Swam 152
Biked 82km
Ran 30km
Experienced my first incident of RACING RAGE this week. There I was cycling along, minding my own, and this chap who seemed to think he was racing in the Tour De France, came up so close he almost crashed into me. So here is the conversation that followed:
Si: That's a bit close mate
Idiot on bike: If we're in a peloton (group of cyclists) in the Tour De France I'd slipstream you and then overtake you.
Si: We're not in the bleeping peloton, you bleep we're in Richmond Park you bleep.
Idiot on bike: Don't call me a bleep you bleep.
Si: Do you wanna stop and discuss this matter?
Idiot on bike: No I don't, don't be such a child.
Si: Well bleep off then.
Idiot retreats on his bike, Iron Si continues full steam ahead to train another day!
Achieved a personal best in the pool, 152 lengths in 66 minutes.
Til next week, roll on pain!
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Week Seventeen
Swam 182 lengths
Biked 200 km
Ran 20km
With Tommy Turbo away training in Mexico.... (laying on the beach) there was no one with me to explore the Surrey Hills so my impressive support team, Cinny my girlfriend and Lily the dog came along as my cheerleading team. Their duties included, sunbathing, eating ice creams and cheering "GO IRONSI GO" whilst laying in the middle of Richmond Park, as I completed laps at race speed. 12 laps later and 140 km under my belt, it was a good ride. I managed to keep a good flow of nutrition, and one of the reasons I stopped was because I had run out of energy bars and could feel my energy levels dropping. The other reason was because as beautiful as Richmond Park is, after 12 laps I knew all the deer by name and could tell you where every one of the 163 pot holes were ... ouchy! Is there any way of strapping a cushion to my bike seat, please send in your suggestions! In fact I think they should produce a saddle for people with boney bums. THE SI BOMB SADDLE "the number one saddle for bikers with no rump on their hump" Back in the pool and after watching my swim video footage it is clear that I need to work on keeping my legs closer together, better kicking rythmn and most importantly, wear a swim cap to cover up my bald patch whilst filming! Till next week.....roll on pain! :)
Biked 200 km
Ran 20km
With Tommy Turbo away training in Mexico.... (laying on the beach) there was no one with me to explore the Surrey Hills so my impressive support team, Cinny my girlfriend and Lily the dog came along as my cheerleading team. Their duties included, sunbathing, eating ice creams and cheering "GO IRONSI GO" whilst laying in the middle of Richmond Park, as I completed laps at race speed. 12 laps later and 140 km under my belt, it was a good ride. I managed to keep a good flow of nutrition, and one of the reasons I stopped was because I had run out of energy bars and could feel my energy levels dropping. The other reason was because as beautiful as Richmond Park is, after 12 laps I knew all the deer by name and could tell you where every one of the 163 pot holes were ... ouchy! Is there any way of strapping a cushion to my bike seat, please send in your suggestions! In fact I think they should produce a saddle for people with boney bums. THE SI BOMB SADDLE "the number one saddle for bikers with no rump on their hump" Back in the pool and after watching my swim video footage it is clear that I need to work on keeping my legs closer together, better kicking rythmn and most importantly, wear a swim cap to cover up my bald patch whilst filming! Till next week.....roll on pain! :)
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Week Sixteen
Swam 152 lengths
Biked 140km
Ran 25km
Still really enjoying getting out on the bike in the evenings and completing laps of Richmond park. You will be pleased to know that there have been no more getting stuck in my peddles incidents although I did see a girl at the weekend fall off in exactly the same way, and felt bad for her but also glad it was not me : ) With the Iron man fast approaching it time to start putting some real distances on to my weekly updates. I have been focusing on bike followed by run sessions this week, to build up the tolerance and ability to run on tired legs. An evenings exercise consists of 45km, three laps of Richmond Park and home, followed by a 5km run. Exercise time 2.5hrs. Till next week.......Roll on Pain !
Biked 140km
Ran 25km
Still really enjoying getting out on the bike in the evenings and completing laps of Richmond park. You will be pleased to know that there have been no more getting stuck in my peddles incidents although I did see a girl at the weekend fall off in exactly the same way, and felt bad for her but also glad it was not me : ) With the Iron man fast approaching it time to start putting some real distances on to my weekly updates. I have been focusing on bike followed by run sessions this week, to build up the tolerance and ability to run on tired legs. An evenings exercise consists of 45km, three laps of Richmond Park and home, followed by a 5km run. Exercise time 2.5hrs. Till next week.......Roll on Pain !
