Sunday, 16 June 2013

Sunday 16th June - Week 18 - Happy Fathers Day!

I would like to start this weeks installment with a massive thanks for the last round of recent donors - they are really coming in thick and fast now and below is a summary of those donations and the running total - which is nearly at the target!!!

15.06.13 Good Luck Tom
14.06.13 Good luck, I wish I was younger! From Hennock
12.06.13 Best of luck.
07.06.13 What will you do for your 40th?
06.06.13
05.06.13 good luck tom, great event and great cause
04.06.13 Hope your commitment to training pays off and you hit your personal goals....maybe by the time you've finished training your thighs will be as big as mine!!! :p Good Luck Thomas!

Running total now: £825!

My target was £1000 so i am nearly there thanks to the great support from you all - but remember - no donation is too small or too big! and please leave your name so i can thank you too!! A few anonymous dontations the last week or so!

It would be great - if possible - to reach £1250 as this is what it costs to buy an adapted bicycle for someone with limited mobility so they too can enjoy the open road, fresh air and exercise that i thrive on training and competing in these events!!

So - what have i been up to? Lot of hard sessions, increasing the output, getting into race pace and learning more tricks of the trade! You can, as always, follow my Strava feed where i post all my training efforts on the bike and out running - even managed to log a few open water swims too.

Highlights have been a good 3km swim (in the pool) but in a good time (just over an hour) which is probably the longest i have ever swam continuously without break - so happy with that - and also a fun traning triathlon in porthcawl making the most of the sunny weather:


(Worked out About 750m swim - 35km ride - 6.5km Run)

Pendine Triathlon - 15th June 2013:

Also this week was the first of my sprint Triathlons in the build up to working on the transitions, ethos and general feel for the sport. The Pendine outdoor sprint was a 750m sea swim, 23km Cycle (2 lap course) and a 5km beach run.
I was all hyped and ready to go to find out that the sea, as expected  was too rough and the swim was dropped for safety reasons meaning what i competed in was a Duoathlon - 3km Run, 23km Ride and 5km Run.

Being honest - i was a little bummed out on the day as the swim was dropped but it was ROUGH! The run was hard as it was on the infamous Pendine sands - a huge FLAT and fairly boring beach! The wind was epic meaning that the out legs on the runs and rides were fast but coming back into the head wind was GRIM!
In the end - good old 'Wendy Ingraham' the £400 ebay bike did me proud and having a bit of extra weight to keep me on the road allowed me to get past quiet a few people on £2K plus bikes! 
Results:
Time: 1:17:57s Overall Position: 16 (out of 120) Category Position: 9th - Well happy with that for an amateur fat man!!
You can see the full race results here
(There should be some race pics to follow next week too)

Outcome for me: didn't really get to practice kit transition as apart from shoes there was no real test or trial as feet weren't wet, head wasn't cold etc.
lets hope next weeks Mumbles Tri goes ok as i am having a run of bad luck with the swims being cut or cancelled at events and this is what i am desperate to practice.......

Keep up the support - keep up the donations and spread the word!


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