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This week has been an easy week in which I have finally been able to test my new material and where I have learnt to mount and dismount while moving.
So I started on Tuesday with a double session but because I had many things to do in the morning I was late to the swimming pool and I was able to only put 45 minutes of the 1h scheduled session. Then I went to work and after work I tried my new aero helmet for the first time. It was a brick session where I biked at nearly 33km/h feeling pretty good and then I did the run with two friends, 30minutes easy running.
On Wednesday I started the day with a swim. This week I have only put in endurance sessions or techniques sessions, no extra effort. Also my left shoulder is not feeling at its best but I can handle the discomfort. In the afternoon I had another easy brick of 45minutes on the bike and 15minutes run. Because it was such an easy day I decided that I would learn how to mount and dismount like a pro. So I went to an empty parking lot with the bike and I practiced it. At first I did not know how I was going to do it, and after trying it the hard way, start moving and jumping on, I had to break it down into parts and start from the basics. So I started to learn how to mount from stop and then I added some speed into it. Dismounting had been easier since the first day. To make it more realistic I had rubber bands so the shoe would stay in place.
On Thursday I gave myself a bit of resting from the pool and I actively recovered on the bike in the morning. Then in the afternoon I went for a run with a friend, we almost ran for one hour in which I decided to go very fast the last km, even though I could’ve gone a little faster or at least that’s what I thought, I ran 1km in 3mins6 seconds, not bad, but it could’ve been much better but when I tried it, it was after more than 45minutes hitting the road.
On Friday I did not start working out until the afternoon. I needed to try to get my ID ready to leave so I did not have time in the morning to train. My ID was not issued on Friday. After work I went to the swimming pool for an easy workout. After it I went home because it was late and I biked for another hour.
On Saturday it was a pretty crazy day rushing everywhere. I started my last brick of the week a little late because I decided to go to have breakfast with a friend and then I had to get ready for the session. I rode nearly 110km in 3h and 30minutes, nothing fancy but it worked and then I switched to run in 90seconds and ran the normal 30minutes run. I did not feel fast but I was definitely not slow. Since I reached “Can Gurí”. Then in the afternoon I got my haircut that I will be wearing on race day and I took a nap. At night I had a dinner. I had to skip work because of the lack of time.
On Sunday I tried how it would feel to swim with my newly repaired wetsuit and my race day clothes underneath. So I went to the beach dressed up and ready to swim. I did a pretty good workout of 30minutes in which I got 4 times off the water to run. I think I will be ready to run after the first lap on race day. Then I took the wetsuit off and I went back home. After it I went for a thirty minutes run. Once again I decided to go easy and just to run 4 strides of 90seconds, it turned out that I was faster than I thought.
This week was a little bit easier to stay focus even though I had many reasons to think in other things. I had great times with friends. I spent lots of time with them or at least more than I was used to it.
Sometimes it has been hard to start working out because the company was too good but I have put a lot of energy and time into training to just let it go.
Also on Saturday I got my bib number for the race. I will be racing with #1411. I hope the location in boxes is near the exit or it will suck. At least I have learnt to transition a lot faster.
The distance looks huge and even though sometimes I have some doubts I know I can perform well. I have trained pretty well in the past and that’s it. Next time I post it will be after the race.
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