The wheels on the bike go round and round!

Last Tuesday, had a great run with Rodrigo on our usual 7.30pm effort for 19kms. We took over 3.5mins off our best time on the first 9.5kms. Cycle commuting to work all week. On Thursday, went with a couple of mates on a training ride for around 70kms, Friday I went on a 130km ride including a lap around the Mundijong Rd/Hopelands time trial circuit. Saturday was the usual 60km bunch ride. That just leaves yesterday’s 160km time trial. I have to say its one of the harder events I’ve done on the bike. The road surface is pretty dead and bone-jarring. To get over 2×40km laps realising you’re only half way is demoralising and there is a huge temptation to finish at that point. I persevered to get a 32.4kph average which I was happy enough with. Its been over 500kms of cycling this last week so I’ll look forward to getting a bit of extra running and swimming in over these last 2 weeks.

We met up with Dee’s Busso Half Ironman team last night at a restaurant called Valentino’s in Northbridge and it was a great evening. It’s going to be a huge event with 2000 competitors in the individual and team categories. I think the Busso Jetty is under renovation and closed so spectating will be a little different for people this year.

The Blues lost again but we’re still 5th on the ladder so it’s still very early days. I think after Busso I’ll set my sights on the Perth City to Surf Half Marathon then I will be part of a team for Busselton Ironman again, as runner. Our cyclist is aiming to go better than 40kph so he’s aiming for a huge effort. We need to find a swimmer but there’s no rush.

Reservoir

CHRISTO