Frustration.....

Frustration is the moment you seem to be making progress only for it to be whipped away....finally I had a longish period at home and I was looking forward to get some miles on the bike and in the legs, doing some actual running and maybe even do some swimming (gosh!!)  only for my youngest to pass on her bugs. It is not her fault, she has moved rooms in nursery so she is now exposed to a new set of bugs and as a result she has gone down with just about everything....so far she has had back to back gaestroenteritis/chest infection/worse gastroenteritis. I seem to to have contracted most of these...so yet again I find myself with a throat/chest infection..grrr....

On the plus side I have purchased a new wetsuit :-) when it arrives I will be the proud posessor of one of these :-) http://www.huubdesign.com/product_archimedes.html

A Huub 3:5 Archimedes - soooo excited I cannot wait for OW season :-) as a result I think I might be putting a couple of standalone OW swims in the calender....

As for other races I am still pondering what to enter, currently on my consideration list is:

• the Marshman (http://www.velocity-events.co.uk/marshman-and-mini-marshman/the-marshman/) - which I have done before - 5 May
• the Box End Aquathlon (http://www.galeforce-events.com/triathlon-events/box-end-aquathlon-2013-itu-world-aquathlon-championship-qualification-event/ ITU AG world qualifier - yeah right...) - 5 May
• the Bedford Middle (http://www.galeforce-events.com/triathlon-events/bedford-middle/) - 19 May
• the Great Swim series (probably the East one - http://www.greatswim.org/events/great-east-swim/default.aspx) - 22 Jun
• VOtwo Dorney triathlon - 12 Jul
• the Cambridge Triathlon (http://www.howesplace.com/ctc/triathlon/tri_info.php) - 11 Aug
• the Ely Monster Middle (http://www.monsterracing.net/) - 18 Aug

 Looking at the Box End event - one of the UK AG athletes racing at the 2012 event in Auckland did a 22 min swim and a 24min run - with a total time of 47:33....I reckon I could do around a 14-15 min swim and a sub 27min run....you never know.... :-) As to sponsorship this year - I am going to race for Team Bea again! This is a group of like minded BCTTT triathletes and other individuals raising money for two charities - A Smile for a Child and Martin House....but more on this in my next post when I have set up the donations page! But first things first I need to get better and then get back to training..... LaterI.

What a week....

So as the title says - what a week....

It started out well with training feeling good after getting over the GI bug that I got from Evie only to be pulled back down by a cold she had picked up from nursery.....

Not to be dissuaded from training I tried to keep things going, reducing the efforts and distance but keeping doing something...and this seems to have worked...I felt awful yesterday after 2hrs on the bike (to follow....RHR of 62 (normally 50-52) and my peak flow dropped to 400, which is not good) but this morning my HR had rallied to 58bpm and my peak flow after an hour of cycling followed by running (a brick session) was up to 510 (after 2hrs it was back to 550 - which is good!!).

So this week is all about consistent training, recovering and keeping the sessions up. I am hoping to getting around. To actually entering some events too! - currently nothing is entered and I would liketo do an early 70.3 (maybe the Marshman or the Bedford middle) followed by the Ely Monster Middle at the end of the season. In addition I am thinking of heading back to Dorney for a race (nice and fast) and doing the Great East swim...however this will need a new wetsuit....time to start talking to a new supplier...probably Huub...Dean has been a big supporter of our club in the past - fingers crossed this will continue....

A long slow recovery ride

So this week has been spent mostly feeling rubbish with a cold Evie shared with me - I finally managed to drag myself out for a ride this morning- 50km done (slowly) my longest ride since last year...