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First of all I would like to congratulate Macca for his win at Ford Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.
This week has been the best week of the last 5 or 6 weeks by far. I have felt very good, the weather was good and my legs and mind felt fresh. I hardly struggled to train and most of the times the sessions looked short even when I ran for 2h and 45mins.
This week I was supposed to have a open water race on Sunday in Calella de Palafrugell, de race was planned to be 7km long, from Port Bo in Calella to Formigues islands to go back to Llafranc. I was very excited about it but unfortunately the swim was suspended because of the water conditions. It was impossible to swim in such conditions.
I had scheduled my week around the race. So I started the week as normal, easy run and swim on Tuesday and then I swapped bricks. I did the long brick on Wednesday and the short one on Saturday. On Thursday I swam straight for only 30mins and rode the bike, late ride on the trainer. On Friday I took the long run, no swimming and no recovery ride because I moved it to Sunday. On Saturday in the morning I did my short brick and an easy swim with some of the swimmers who would compete the next day at Llafranc’s bay and on Sunday I was supposed to swim, the mid run and the recovery ride.
On Tuesday everything was easy and smooth as normal, I felt a little fatigue at the beginning as always and when I had stretch my legs I was feeling ok. I saw a very good runner from my town and we were almost going at the same speed although I was doing series, it was fun.
On Wednesday I was amazed on how well I was feeling. I started from Girona and went to la Fageda d’en Jordà, I wasn’t feeling too fast but I was feeling good all the time. When I was 4h into the ride I just couldn’t believe how well I was feeling and how bad I had felt weeks past. I then ran for 1h, at an amazing speed I ran 14,6km which for me it is huge after such a long ride. Best part I wasn’t feeling too tired afterwards. Great day, where my motivation skyrocketed.
On Thursday I just could not believe how well I was feeling, although I was very slow in the water I picked up later on the trainer, once I was home again.
On Friday, I wanted to go for the run in the morning but I was too lazy and the run was long so I decided to go in the afternoon. I didn’t feel too good for the first 1h and 15mins but then I started to think in something else and I started to feel better, every step I was taking I was feeling better and faster and I finished the run with a huge sprint. My pace was to run a marathon in 3h5mins, so I was only 20mins away from doing it and I was feeling very well.
On Saturday morning I rode at home and then left to Llagostera running. Incredible run it looked like it was a Wednesday. I was feeling light and fast and I actually ran as fast as a regular Wednesday when I haven’t had all these kilometers in my legs. And put on a run of 8km in 30mins, pretty good on 19h week. Then I went to Llafranc for a little group swim.
On Sunday I was ready to race, I wanted to but the conditions weren’t good. The sea was too rough and the support boats couldn’t leave the harbor, therefore they could not put the buoys and we could barely see the islands where we were heading to. So the swim was canceled for the day and maybe it will be resumed in 2 weeks time, who knows. After that I went back home, I ate and I went for a run. The run wasn’t great, I decided not to take water with me and I struggled a little bit on that. I was caught by the rain as well, but I was fast enough, I did not expect that. Once I was home again it took me forever to do the recovery ride, it was the worst session of the entire week, where I suffered the most.
I think I have almost made my mind about the whole thing and I might go for it. I am willing to do but I can still back up.
About the rest of the week, I’ve been very absent to everyone and I did not have much time either to hang out with anyone and today that I had some time I was very upset with you and what we talked today and I just did not want to see anybody else.
I have also had you in my mind much more than I wanted to, especially during the long ride. I have had these weird thoughts about us. I had put them away and I don’t know why you always have to complicate everything. I guess I just fantasize which is what I like, but it will kill me because all this thinking makes me crazy. Fortunately for me I don’t think too often when I train.
And I the good news from my university have become real and I am very happy for that.
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