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I am running out of names for each blog... sorry

This week didn’t quiet go according to my training schedule but for one reason or another, I spent most of the week in pain. I did make each training session count.

I thought I would take on the Scottsdale ride again only hitting it four days prior but this time I took the time trial bike. If it was hard going on the road bike, this time it killed a small piece of me inside on the TT bike.  I enjoy talking to the old guy in a small shop at Scottsdale, we joke that anyone who doesn’t do the Scottsdale ride must be home knitting tea pot covers (looking at him, i think he would struggle walking to the front door). According to the heart rate monitor, I burned a little over 4000 calories on this ride

I have only recently started running on grass, people have been telling me to do it for a few years. I do admit that running on grass I can see a big improvement with me running (it is not hard to improve when you are already a crap runner)

Very disappointing in the pool this week having missed out on my Sunday swim. To make things worse I will be on holiday with the family next week in Melbourne and Sydney.  This means no bike. I may be able to get a swim in somewhere and a few runs but my training will be non existence. Not the best way to be with 12 weeks out of an Ironman.

This week training was 12.5 hours with

Swim: 2 sessions

Bike: 3 rides

Run: 3 runs

Gym: 1

Weight: 84kg (I bet I will weigh another 2kg more after a week on holidays)

Looking back, it was a bit of a non event week........ sorry about that as well.

Tim Weekly

I was thinking early in the week that I needed to do something fun and exciting so I have something to write on my blog.  As my Base training is coming to a near, I thought it would be fun to slaughter the body with a ride to Scottsdale and back.  I did this ride about two months ago and it took the wind out of my sails quick smart and in a hurry.

I did the ride about 40 minutes quicker than last time but it felt just as hard (funny that). I am now training with a heart rate monitor on and I was surprised to see how low my heart rate was on this ride. I thought something wasn’t quite right so I thought I should irritate Scotty Hunter about it (he must dread my name coming up on his phone with all my dumb-arse questions).

Luke talked me into riding with the Bike Central bunch Friday morning. It started well when I pulled into the church car park on Margret Street when I ran up the gutter in front of everyone.  To make matters worse, I couldn’t for the life of me get my shoe back into the paddle. All the other riders must have been thinking “who is this numb nut”

I went to this lady who did a stretch session with me. She had me in positions I thought would be impossible to get into. My hips and gluts and extremely tight so much of the session was focusing on these areas.  I walked out thinking it was worth every cent spent.

Weight management seems to be going along like a yoyo.  I weigh myself everyday and when I am really good the weight pours off me but when I get in the chocolate groove (most days), the weight jumps back on.  All in all, I lost another 1kg this week bringing my bright white chubby body to 83kg.

Week’s training totalled 12 hours.

Swim: 3

Bike: 3

Run: 3

Gym: 1

Yoga/stretch Session: 1

Lookihng over Scottsdale