
I lined up close to the front intending to give it a lash. Everyone flew off down the first hill like their lives depended on it me included. However less than 60 seconds into it by the first bend I had a distinct twinge in the hamstring and the legs were clearly not open for business. I seriously thought about calling it a day already. I decided to plug away but by the first km the first 15 guys had opened up distance which continued to grow all the way into T1. I was trying to find a stride and working hard but it just wasn't there. I was passed a couple of more times on the way into transition. Usually I'd be bouncing down the road in the first km and needing to reign it in! Transitions were ok, not too quick but not slow either. Run 1 was over 30 seconds slower than last year!
I lost no time getting the feet into the shoes and got stuck into the bike. You could say I was a bit fumbly with the gears and wasn't exactly cycling in a straight line for the first 5km or so but got the hang of it eventually. I was cycling ok and the set up felt good but the legs lacked a bit of juice on the uphill outbound section. There was a little headwind but conditions were quite good. At the turnaround I realised I had picked up a 'passenger', one of the guys I passed hitched a ride for the entire bike leg :rolleyes: With 5km to go I spotted the pointy helmet of someone ahead that I knew was in the top 10 and thinking I might be bridging the gap, I put the boot down and caught him just before T2. Being in such a low position was interesting, twice going over bumps my elbows came off the pads and once you get the bike up to speed the wheels really respond nicely. Overall the bike leg went ok, 2 mins faster than last year and might have had me in the mix if I could only flippin run!
Out onto the 2nd run and it was the usual hurtsville of running off the bike, coupled with the hamstring and sore arches made it a woeful split of 2 mins slower that Run1 which ws slow anyway!!! Both the pointy helmet guy and the 'passenger' left me for dust too. I wasn't catching anyone on my feet this day and I reckon there was thankfully a decent enough gap behind me not to get swallowed up by more. The event was smoothly organised as usual and it was good to meet RedB and all the usual heads out for it.
3.6km/14.3km/3.6km
12th total 53:53 Run1 13:40 (17) T1 00:30 Bike 23:50 (7) T2 00:30 Run2 15:32 (32)
Spot which discipline needs work! I also forgot to push the lap button on the Garmin
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