Bike

Return to the bike. 32 miles in just over 2 hours. Almost bonked in the final few, legs wasted and chose not too have gels, felt pretty empty. Great hills in Richmond park, dodgy sidewinds.

3km Swim

Mega slow.

When not forcing it stroke was really fluid. Important to push it a bit harder with the legs, to get momentum, but avoid flicking the feet.

SWIM

1km 22.14
2km 40.22

P.B country by a minute. Went out at a steady/slow pace and got faster. Second quarter was the hardest bit.

RUN

22/04/10

6.2 Mile run.

First run with Serpentine. Fairly slow going but i felt really strong. 45 minutes run. Sunset on the last few miles through Hyde Park, blissful.

SWIM

20/04/10

2kms- 41.22

1Km Split- 20mins

Return to the pool after a month away. Felt quite weak in the arms for the first 1km and got gradually stronger. Either the effect of not much food or effort meant i felt quite special during some parts. Right foot went to sleep at 1.5km but eventually woke back up! Knackered upper body afterwards.

RUN

23/2/10- Run

9 days of skiing, great honest exercise and beer, and wine and raclette.

Ran in the evening for 1 hour 10 minutes through the snow. Pretty compact underfoot and as hard as road, changeable terrain even in the snow made it tough on the ankles. Altitude made me breath heavy and I was truly beat by the end of a days ski and run but happy and feeling good. Spectacular run through the forests and villages near Val Cenis as the sun went down.

Ate half a marble cake on making it home.

RIDE

Victoria Station London to Brigthon- 3 hours 52 Minutes
Total: 56 miles

So solid. Great ride. Felt strong, not much use of the aero bars on the route, but good pace. Nutrition was pretty sporadic, left it until a bit too late on several occasions, and unsuprisingly found any food easy to absorb. Nutrigrains and Trackers bars- good road fodder.

Felt wiped out ahead of Ditchling Beacon but had a nutrigrain and a tracker bar and went up it pretty easily when it came down to it, mixture of seated and standing. Hammered it into Brighton at the prospect of going over 4 hours. Sat on a bench on the promenade in the sunshire, took in the view and then got the train home.

Cycled to and from Victoria station on the way and way back so days total: 67 miles

I love my bike.

SQUASH

Four games of squash with Jimbo, sprinting very challenging but the games were good. Not particularly mobile but pushed hard to make the best of it. Change from hours worth of endurance to sprinting was generally not very much fun, by the end feeling pretty good again.