Weekly Update 4

Just raced the Eton Super Sprints - I don't know the full results yet so race report to follow.

I know you're all on the edge of you seats waiting for John's weekly rant but I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint this week, it's all been going OK.

This week was my first open water swim and I enjoyed it so much I did it again on Saturday. Thursday was a shorter session before work and Saturday was 3k. The times I was posting were very encouraging and I think sub-22.30 at Shropshire may be a possibility (assuming I was actually swimming a full loop). Compared to 12 months ago this is brilliant to see. Last year my 1500m time at Shropshire was 28.50 so a 6 minute improvement in 12 months is fantastic. It's not elite level yet but hopefully sub-20 is not a pipe dream for 2008-9.

Running has been quite light again and I've seen some good improvements. A 17 miler on Sunday took in the bets of West London's bridges. 7min/mile pace was solid and I'm starting to get my nutrition sorted. A track session on Thursday was my only other session and 16x400m @ 75s of 2.20s (I know it's gibberish!) was tough but I held on to it...just.

My bike is fixed and radically different in terms of fit. Scherrit at the Bike Whisperer has been working his dark magic to turn my bike from a 10 mile rocket to a long haul ride. Tuesday was a 10m TT and I PBd with a 23.09. Not bad but beaten by a club mate... no excuses this time, he was just faster. Bring on the next 10!
Saturday was my first long ride on the TT bike. 4 hours at 34km/hr was good for this time of the season but the new position is going to take a little more getting used to...my neck muscles started to ache after about 2 hours but fortunately I was distracted from this by the battle my saddle was fighting with my undercarriage - at last check the score reads Fizik 1 - John's crotch 0.
Role on the rematch mid-week. Hopefully I can pull a goal back.