Training Log Archive: shanel

Got my new bike last night, so gave it a quick spin around the bridle trails (and front paddocks and driveway). Even found a section of trail which I didn't know was there even though I've been right past the end of it many times before.

Felt pretty ripped off that the bike shop doesn't do a free fitting on a new bike and wanted $150 to do it.

Was about 4 degrees when I headed out, but didn't feel too cold with a jumper on. Bike feels pretty good, but back was slightly sore, feels like I need the seat back further or the handle bars forward more. Oh and I've got it dirty already :(

Need to try and fit on a water bottle carrier and get a spare tube or two now.

Not too happy riding with the flat pedals, so I might take the pedals off my road bike and use them tomorrow.

Short and easy. Saving the legs for Sunday rather than doing the usual Friday commute ride.

After an hour driving in the dark and rain didn't really feel like running, but figured if Edmund can make it to running in the rain then so can I.

By the time I started it was actually sort of light and not raining. Was feeling pretty bored plodding along heading back but then it started raining again and somehow I felt much better.

Got back to the car in time for a torrential down pour driving to work with minimal visibility, got a lot wetter walking to the office than I had whilst running.

Planned to hide down the back to avoid being spat out the back when we got to the big hills, but it didn't help too much, probably just put me into lame/lazy mode.

Used the mysterious tRicky to get to the front through Dalkeith and paid for it soon after as the train seemed to be passing me by, but managed to hold on.

Tried to take Dalto's lead heading up my favourite hill, but was soon passed by all sorts of random characters who seemed to come out of nowhere.

Doubled back from UWA and headed straight to work.

Legs, body and mind all feeling very weary at work throughout the morning.

Just need to get through the final Tooms session tonight, hopefully without completely destroying my calf, then I can just do rest and recovery for the rest of the week.

Note: ordered my new MTB yesterday, seems it probably comes with flat pedals (I'm sure the one I looked at had clipless, but the picture in the brochure has flat). So I'm considering if I should swap the MTB pedals from my road bike and get proper road pedals and shoes (or maybe tri shoes). Think I'll just stick to the flat pedals for KillaAvon but and save on transition time.

C • Tri Shoes 1

Rain, all the way , got suitably soaked, wishing I'd put my mud guard back on. Got back to the ute and got on some nice dry running gear, ready for the final Tooms running session

"Reabold reps, 4 at threshold then 4 faster, jog recovery to bottom, roughly a 390m hill. 2 min recovery between sessions. It was raining when we started the session",
I don't think it stopped sometime but I didn't notice when. Most of my time was spent racing Wil and Luke and annoying the crap out of myself with my squeaky shoe which made sure everyone knew exactly where I was.

Stuffed up timing the first 2.

?:?? ?:?? 2:10 2:04
1:39 1:43 1:38 1:39

Started behind Wil and Luke for the first of the fast ones, passed them early then worked hard to avoid the repass, trying to keep an eye on the light from Wil's headlamp. Third was a killer. Luke got away on early on the last rep and Wil pulled out a big finish to beat me to the line.

Very nice peaks in the HR graph.

Well that's the end of Tooms sessions, will have to see what Toomsless Tuesdays may hold for the future.

Super easy trying to appease my dodgy calf.

Event: Julimar