Training Log Archive: MTBjen

Hooray for the cricket! I left T1&2 on the couch and did a lap of the old recovery loop. It didn't feel like a recovery loop today, though, even though I truncated the hilly end.
Riding bikes is so, so much fun. I don't think I ever really realised how much fun before. Not looking forward to my first ride with a speed-measuring device, which I expect will bring me back down to earth.
I had some other firsts though: first time in the big chain ring (for the homeward blast up the coast), first time passing a proper roadie (and first repass points, when I stopped at a pedestrian crossing), first time I was game to wear lycra, oh and I used the oven for the first time too this morning, and made my first post-baby cake. Not a baby cake. I used bananas.

C • Riding bikes is heaps of fu... 2

To the beach, took the pram this time and he did sleep.

Strapped the slightly disgruntled baby to it's slightly disgruntled Dad in th hope that one of them would fall asleep, and then had my first ocean swim since T2! Oooooh it was soooooo nice! And afterwards I LAY ON MY BACK on towel rather than sitting uncomfortably upright and being looked at disapprovingly by old ladies.

Laps around mcgillivray. Tried the baby carrier with limited success - he can't sleep that close to food! Next time I will either wear a wetsuit underneath or bring the pram.

Pootled around the bike leg of the first KillaSomething while John and Edmund wandered around endearing themselves to old ladies. Some of the sand dunes were a bit tough, and I had to avoid a lot of um, wild camels, cactus patches and, um, frozen lakes. But the course is fair and challenging enough and I had fun. I hope the stingy boundless boys print the maps bigger than A5 for the actual race!
GPS trace will be up for auction later in the week.

Random excuse to leave the house, we wandered around North Freo looking at other peoples' houses. There are some pretty houses, and some ugly houses, and some veteran cricket players in North Freo.

C • Sledge 10

I rode a bike! A proper road bike for riding on roads! Didn't feel nearly as bad as I expected, even the uphill bits (although I was using an entire chain ring smaller than on past rides). Threw in a 1km effort on the service road for old times sake. Didn't time it in case I didn't crack 4min, but I did make it all the way to the end (with a tail wind) and then also made it up Hale Rd and home.
Oh that felt good :-)

C • She's back! 1