You have to enjoy your own company to be a triathlete. Long lonely bike rides and run sessions, staring at the lines on the bottom of the swimming pool!
There is an upside, I found this out in the last week in devon exploring the coastal roads. Beautiful scenery, "naughty hills" and tractors to race :-)
It took me a while to recover from the marathon in the beginning of April, but I am walking normally and fully in the swing of training now. Just in time for a half ironman to mutilate my body again next weekend..........
16 to 17 hours worth of training each week now and the recovery drinks and massage are becoming increasingly important, some minor technical faults on a 120km ride made for an uncomfortable position as the front gear lever was sticking - the only way I could keep it in the big chainring was to hold the lever in position. Suffering a bit of "repetitive strain injury" in the wrist afterwards!
An easier week this week, reducing to about 8 hours training and giving the body a chance to recover in preparation for the race on Sunday - not excited about being in a cold lake this time of year at 6.30am for the swim start, but very excited about my first long race and a chance to see how well the training has been working.
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