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4 laps at Liquid Leisure in 1hr2min, not too bad for me.
Then 2hr15min cycle in the wind.
Proper training starts tomorrow again.
Must start with swimming coaching again. Anyone know a good coach in Kent?
so, can anyone give me some good steady hills north of reading (ie chilters) to go and swear my way up?
go out of Wycombe >>> Stokenchurch and head up Dashwood hill ... that should do you for starters!
I did a pool swim today, slow and short, followed by a 15min run during which I managed to roll in the mud and now have very attractive knees to match my rather lovely toes!
JD - head towards Henley, then Goring and Streetley - lots of hills!
Iron DTs - where do you live? Come and stay in Plymouth for a long weekend if you like - there's no such thing as a flat easy ride.
Today is my 7th day of not doing anything, so tomorrow I will ride to work and back - hurrah! Marathon training starts too (Cardiff on 15 Oct since I was too slow to get into Abingdon). Otherwise, I'm just continuing with the base training as well.
Lance's book was good, but I clearly didn't do enough of it, as I was even slower on the bike than DTs, in fact I did the slowest pirate bike split 7.16, but my average HR was ridiculously low so I clearly wasn't trying hard enough.
I am going to try a run tomorrow.
melissa - that 16% downhill from streetly to goring really scares me - no way i'm cycling up it (at least for a while)!
i went swimming for 20 minutes today as my first bit of training since IMDE. spent 5 minutes thinking how strong and well recovered i was. then things went downhill and i died in the water.
Lindi - I have great admiration for everyone who did the IMDE swim without a wetsuit. Not sure if I would have made it!
Pops, the turbo is great for doing specific strength and z3+z4 sessions (sorry DTs). Doing those on road is very difficult as ;
a) you are going very fast b) things keep getting in the way, light traffic lights and cars c) the cadence is often quite specific (especially when doing strenght work)
Personally I CNBA going out on the road bike for anything less than 1.5 hours, whereas you can do a great turbo workout in that time.
One thing a few people said to me in recent weeks was that there werent enough group rides and meet ups, I hardly went to any so am as guilty as anyone. Id like to see more in the coming year.
Remember there is a training ride of the Vitruvian course Saturday 12th August if anyone fancies joining me (2/3 laps)