Blog 5 – 15th March 2013
Almost 8 weeks complete and I’m starting to be consumed by
training. Not in a bad way, quite the opposite but it is funny how you can
become addicted to training. Of course I’m being mindful of overtraining and
following the structured training programme that I’ve been given but I think it’s
a little funny how I can become strangely fond of getting out in the wind and
rain for a run or cycle.
That brings me on to my second disturbing worry about the
psychological ‘damage’ that triathlon has on a person. So last night I found
myself dressing up in all things lycra and heading out in the dark. Now, if that’s
not a bit weird then I don’t know what is. Seriously though, I went out for
what I thought would be an hour or so, little did I know the ‘so’ part was an
extra 45 mins. After a short sit down and the obligatory cuppa, I logged on to
the internet and to my excitement I’d clocked up 11.5 miles. Ha good news, that’s
the long run ticked off for this week. ‘Glass half full kinda guy’.
Although I’m still relatively new to the sport of triathlon
I will definitely be recommending to all and sundry. I really enjoy the
training variety, yes the duration of some sessions can get a bit boring but by
breaking the week up with weight
training, running, cycling and swimming, getting bored of doing the same old
routine just isn’t possible. It’s great sport for people that struggle with the
monotony of the gym or need a new challenge. Anyway I’m getting off the soap
box, I’m only 8 weeks in, let’s just see if I’m this enthused with triathlon in
a few months time. ‘Glass half empty kinda guy’.
Right, that’s it from me for now. I’ll report back after the
testing day at the weekend. Oh and sorry I got my weeks a little muddled. On my
last post I wrote that my testing session was on the 10th but I was
wrong and it’s actually on the 17th. Anyway, I’m off out in the dark
;-)... [GN]
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