Training Log Archive: roar

mapping, control site checking and biking on the cards today. covered 19.38k +446.3 / -436.0
2:22:33
also spent about an hour transporting rocks up a hill. that was tough

Today my family decided to do one of these ROAR races. a kayak, a cycle and a run. we kayaked across the lake from just by my house to Russelstown. I knew Ruth had a much better technique than me and would drop me handy so i tried to just stay in her wake. (apparently its called wash hanging...) then she did something fancy and I passed her out only for her to crash into the back of my boat and spin me around. by the time I was right again she was gone. Don was driving the car around the lake with the bikes but we beat him across so we waited for him to arrive for a minute or two.

after we had put the kayaks in the boot of the car since don couldnt actually get out of the car park if they were on the roof we staggered the start of the cycle in the intervals we had finished the kayak. Ruth went off first, me 50 seconds behind and conor another 50 behind me. I, being as large as I am, was unable to wear my shoes in the kayak and thus lost time to Ruth in the changeover. dunno what happened Conor but he didnt really gain time on me so my plan of us working together to catch and drop Ruth (she didnt have to do the run because she is injured and cant run) didnt look like it was going to happen. I got on my bike and took it handy for the first minute or so, looked behind and I was getting away from Conor so I decided he wouldnt be much use, so I opened the gas, down the N81 passed poulaphouca and caught and passed Ruth without even a fight when we turned left and right to take us to Hollywood but not along the main road. I kept gunning it, felt tired up the hil through hollywood forest and could have done with someone there to keeo me going but I kept pushing and hit the changeover to the run with no sign of Ruth or Conor anywhere

ran from the top of Lugnagroagh to the top of hollywood hill. felt weird running after cycling. Conor was just after the forest when I met him when he was on his way up, and I down. He said Ruth was wel gone

hit the last bike section hard, knew I had to do a lot to catch up with Ruth. Your HR drops a lot on downhills... Turns out I made about 10mins on Ruth on the bike section in total but her not having to do the run easily made up for that

cycle down the road to go running. legs felt tired and my stupid bike is silly with its buckled rear wheel
2.16 km +21.8 / -23.8m

went for a run. tok it nice and handy. up to the mast around the track and back down the steep bit. the track at the top has really become overgrown. ruth and conor must not have been doing that much training this spring

cycle home. much more uphill. felt good though.
2.08 km +16.8 / -10.9

just felt knackered today

warm up before the hill race. felt a little sluggish but did some strides with niall mc a and felt a bit better

went out at a fair pace but it was ok. kept going but i could feel my body was a bit tired, i kept pushing thinking it wasnt going to be that long and bam hit the open about 2k in and died. felt like i as going to puke for the whole rest of the race. took it really handy on the decent and finished and found it quite a struggle to stand. very nearly got sick all over the shop but some advice on breathing from some nice lady at the finish saved everyone that.

2 sets of sit ups, 2 sets of back ups, 1 min planck. feeling better today

felt slow before i started but i went out hard and tried to keep running hard the whole way. felt good about how i was doing and i was happy enough with the orienteering

Long - Splits