My training for Ironman France 2009 has arrived and was chritened on a run with Lynn Emmett and Tim Topper yesterday. Whilst I'm now into week 10 of 24 it only now seems real. the run was hard work. The legs kept screaming at me to walk but we managed 7:30mpm at 80%HRM for 6 miles. If it wasn't for the legs hurting I'd be pleased with that.
Lunchtime today we were joined by Chris Guy who was nursing a broken hand. He is still seriously quick even when injured. Pleased to say I performed a whole lot better than I did when I last rode with him 3 weeks ago. Back then I was on the single speed and was feeling warn out. Today was a whole lot different, kept up all the way round the ride and even managed to get the better (slightly) on one of the hills.
Part of the success is due to a good rest week last week. Part of it is down to the training over the winter months on the single speed and part of it is due to the bike I was riding. My good old Giant OCR2 has had a major facelift. I spent ages stripping it right down and cleaning it. After 5 years and 16,000 miles it needed it. I then put on a second hand 105 groupset replacing the orginial Tiagra Triple, plus new pedals, new bars, new stem, new tyres, new cables. Feels like a completely different bike and to most intents and purposes it is.
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