Looking up...?

Over the last 9 months I have completed 3 hour runs, 6 hour bikes and 7 hour bricks, but no sessions have given me the satisfaction that the 50 mins of running and 3 hours of cycling have over the last 4 days. My ankle/shin seems to have cleared up and whilst my legs are reeling from a whole 8 miles of running (!) I think I've managed to avoid losing too much fitness.

I'm now pretty sure I'll be able to start in 10 days time (and hopefully finish as well...) and whilst it might not be the race I was dreaming of 5 weeks ago when training was going to plan, I am hoping that I'll be able to hold my head up high at the end of it.

The next few days are about a couple of longish sessions, more for confidence than anything else, and then taper, although I think I've had enough rest for 2 Ironman races over recent weeks...

...role on the 10th.

Rabbit!

Seeing as my family may read this and I'd rather keep it clean lets replace a well know, and rather rude four letter word with something a little cleaner; "rabbit" should do.

RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT. Why the rabbiting hell does this have to happen now! The rabbiting injury which was a mild irritation and I thought would clear up by now has got to the point where I can't really do anything on it. At the point where I should be working my rabbiting arse off doing a 30+ hour week I am instead sat on the aforementioned arse drugged up on anti-inflammatories and icing every hour.

To be honest I have no idea if I'm even going to make it to the start line of IMUK, let alone finish the rabbiting thing. All I can do is rest and wait and see, one thing is for sure, I certainly won't be bringing my A game to my A race.

RABBIT!

The week of the bike...

Turns out last week's run mileage took its toll. Mild tendinitis in my left shin means running is off for the next week or so, no point in risking it all at this stage. I figure I've put the running distance in so there's no point in dwelling on it. So this all means it is the week of the bike, I'm hoping to top 700k for the next seven days.

Yesterday I road the Chilton sportive route with some other IMUK competitors and bugger me sideways, that is one hilly route, not sure the TT bike was such a great shout. 165k in just over 6 hours of leg breaking agony. That said it's going to be worse than anything I'll come across on the 7th. Friday will be the longest ride I'll be undertaking this season, 200k through Buckinghamshire and Sunday is a recce down in Dorset so I'll suppose I'll know exactly what I'm dealing with.
Congrats to all those Hillingdon members who raced in Nottingham especially "Strong like Lion" who won the O50s race!