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Week Fifteen
Swam 152 length
Biked 304 km
Ran 30 km
I picked up my bike on Sat after a 10km run around Richmond Park with G Force, a fellow Ironman wannabee! On Sunday morning I climbed into the Lycra, new shoes, put on the new helmet and off I cycled on my new bike to pick up G force for a gentle first ride around Richmond Park. The expression "all the gear no idea" came to mind, as I road away a little unsteady on my wafer thin tyres ! Moments after picking up Mr Force it was clear that I had not really got to grips with the clip IN peddles, and that it was a good idea to clip OUT before coming to a stand still. The next few minutes were spent laughing, as I found my self on my back with the bike still clipped to my feet. I would like to say I lernt my lesson after the first failed attempt but thought it best to entertain George some more and so did it again a couple junctions on! The expression "all the kit totally s@*T "suddendly came to mind! This could turn out to be a long day I thought! Luckily there was no harm done to bike or man, well, except a slightly bruised ego ; )
The rest of the week was really enjoyable, riding laps of Richmond park in the evening followed by a run straight after, what triathletes like to call a brick session. On Sunday I was given a real lesson in biking by my best friend Tom. Just to refresh your memories, it was Tom who originally laid down the gauntlet in the curry house some months ago, and roped me in to the Ironman adventure. We went for a 100km bike ride around the Surrey Hills, and there were plenty, and across the South Downs at what Tom descibed as a reasonable pace, others including myself would probably use the word relentless, they don't call him Tommy Turbo for nothing! After running out of energy and hitting the wall at 95km it was clear that more attention is to be paid to nutrition whilst riding. This was soon fixed by a Sunday Carvery in a pub. It was clear that we should call it a day there and I persuaded Tom that the train would be a good option for returning home. Till next week.... Roll on Pain !
Biked 304 km
Ran 30 km
I picked up my bike on Sat after a 10km run around Richmond Park with G Force, a fellow Ironman wannabee! On Sunday morning I climbed into the Lycra, new shoes, put on the new helmet and off I cycled on my new bike to pick up G force for a gentle first ride around Richmond Park. The expression "all the gear no idea" came to mind, as I road away a little unsteady on my wafer thin tyres ! Moments after picking up Mr Force it was clear that I had not really got to grips with the clip IN peddles, and that it was a good idea to clip OUT before coming to a stand still. The next few minutes were spent laughing, as I found my self on my back with the bike still clipped to my feet. I would like to say I lernt my lesson after the first failed attempt but thought it best to entertain George some more and so did it again a couple junctions on! The expression "all the kit totally s@*T "suddendly came to mind! This could turn out to be a long day I thought! Luckily there was no harm done to bike or man, well, except a slightly bruised ego ; )
The rest of the week was really enjoyable, riding laps of Richmond park in the evening followed by a run straight after, what triathletes like to call a brick session. On Sunday I was given a real lesson in biking by my best friend Tom. Just to refresh your memories, it was Tom who originally laid down the gauntlet in the curry house some months ago, and roped me in to the Ironman adventure. We went for a 100km bike ride around the Surrey Hills, and there were plenty, and across the South Downs at what Tom descibed as a reasonable pace, others including myself would probably use the word relentless, they don't call him Tommy Turbo for nothing! After running out of energy and hitting the wall at 95km it was clear that more attention is to be paid to nutrition whilst riding. This was soon fixed by a Sunday Carvery in a pub. It was clear that we should call it a day there and I persuaded Tom that the train would be a good option for returning home. Till next week.... Roll on Pain !
Week Fourteen
Swam 60 lengths
Biked 80km
Ran 15km
Feeling a bit frail from my sick/rest week, I returned to training as usual, only to get food poisoning, with only half a bowl of soup in 48 hrs i was in no shape to do any training. Although every cloud has a silver lining and mine was a phone call from Mark Henley the Manager of Prologue Bikes, 232 Upper Richmond Road West. He had rang to say that he had managed to up grade my Cube GTC Pro to a GTC Race and that because I was doing it for such a worthy cause there would be no charge. So a massive thank you to Mark and the lads at Prologue for their excellent service getting me setup and their contribution to a worthy charity. If you are interested in buying a bike, please give Mark a ring on the shop number 0208 878 6266 and mention Ironsi and I am sure he will be as helpful to you as he was with me. He also kindly gave me a Prologue biking shirt which I will be wearing with pride whilst training! Till next week...... roll on PAIN!
Biked 80km
Ran 15km
Feeling a bit frail from my sick/rest week, I returned to training as usual, only to get food poisoning, with only half a bowl of soup in 48 hrs i was in no shape to do any training. Although every cloud has a silver lining and mine was a phone call from Mark Henley the Manager of Prologue Bikes, 232 Upper Richmond Road West. He had rang to say that he had managed to up grade my Cube GTC Pro to a GTC Race and that because I was doing it for such a worthy cause there would be no charge. So a massive thank you to Mark and the lads at Prologue for their excellent service getting me setup and their contribution to a worthy charity. If you are interested in buying a bike, please give Mark a ring on the shop number 0208 878 6266 and mention Ironsi and I am sure he will be as helpful to you as he was with me. He also kindly gave me a Prologue biking shirt which I will be wearing with pride whilst training! Till next week...... roll on PAIN!
Week Thirteen
Week Thirteen proved unlucky for me and I came down with man flu...AGAIN : ( even worse than the last time ; ) so I took a week off iron man training to recover. A big thank you to Nurse Maddison for taking extra special care of me! Till next week... another lempsip please nurse.!
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