gonna be such a struggle!

Well, always was - just hoped it would've been slightly less so than it will be! Not managing to keep to training plan. It's too tiring....and there's the rest of life to squeeze in too!

Sat 17th July
Steep hilly bike 9.45 am - 20ish miles - Bradwell - turn right at Hope into Edale valley, up Mam Tor - says it's 10% - but it's definitely steeper...if I hadn't done it last year, it would've been hard to make myself keep going...(shows the role of the head!) - and long too...down Whinnats Pass to Castleton then up Syggats hill out the back of Castleton - steep to start with - says 14%, but feels much steeper than the 14% hill out of Keswick! - then keeps climbing but less steeply for ages, which was totally knackering. Dropped down the 20% into Bradwell. Was raining.

3.30pm - short but hilly run - Ladybower/Derwent Reservoir - from main car park followed red route steeply up to Hagg Farm, then across moor top with views of Kinder Scout, and dropped back down to lake and back along to car park (40mins, 3miles ?); then black route - same hill up to Hagg Farm, but left and along then drop down again - 20 mins, 2 miles?

Sunday, 18th July 2010
Hathersage Triathlon
Felt relaxed and happy-ish throughout! Had fun supporting sister in her first tri. Was torrential rain when we registered at 6.20 am. Sister's swim was at 7.46am - mine not til 9.22 - but briefing was at 7am. Hard keeping warm. Was very laid back in swim - probably explains why my time was a minute slower than I'd hoped - was only doing about 100m in 2m 30 - not good - but the atmosphere wasn't exactly of serious swimming! So there was no rush at length ends... did 10m 30 I think (min slower than 2 yrs ago). Bike was great fun, though a shame it was wet on the road and still a bit drizzly, though much less so than earlier. Froggats Hill felt alot easier than in previous years - even managed to use gears other than ultra granny! The main difficulty is it goes on for so long...4 miles ish I think. Did 55 mins something - better than 2 yrs ago by couple of mins. Then the run felt easier than previous attempts - less painful anyway though still very hard - time slow - 47mins ish - disappointed. Overall did 1 hr 57 ish (?) - slower than 2 yrs ago - bummer! So run must have been lots slower - couldn't find time for it - but it swim was a min slower, and run 2 mins faster, most time mustve bee lost on the run...

Wed 21st July 2010
9pm - cyclospeed - circuits 3,2,1 then zen stretch. 45mins ish. Would've trained earlier, but didn't get in til 7..