71 days to go

I am so not ready for an Ironman in September, I'm procrastinating with my training and to be honest its rather feeble.

Thursday night was great. Tony from work entered us into the three bridges relay, I've done the race for a couple of years. You start at Westminster bridge run along the Thames for two bridges over the bridge and back up the other side. Its a relay race with four in each team. Not sure how my team did, but we aren't that fast so the time does not matter. (Oh I'm on the end D68)

This weekend I must start and get some distance into my cycle and run sessions. I must, I must, I must.

73 days to go

Errr ummm

Finished

I finished the UK Ironman 70.3, 1 minute 19 seconds faster than last year, I'm slightly disappointed with the time as the cycle and run felt a lot faster. The swim was OK until about 600 meters from the end when I suddenly cramped. It later transpires, after seeing the doctor, that I tore my calf muscle. (I'm due to see the physio this week).

Despite the problems with the swim, I transitioned onto the bike without problems. I was struggling slightly during the bike leg, but felt mentally OK. The transistion to the run was fine, and once into the swing of the run I managed to make up 10 minutes on last years run time.

Hopefully, a couple days of rest and I'll be back into the swing of things for Ironman UK in September.


UK Ironman 70.3 from Paul Rollings on Vimeo.

Here I go !!!!

Supposed to be working from home this morning, however I can't concentrate. I have my stuff dumped into piles in the bedroom and office. I'm sure I've forgotten something. I will head down to the Ironman site after lunch today, it will probably take about 4 hours.

I've done the UK half Ironman for the last two years, and this year feels different. I know I needed to do more training, however I feel fitter and mentally I'm better prepared.

Sunday at 6am (BST), I will be diving into a very cold lake ......... as for what comes after that ..... who knows!!!!

3 days to go

I had just arrived into Reading station and was walking to our office when I glanced into an hairdressers window. They were open. What the heck I thought to myself. Today is a day for a serious haircut. 10 minutes later I had a number 2 haircut.

Tomorrow its the legs!!!!!

4 days to go

I wrote this post sitting on a train stuck outside London.

"My thoughts have wandered to Sunday and the 70.3. I've done the UK 70.3 for the last two years, the thing that gets me is the early sunday morning. I normally get to the start line about 1hr before the start gun at about 5am. I can feel it now, the cold morning, clear blue sky, the nervous butterflies in the stomach, the cold wet grass on my bare feet. I can feel this now sitting on the train. Yikes ......... Why am I doing this"

9 days to go

Work, work, work, grabbed 1 hour down the gym. Despite slump in training intensity, I'm still feeling confident that I can hit a good time in 9 days time.