A busy old time with one thing and another, 2015 event planning (including eyes on a 70.3 event), a weeks holiday in Sunny Wales, swimming, running, a bit of cycling, a Tri and a PB.Let's start with the runs including 2 whilst on Hols (that is commitment!) and a 10k event that yielded an new PB by around 4mins. I have been trying to build on the improvement in my knee by upping my distance and alternating this with hilly runs - fairly easy to do when you live in a valley bottom!
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| Sporting my new Team Penguin Shirt! |
Next came my first road race event - the Summer 10k with Fylde Coast Running. A well organised and well attended event on Blackpool Prom - a regular course for those that run 10ks with the club along the upper and lower prom - wind almost guaranteed! After a very quick start for me all of the first 3 kilometers were sub 5 mins and I started to wonder if I could maintain the pace, I felt comfortable, relaxed and it felt quite easy. At the 6k marker we turned back onto the undulating upper prom, quite a contrast from the pan flat lower prom, with the pace still averaging 5min/k the legs were fading fast and these little rises were proving to be veritable mountains. The legs lasted well and at 400m out I decided to throw everything at it and go for it - I was about 200m early! With the finish arc in sight the legs were shot and I had to back off before face planting. First 10k road event complete in a very pleasing 50:25 shaving around 4mins off my previous PB
Other recent runs have included some short relaxed runs around the holiday park and some more hilly runs along with encouraging a former fell runner to return to some miles - I may regret that decision as he does enjoy the hills!
Cycling has been fairly minimal so we'll gloss over that and head toward the swims. There haven't actually been that many swims either - a 2k pool session followed by a very long and tiring Waters Edge session the following night (it wasn't actually long just very tiring especially when I realised my shoulders didn't work!) After the swims went from every week to every other week I had to wait a little while to swim again but managed 3 laps again despite very little fitness work in between.
And finally - I have actually made it to a Capernwray Tri! A well organised event in the cool quarry where the water is crystal clear and not too cold despite the recent deluge of rain - however the 3+ weeks off the bike had taken there toll as the cycle route was brutal, not only was it windy but I was useless!!! The run was nice and flat and felt relatively easy once I'd stretched all the cramp out out that had started with the first pedal on the bike leg. A final time of about 1:26 which all things considered wasn't too shabby and I was relatively please and am definitely looking forward the to next one!
Well that's all for now and I promise to not leave it as long next time!!!!