Only 3 weeks to go!!
Busselton Half Ironman is getting real close now. I spent yesterday swimming at Port Beach and just relaxing (for about 5 hrs in all). On Thursday, I had a hard cycling session with 2 guys who are a bit better than me (one an A grade crit rider and the other did an Ironman 180km ride at 39kph). So its an understatement to say I worked hard to stay with them. Still, it makes me stronger.
Today, I did the usual group ride and shot past one guy going 57kph on a sprint we do at a place called Shelley foreshore. Now, I only held the sprint for 15sec but that’s not the point. There was no counter-attack and he has a $10000 Equinox TTX with all the bling.
Tomorrow we have over 30 family members watching Dee’s Kilimanjaro exploits as well as it being Easter lunch so it will be a hectic day (also fitting in our exercise and Easter mass).
Easter Monday I have an 80km time trial. Now, for those of you that normally cycle in groups, this is hard stuff. Its a 10.3km lap done 8 times and its very tempting to quit at 40kms. On 19 April, I have the 160km time trial so that is a big step up again. As an aside, I had a good run with Rod Mejias on Tuesday for 19kms and he should also be doing the 80km TT.
I’ll be relying on good diet, solid training and my Gravity Zero wheels to push me a bit harder than I’ve been travelling. On the www.atta.asn.au website the results from yesterday are already in and Matt Illingworth was a non-starter (not surprising after getting the bike prime in the Australian Ironman at Port Macquarie. He’s an awesome cyclist)
I still weigh around 79kgs so I’m hoping to drop 1kg each week now for the next 3 weeks. My wife’s Busselton Half Ironman team now has a replacement cyclist so its all systems go. I have a workmate who has registered a team called ‘Stimulus Package’. Just a great name.
I want to publicly acknowledge and thank Paul McCartney from Bikeforce Southern River (just around the corner from me) He’s been a great help and support to me in my cycling and endurance training. We had our last cyclosportif ride (www.cyclosportif.com.au) in Margaret River and it was our last as the Bikeforce Southern River team as sponsored by him. A hard ride in which our team placed 10th out of 26 teams. I think we’ll travel harder and faster at Lancelin (however the half dozen teams that were missing-in-action at Margz will no doubt be there for the 105km Lancelin ride in mid May as well.
Great weather in Perth Western Australia. Around 30 to 33C. Had a bushfire close to our place today however some helitankers snuffed it out pretty quickly.
I just registered on Twitter (http://twitter.com/christo64) but I’m still trying to figure out its intrinsic value, its allure, its purpose in my life. Actually, twitter golfers is a great site to visit as well!
I trust all the zombies at Jacob’s ladder are hard at it. The Central Park Tower Stairclimb approacheth!!
Remember - dyslexics have more nuf!
Regards
CHRISTO