That's what I was informed at the start of the week. Sadly for my arms and legs, the Corporal had a change of plan. Perhaps making up for the attack of squiff on Monday, he proceeded to mash (mmmm....mash) himself into little bits with, amongst other things 10x100ms in 2.30. Oooo. To be fair though, it was probably a self-inflicted penance for the jokes he was telling on the way to the pool.
Unfortunately he decided to mince (mmm...mince) me into pieces too, with:
200m warmup as tradition dictates
100m kick-on-side drill
100m fist drill (bah!)
500m time trial (10 mins, 3 secs)
400m steady
4x100ms off 3 mins (2.01, 1.52, 1.52, 1.49)
200m pull buoy
200m warmdown
Fall over in a pile.
I'm allowed a rest tomorrow, but Nom isn't!
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Monday, 22 August 2011
Things that have happened...
Forgive me for this post because it's been so long that I've forgotten how to blog.
So, things have happened. Driffield Tri happened back in May and was fantastic fun with the best bike leg I know: so much fun apart from Mr Herbalife who passed me, then I passed him, then he passed me, then I passed him and so on and so forth until, I'm ashamed to say, he passed me and hared on up the fast bit in a way that made sure I had no chance of catching him. Bah.
Beverley was fantastic: swim OK (I always cock up the swim, something to do with having to share the lane with 3 6ft+ hairy men), bike great, run fantastic, a PB although it was on grass and gravel (with gates!), I had no idea where I was going and I felt like I was going to die. Then some nutter who had been eating toast started screaming at the 200m to go line that I only had 30 seconds to beat Nom, which it later turned out to be a slight embroidery of the truth.
Allerthorpe was a really fun day but I'm still kicking myself for not going fast enough. I need more standard distance experience. I was too cautious and could have hammered a lot more on the bike than I did but I was worried that I wouldn't have enough left for the run and as I don't really have very much 10k running experience I played it too cautious. Oh well, more experience and lessons learned for next year.
Tonight was a happy time though! I'd been stuck at 2 minutes for 100m for an agonisingly long time, then the Corporal set me off on 100m sets flat out with 100m recovery off 7 minutes which is really making a difference. 1.47 last week, then this week, the Corporal decided to cut short his swim due to an unwelcome attack of squiff and elbow, then decided to stand at the edge of the pool and scream at me. Quote from the Corporal: "You can go faster: do we have a stick?" Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
Anyway, 100m in 1.42. Then 100m in 1.43 because my legs were going to fall off.
Hooray!!!!! \o/ (if I could because my arms don't work any more!)
I can't decide whether to do Leeds Tri and/or a 67 mile bike in Snowdonia the week before. I'm not sure if I'm going to die if I do both, as the Corporal suggests.
So, things have happened. Driffield Tri happened back in May and was fantastic fun with the best bike leg I know: so much fun apart from Mr Herbalife who passed me, then I passed him, then he passed me, then I passed him and so on and so forth until, I'm ashamed to say, he passed me and hared on up the fast bit in a way that made sure I had no chance of catching him. Bah.
Beverley was fantastic: swim OK (I always cock up the swim, something to do with having to share the lane with 3 6ft+ hairy men), bike great, run fantastic, a PB although it was on grass and gravel (with gates!), I had no idea where I was going and I felt like I was going to die. Then some nutter who had been eating toast started screaming at the 200m to go line that I only had 30 seconds to beat Nom, which it later turned out to be a slight embroidery of the truth.
Allerthorpe was a really fun day but I'm still kicking myself for not going fast enough. I need more standard distance experience. I was too cautious and could have hammered a lot more on the bike than I did but I was worried that I wouldn't have enough left for the run and as I don't really have very much 10k running experience I played it too cautious. Oh well, more experience and lessons learned for next year.
Tonight was a happy time though! I'd been stuck at 2 minutes for 100m for an agonisingly long time, then the Corporal set me off on 100m sets flat out with 100m recovery off 7 minutes which is really making a difference. 1.47 last week, then this week, the Corporal decided to cut short his swim due to an unwelcome attack of squiff and elbow, then decided to stand at the edge of the pool and scream at me. Quote from the Corporal: "You can go faster: do we have a stick?" Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
Anyway, 100m in 1.42. Then 100m in 1.43 because my legs were going to fall off.
Hooray!!!!! \o/ (if I could because my arms don't work any more!)
I can't decide whether to do Leeds Tri and/or a 67 mile bike in Snowdonia the week before. I'm not sure if I'm going to die if I do both, as the Corporal suggests.
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