21/05/2016
Started off the weekend at 6am with a car journey to the Brecon Beacons to cycle the organised route of the Titan Half Ironman. Being the first time I have ever cycled further than 80km, I felt the pace was good and I coped fairly well with the hills (1,400m height gain). Surprisingly I didn’t experience much cramp despite the tough climbs and the dull mood due to the constant downpour of ‘Welsh liquid sun’ and the horrible wind. Focusing on the event, I am excited to know how my legs will cope by concluding the race with a 13 mile run. I guess I’m going to have to keep it steady and hope there is enough left in the tank. The day was a great experience and definitely beneficial in terms of training and being prepared for the actual race. http://www.dbmax.co.uk/event-list/triathlon/item/titan-brecon.html 22/05/2016 Slightly later start today, dad and I headed over to the Cotswold Lake to attempt a few laps. However upon arriving we realised there was a 1.9km lake familiarisation swim as part of the 113 events for the 70.2 race in mid June. We both headed off with the pack and completed the full swim distance and then dried ourselves off before running a fairly easy 6.5km to get the legs moving. However mine hadn’t fully recovered from Saturdays cycling meaning they were covered in a burning sensation for the first 2km. For the rest of the week I plan to let my body recover with some low intensity efforts before the all-important Euro qualifier race on Saturday which will start at 8am. This will be my first official high standard triathlon and I hope to take advantage of the apparently very flat and fast Nottingham course.
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