12 weeks to go till Ironman WA 2009…aaaaarggh!!
We then travelled to Manning Park to watch our young Year 4 niece Sarah compete in her inter-school cross country run. I just love all the enthusiasm of the younger for running. Sarah had a great run and finished 9th out of around 55 runners, full of beans and with a smile on her face. I felt myself slowly turning into a cross country coach again so I had to keep it under control. As it was, we offered to take her to next season’s cross country training and events in Winter as part of Little Athletics.
A full 7 weeks on from first getting the flu - still coughing up clear phlegm ( hope you’ve all finished lunch). I had a call from Red Cross again, still after my plasma donation. I had to tell them to give it another couple of weeks. A friend of mine managed an average heart rate in excess of 180bpm for the 12km City to Surf for a 46min effort. And my running coach Raf Baugh was a mere 12sec away from winning the 12km City to Surf event. How do you people do that?? It just amazes me.
I was recently watching the London ITU Tri champs and saw Kahlefeldt damage the tendons under his foot. Ouch!! From a near certain 3rd place finish to a DNF.
I’m now officially down as a volunteer for the Long Distance World Tri Champs being held in Perth in October.
On the way home lately, I’ve been spotting ‘fixies’ everywhere. I told you of the tall dude with the red bike and Dunlop Volley shoes. Well, I had a guy with a powder blue fixed wheel bike come zooming past on my trip between Narrows and Roe Hwy turnoff.
He continued south and all I could do really was just try to keep 10m behind him. This morning, because I am it ‘ITT’ mode, I tend not to respond to guys (and girls) that whizz past me in a rush of adrenalin. Slowly but surely however there is a part of me that wants to chase down the rabbit. And I ended up doing just that on the way in. I’m not really looking forward to starting off at position 101 for this Sunday’s ITT at Shenton Park. Those hills just hurt like mad when you’re trying to maintain an even time.
It’s been pretty depressing these past few weeks with precious little decent weather for outdoor training. Friday night saw my first swim as part of my 12wk IMWA swimming program. Ok, was supposed to knock off 3kms of swimming at Beatty Park. Actually did 1500m - my ‘brick’ qualities re-emerged as a swimmer. But I am unperturbed - I may even invest in a long-sleeved wetsuit ….(and one of those mini hand-held submarine thingies to help propel me along!!)
They have the words ‘Team Force’ etched on the back with Force Equipment, Slater Gartrell Sports and Pure Fitness emblazoned. Some heavy duty earthmoving machinery pictures thrown in for good measure and a snazzy looking carbon weave effect on the sleeves and arm warmers.
It looks like we will have two teams for the Pinjarra cyclosportif which is great. For those of you contemplating the opening of the new Perth to Bunbury Hwy ride next week 20 September, it will cost $25 and you need to register at
Dee has sorted out a nutritious eating program for us for these next 12 weeks. We will both benefit from better food intake and hydration.
Its getting close to registration time for IMWA 09. Unfortunately my brother John has readjusted his marathon aspirations to May next year for the Great Ocean Road Marathon. I’ve been training as if I were doing the 3.8km swim and marathon anyway so there’s no dramas.
I watched Emma Moffatt’s 5 sec triathlon win which was well-timed and showed her grit and determination.
Not sure if I regaled you all with this last time but Dee and I will scale Bluff Knoll soon. It was about a year ago that we last did this.
Not too many hard efforts this week as the Freo Half Marathon is looming on 20 Sept 2009.
Adios amoebas!! Stay fit, healthy and happy!