Training Log Archive: shanel

Event: City Beach Metro Series
 

City Beach MetrO

Major route choice failure saw me start out getting the northern controls ACW, resulting on a hard slog into the wind up the beach between the groynes. Decided to get out of there (away from the into the wind beach run) and cut SE to run down the eastern controls then back up through the beach controls, missing the most southern ones.

Darling Downs to Claremont

Took it easy all the way. Worked out my inability to correctly adjust my gears means I now need to use the middle ring most of the time instead of the big ring, hopefully this will work nicely for into the wind riding, where I used to have to change from big to middle way too much for my liking.

Got passed by a guy along Mounts Bay Road who would of had a BMI of 0.0001. Jumped in behind him as we were heading into the wind, although I'm not sure he was wide enough for it to help a whole lot. Felt guilty for not taking the lead from him along Hackett Dr since he was working pretty hard, but didn't want to break my rule of resting up before Princess Rd.

Oh and passed Fully Sikma going the other way north of Mt Henry.

C • BMI 2

C • Gears 5

Pretty respectable seabreeze made for slow progress down the freeway.

1:04 down to Cockburn had me thinking the seabreeze may be able to beat the easterlies pre christmas effort after all and maybe it would be nice to take the short way home, oh but there isn't one.

Fortunately got onto Rowley Rd and all was good in the world again. Got home for more stomach pain after having some earlier at work, seems to happen way too often on ride to work days.

C • Short way 4

Two days with no training, but after yesterdays exhausting effort shopping for a new lounge actually got some jobs done at home.

Bit of tractor action to mulch up piles of prunings, leaves and branches which had been lying around the place. Bit of chainsawing of dead tree, fallen branches and the last tree I chopped down a couple of months ago.

Effectiveness of chainsaw went up about 200% after I used a new bit in the sharpener, which is actually the right size for the chain, unlike the one which has been in there since I "borrowed" it from my dad a "few" years ago.

Also took the opportunity to drive the tractor round and round on my firebreaks to squish them down whilst the ground was moist, hopefully they won't be quite as soft and dusty now.

Managed to get to the start point on time after getting up at 4:30.

Was struggling to stay on the back early on with HR already up around 180, got dropped on the hill coming up to Campbell Barracks and the others waited for me to catch up heading down the next hill, but when I was dropped again at the next hill I didn't see them again.

Didn't know exactly where to go from North Fremantle and hence went the wrong way, had a nice ride along a bike path for a while before spotting some other cyclist to follow for a while, ended up coming back onto Stirling Hwy at the Eric St Lights, so decided to go past work so I could see how long it would take to get from there to the start spot.

Cruised back along Brockway except when I tried to jump in behind a pair who'd gone past, but the legs couldn't hold onto them either.

Passed Tooms on the drive back to work.

Will have to upload GPS track tonight

Oh and despite my best efforts to clean and lube chain and adjust gears yesterday, my bike was still very squeaking and clunky.

C • Well done 2

5 x 1500m intervals at 12km pace.

I was aiming for around 6:10 to 6:20. 1st, 3rd and 5th were in the easier CW direction. Went a bit too fast on the first without too much effort, 2nd was harder with the into the wind and uphill and Linda passed me towards the end to start tormenting me. Really started hurting on the 3rd, big blowout on the 4th and just held things together for the last.

6:00
6:14
6:06
6:32
6:19

Couple of laps around Champion Lakes, mostly no wind, few rowers and couple of paddlers around.

Also the two guys I'd seen riding on the Tonkin Hwy path a couple of days ago (edit: make that yesterday) seemed to be doing bog laps around the lake, made me think maybe I should do some intervals around the lake on my bike sometime.

Just got back through the gate to the island as one of the boat club members was locking it on their way out, maybe next time I won't go through if the gate's not fully open.

Easy ride from home to Champion Lakes and back.

Bit windy but not too bad. As normal very quiet on the Tonkin Hwy path, passed two other guys on the way out and passed the same two on the way back.