Arrggghhh – two months to go!
Am I ready? Am I ….
So what’s been happening then in the training world, I now have a regular routine around:
Monday: Up at 5:30, into work in Cardiff for 7:00. Work until 7:40, then swim for 40 mins (1 mile), back, sweating for a meeting at 09:00, then work.
Tues: Out on the bicycle before 07:00, 25 miles, not too many hills (just 245ft) and blast around trying to keep a speed of 16mph+, easy when the wind is with you!
Weds: Run – out for 07:00, at least 6 miles – maybe a flat one, or one with hills (200ft+), my average speed seems to be dropping to around 9:30min/mile.
Thurs: Up at 5:30 again – mostly with a hang over, into work – 7:30 in the pool for an hour – last time managed 1.5 miles giving an iron man time of around an hour and a half (if it was in a pool!!)
Fri: Either run or bike at 07:00 depending on weather – 25mile or 6 miles.
Sat/Sun: have altered this between 12+ miles run, 50+ miles bike, or now I’ll be pushing up to get to 70mile and a half in one session (maybe two weeks before the real thing)
With only 8 weeks left, things are getting tight. I intend to cycle the long circuit for the Tenby route in a weeks time – will hopefully not scare me too much think it’s about 70 miles – so that will give me a really good understanding of what it’s going to be like.
Also need to get some sea swimming in place, may do some in Pembs when I am down, but probably need to get through a few more sessions – not sure where yet.
I did the CarTen a month or so ago, which went well, 106 miles in 7:40, but with 40 mins of stopping – and only 5400ft, the actual cycle is supposed to be 8000ft and an extra 6 miles – so its going to be real tight.
You have 10.5hrs to finish the cycle and swim and get out on the run, and 2:20 to finish the swim with 10mins to get on yer bike. So realistically, best possible at the moment is 1:30 swim, 20mins faffing and out on cycle: 1:50, at the minimum 8hrs on the bike which gives 9:50 – just 40 mins to spare. Then that leaves upto 17hrs for the run, around 6.5 hrs – best marathon 4:30, ultra marathon last 26 miles: about 6hrs, so it looks like, even with a fair wind, I may make 16.5hrs – gulp.