Getting through work on friday

Well I am all packed and ready for the weekend. Now I just have to get through the rest of my work for the day. So far it is looking like a good day but that can change at any moment. Lets hope the weather holds out till after the race.

Should be an interesting weekend. They say the club champs are a lot of fun. A bunch of non drinking fitness freaks having a couple of drinks after the race might be interesting to see. Our club has 4 motels booked and I hear they get up to some fun after the race. They have never been the top club but have been second a couple of times so we will see what happens this year. They do a 1km undies run down the main street at some stage but I have no special looking undies for the event so I am going to take my taco costume and maybe wear that as a bit of fun. Might win a prize for that.

On another note I had a good work week. Announcement of the new team structure came through and now I have some good new team leads to work with. Should be fun times ahead. Apart from that it was a pretty uneventful week. A few work issues here and there but that's to be expected. 

Poor bike

Got the bike back from the shop today.  Not good. :( To put it technically the crank had something in it that must have rubbed a groove into something else and it should not have done that. They say they photographed it and sent it to FSA who agreed to replace it. Problem is they can't say when so right now I have an alloy crank to use. Let's see if this becomes a pain for me chasing it up.

On a happier note I got our club tri suits in. They seem to fit so I will be looking like part of the team this weekend.

Another Monday

I think the crazies are taking over. Went for a swim today and my first crazy was this female who shared the lane with Adam and me. For some reason she wanted to use the middle of the lane. Let's not do what everyone else is doing and share.  No that's all to hard.  Even when I swam close to the middle and waved my arm at her. She stopped and looked around but continued to use the middle. Adam and I also passed her on both sides at the same time but she didn't get it. Oh well just one of those people.

Then crazy number two was the guy I saw riding his bike home with his helmet hanging from his backpack. Now as a young kid I was not one to wear my stack hat if I could get away with it but if you are going to carry it why not just use it. At least some part off his backpack will be safe when he falls off.

The official aquathon results are in. Not to bad for me.  I was feeling it a bit today. Even had a little sleep on the train today on my way home from work.  :)

342 days out

I seem to be back into training. 5 day training week was not all that bad. Should have done something Thursday but hey I was lazy and it was raining.  The weather is taking a turn for the worst of late and its making it hard to get excited about getting out there.

Wednesday was lap swimming and I completed my usual technique session. Not a bad session really. No one else was in the pool which was kind of strange. Maybe they knew something that I didn't. But I didn't see anything floating so what I don't know will not hurt me. I think that's how it goes.

I have started the search for a coach. Mike who made me a plan for the last year will be busy training himself so I should get myself someone to make me a plan and maybe do a few group sessions. I know there are a heap of things I can do better especially for the run and ride which I have never been shown the correct way. We will see how the search goes. I signed up for the Wollongong splash and dash on Sunday so I can meet a coach I have been told about.

Saturday I went for a ride on the tri bike. It start ok but I heard a noise coming from the bottom bracket and only got worse as I went. 20km in I stopped and called for a lift home. I thought I better stop before something really bad happened. On further investigation I found that the left crank arm had some movement in it. I called the bike shop and its booked in to get a service and be looked at on Tuesday. Just hope that it is an easy fix and will be fine for the club champs on the weekend.

Sunday I headed to Wollongong for the splash and dash. 650m swim and a 5km run. What a wonderful day. The sun came out for the first time this week. I was worried it might be a wet race. Felt a bit strange not having a proper transition area and no bike. It was a no wetsuit swim but it was flat in the ocean today. My timing was 13:23 for the swim and 21:49 for the run with a 29sec transition. I will have to wait for the real results to know how close my timing is to the real thing. I think I got 6th in the 30-44years category.

I did get to meet John the tri coach. I didn't get as much time as I would have liked but as he is going to be at club champs I am going to catch up with him again and ask a few more questions.

I did have a nice chat to a guy at the simple cycles stand about their bike fit service. It sounded pretty comprehensive. I think I am going to get booked in for both the Tri and road bike. Something I need to do before I get into the long miles of training.

Some people

Went for a run today. Nothing to hard or long. But I don't get some people. What a jerk. Running on the path on the correct side heading towards 3 people taking up all the path. They have a heap of time to get out of the road. Its not a corner or anything just nice and straight. The guy I am heading towards walking in what will soon be in my road looks at me. You can't miss me I am not a small person. Anyway after making eye contact he turns his head and starts looking at the water and buildings to make out that he didn't see me. I mean come on your acting was not even convincing. So I had to break my stride and squeeze past them. As I said what a jerk. Thinking back on it I am bigger than he and I should have just run over him.

I might have to head out that way more often and hope we run into each other again.

A new week

So Sunday turned out to be a none training day. I didn't really know what to do after the brick session Saturday. So I took it easy. I ended up going for a ride with my son the crazy indoor child. For some reason he has started riding around the estate most afternoons. He goes alright for someone that doesn't get outside much. I joked with him about needing to learn to swim 300m so can do an enticer and to my surprise he actually seemed interested. I think I almost fell off my bike. So I might have to take him to the pool soon and work on a few things with him. It shouldn't take long and he will have that distance sorted.

So what else does a nerd do when not training or working. He makes hot wire cutters and rc planes etc.

I didn't get to go out for a fly as I have a couple of cables to solder connectors onto but its pretty close. I might go and look for some later today.

Monday was a swim day. Had a nice 2.2km swim session. Not an easy one today but that's good. I think I needed it. The swim was filled with alternating easy and hard laps and not much break in between the sets. Best part about the swim was I didn't get rained on walking to and from the pool.

349 days, 21 hours

Well yesterday was not a complete loss. I did get to go to lunch but I had to have a long drawn out fight with a server that didn't want to play nice. Sometimes they can be a pain in the behind. Oh well such is life.

Today has started out not to bad. Morning was not to hot so I went out and did a brick session. 32km ride and a 9km run. I was going to make it a 10km run but I was running past home and thought that would do. I haven't been on the Giant for a while so I took that out instead of the tri bike. Wow its a lot harder than I remember. I don't know if its the seating position, the wheels or a combination of both and other things but it really took it out of me. Also the seat is not the most comfortable. Even coming up to the 30km mark my taint was feeling like it had taken a pounding.

I did see a heap of tri bikes out today. I think they must all be training up for the club champs in a couple of weeks. Usually I only see a couple tri bikes and a heap of road bike but not today.

The run was better than I thought it was going to be. It was pretty well paced for me. The sun started coming out near the end so it did get a little hot but nothing to bad.

I have to congratulate Camden council for there wonderful work they have done to the northern rd. A road that had a nice breakdown lane all the way along it so riders can safely use it. When they added the new Oran Park estate entrance they took a good 200m of breakdown lane away. Replacing it with gutters and rocks so all riders now have to ride on the road with the trucks. Great job... Lets see how many people get run over in that section.

So with training out of the way for today I think I might play some xbox and fly the rc tricopter and planes a bit.