Today was a brick session - bike immediately followed by run. I deliberately chose to go out in the heat of the day in order to prepare for the climate in Copenhagen in August. A steady 1hr 15 mins on the bike taking in a couple of reasonable hill climbs went well with my heart rate lower than yesterday when I was chasing the mountain goats! Immediately off the bike, running shoes on and away for an hours run. I'm glad I ran with a drink (non-alcoholic!) because you wouldn't survive without it. Despite that and a sore toe I ran at a good pace which is encouraging however I will have to visit the physio and the podiatrist again as I wouldn't like to run a marathon with the discomfort in my toe.
My new training schedule came in from my coach today and as expected it involves a few 6 hour bike rides and a brick session with a 2 hour run. This is the build up phase before we ease off in the few weeks leading up to the event - I suppose you can't swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and then run a marathon (26.2 miles) without putting in the ground work.
Sunday, 20 June 2010
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