Sore and stiff

Well, it continues. The weekend was a fairly good one, on the exercise front.

Saturday morning (starting at 4am) consisted of a 15k run (in 1.24 - average of about 5.5 ish minutes per km) then a 40k ride at about 30k per hour (casual). Not a bad start to the weekend, which was finished with a 10k run on Sunday night. All up, 60 k running for the week, and 40 on the bike. I was supposed to do 25k on Sunday, as per the plan for the North Face 100, but time got away, and a 3 hour run was not possible. Slack, yes, but you know how it is, with family wanting some time - oh, and we had a garage sale on Saturday, that we were cleaning up from on Sunday, so that took some time - excuses, excuses ...

I weighed in at 86.3 after the run, so that is not bad. Heading in the right direction and down from 87.4 10 days previous. Only 7kgs to lose prior to Mooloolaba triathlon.

Anyway, feeling a little stiff again today - hamstring tightness. I am off to Inson (the South Korean physio) today, probably for more acupuncture - holy crap. It does feel better afterwards, though, so well worth it, really.

A mate, Mark Adamson, wants to repeat the Saturday morning effort next weekend, so I will have a training partner. Mark is a strong runner - not sure he has been doing much lately, and a good cyclist, so he should be OK. I might have to keep up with him. The goal is to average 5.5 minute ks running and 30 ks an hour on the bike. Not fast, but consistent training pace. Looking forward to a training partner for the day, which is unusual.

I am gearing up for a big run on the back of it, on Sunday morning, or afternoon. Probably morning, given that I go away on Sunday arvo for work. Will make sure I fit it in.

Off to the gym for the next three mornings, with 15, 10 and 15 ks the strategy from Tuesday to Thursday. Then the weekend after is another triathlon in Yeppoon (Olympic Distance). Oh, and it is less than 6 weeks to Mooloolaba now, so that is getting closer. I hope my brother Joe is doing some training, He has signed up for Mooloolaba, but I think is struggling to get going. Go son, you can do it. Mind you, his knees are shot from playing Rugby as a young man, and he has never had them operated on. That would slow anyone down.

Finally, you know you are an elite (not) athlete when: "you can get up and run at 4am on Saturday morning, and you can wear a triathlon suit (not even a singlet) that looks like some bizarre set of tights or leotards. Look out. Lucky it was dark".

Until next time, keep running.

Anton