Followed Nigel Costiff's advice and overcame my normal reluctance to swim to take part in the 1 hour challenge.
Quite apprehensive before the start as I've never swam for an hour nonstop and I was worried about getting really bored just ploughing up and down. It was much better than expected as I was paying attention to the other 2 in my lane and lapping them kept the attention up.
My plan was to take it steady and I ended up a few metres short of 3250 so I was quite pleased.
Probably swimming a comfortable ironman pace as not too tired at the end.
Has given my a bit of inspiration to work on my swim.
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Brighton Beacon Half Marathon
First half marathon of the year started with a PB by over 2 minutes with a time of 1.16.01 and 18th place.
Been doing a lot of base work since Christmas as part of my Ironman training plan, so wasn't sure how this race would go.
Pleasantly surprised to be able to keep a sub 6 min mile pace up given that I haven't done a lot of high intensity stuff. Maybe the core training is helping?
Filthy weather with continuous rain and plenty of wind, but it didn't seem too bad once racing.
Quickly got cold at the finish and had to make a quick run for the car before hypothermia set in.
Been doing a lot of base work since Christmas as part of my Ironman training plan, so wasn't sure how this race would go.
Pleasantly surprised to be able to keep a sub 6 min mile pace up given that I haven't done a lot of high intensity stuff. Maybe the core training is helping?
Filthy weather with continuous rain and plenty of wind, but it didn't seem too bad once racing.
Quickly got cold at the finish and had to make a quick run for the car before hypothermia set in.
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