Beep Beep

14.26km run at lunchtime with Philippe. A bit more energetic than my usual training run as we know he is ultra competitive and likes to lead from the front. However its a lot closer in the running than it is on the bike so I'm not as easy to drop on the run, especially on the up hills :O). It was a nice pace and we had 10K clocked off in 47:32 and the full 14.26K in 1hr 09min. We had a couple of brief stops for Philippe's dodgy knee but I suspect its not going to stop him on the big day. Its time to let go of the liferaft :O). I'd say at the current pace he will be looking for around a 6hr finish. Which will be more than enough time for him to finish,recover, pick up his medal, get a table and order me lunch and a beer.

Todays HRM image attached, you can see I was working a bit harder than usual and that my heart rate was a little higher(159 average) than the last image(155 average) but the course I was on today has more hills and my pace varied much more than I'd normally have on a training run. The sprints were good fun as its not normally something I do, especially not the last km.

Roybon - The photos...Click the photos to get the full glory

Getting the techy bits right. In the transition area pre race. "All the gear and no idea". As you can see its a functional setup to get changed in.

Ahhh the smiles of dumb ignorance. This is before the start.




Words cannot describe what this is like...I was in that and it was better to watch than to take part in. I'm the one with the red cap on shouting for his mum. Make sure you see this in full size by clicking on it....Its like watching the start of Holby City or Casualty wondering which character is going to be in the big accident.


I think my head is fish shaped and I'm breathing through gills, I'm running as I'm expecting to be caught by the 3 grandmothers I beat in the swim at any moment.

Cycle leg finishes and another leg awaits, I was never dropped the whole ride, not even once....



Someone is actually going slower than me and looks more tired but its on the run.




And now , the end is near and I face the final curtain.....that's relief on my face. If you can see that far.