The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge
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@MN5 said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
I'm having lunch at Bondi Icebergs. Some fluffybunny has been swimming laps the entire 3 hours i have been here. Non stop. Love to know how far he has swum
That's insane. You must have to just switch your brain off. His shoulders would be aching like a bitch.
Heard a very interesting conversation with Kieran Perkins last night. He's gone to pie and hasn't swum in 18 months. He said without that one overriding goal in mind it's difficult for him to find the motivation to put himself through any more hurt. I guess that explains why many athletes become blobs when they retire. It's all or nothing for them.
Well so many of them keep eating like they did when they trained for hours a day without the exercise to burn it off.
For sure. That's a massive factor as well. I only have to look at my son at the moment. His food bill will be enormous in a few years.
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8 massive days on the piss eating rich food. First run after it this morning. No breakfast. Predictable results.
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
8 massive days on the piss eating rich food. First run after it this morning. No breakfast. Predictable results.
I know what you mean. I hadn't run in six weeks to fix a tendinitis issue in my ankle. Following Easter I went for a run and it took 12 mins to cover the first two kms. It felt like walking but at least I managed to negative split every km after that.
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God a really good run is uplifting for the spirit and the confidence. Just did my best run ever.
11.5km in 1.01
Maintained my intended pace the whole time (except once where I busted out 4.5 min km by accident) no need for any walking just comfortable.
Best thing was finished not even a bit blown, and breathing was back to normal in less than 90 seconds
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@mariner4life nice one.
I’m actually looking forward to a longer run this weekend. Probably similar distance
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@MajorRage good luck
I am hoping to do a 15km on Monday
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First 90km ride of the prep. 3.05
You're telling me I have to run a half marathon after that? What the fuck have I got myself in for?
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Despite my excesses at various bars, breweries and Eat Street yesterday, I went for a run along the Brisbane river this morning.
Fucking glad I did, beautiful morning for it. Running in cool air is nice!
13km in 1.09 and did it easy. Stopped because it was time not because I was tired. No breakfast, no water, no nutrition, slightly hungover but I honestly believe I could have run 21 at the same pace.
Seems I can just go out and run now. Awesome
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
Despite my excesses at various bars, breweries and Eat Street yesterday, I went for a run along the Brisbane river this morning.
Fucking glad I did, beautiful morning for it. Running in cool air is nice!
13km in 1.09 and did it easy. Stopped because it was time not because I was tired. No breakfast, no water, no nutrition, slightly hungover but I honestly believe I could have run 21 at the same pace.
Seems I can just go out and run now. Awesome
Great stuff. I was there a month ago .... and then went on holiday and got ill. Now struggling a bit for the motivation to get back there and more.
Don’t be like me!
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
Despite my excesses at various bars, breweries and Eat Street yesterday, I went for a run along the Brisbane river this morning.
Fucking glad I did, beautiful morning for it. Running in cool air is nice!
13km in 1.09 and did it easy. Stopped because it was time not because I was tired. No breakfast, no water, no nutrition, slightly hungover but I honestly believe I could have run 21 at the same pace.
Seems I can just go out and run now. Awesome
Eat Street is awesome. Where were you staying?
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Humbled last night. On my run, feeling okay (a little heavy in the legs as i had done an hour on the bike trainer in the morning) when this girl absolutely smoked past me. I looked at my watch and i was doing 5min kms, and she was disappearing off in to the distance. And it's not like she was just starting either, i had seen her going the other way a little way back. About 2km further on at the tunraround she was already 400m in front of me.
She looked really fucking fit though. Young and fit. Bitch. She is either doing the full Iron Man, or she is looking to be at the pointy end of the half. Wish i had legs like that.
I did 11.5km in an hour flat, which was great, but all i could think about was how easily i was made to look like a plodder earlier on.
So 19 days until the race. In a less than ideal prep i spend all of next week in Macau, if i am honest, drinking too much. So my training ends Sunday morning. I am not feeling that confident to be honest. I know my aerobic fitness is great, it's just how i go turning my legs over after the bike.
Swim is going to be about the same as last year. Not fast, but steady, and i should finish in decent shape
Bike is my main worry, the weather has been so shit i just haven't done enough kms, so i am really worried what i will feel like getting off
My running is undoubtedly the best it has ever been, but i think it is just going to be a mental battle to keep my legs turning over. -
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@Kirwan said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
Sounds like you are in great shape to me, good luck!
I think i mentioned it before, but without i am as fit, if not fitter, than i have ever been. I'm astounded what i can do without blowing really hard, and how quickly i recover.
It's just that i have a lot to get through, and having never done it before, i don't know what to expect.
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fark you sound like a machine compared to me...when I sprint along about 5.30min/km I think I am doing well...I try to ignore the people that pass me, cnuts haha.
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@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
fark you sound like a machine compared to me...when I sprint along about 5.30min/km I think I am doing well...I try to ignore the people that pass me, cnuts haha.
When I was at uni a friend was a UCI triathlete. Occasionally we'd bump into each other on the road. I'd be thankful for the push, he'd be chatting thankful for the rest. Then off he'd go.
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@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
fark you sound like a machine compared to me...when I sprint along about 5.30min/km I think I am doing well...I try to ignore the people that pass me, cnuts haha.
machine is waaay too far. I haven't put in enough work for that, and i have continued to drink. I love to drink.
But i have really improved my running, my last 3 runs have all been between 11 and 13 kms, and all done at average speeds of 5.20 per km. That's pretty solid in my book.
Surprisingly, now that it doesn't hurt, i have actually enjoyed the running, and i think i will keep up with it after my race. Might even look at a marathon one day.
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@antipodean said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
fark you sound like a machine compared to me...when I sprint along about 5.30min/km I think I am doing well...I try to ignore the people that pass me, cnuts haha.
When I was at uni a friend was a UCI triathlete. Occasionally we'd bump into each other on the road. I'd be thankful for the push, he'd be chatting thankful for the rest. Then off he'd go.
A mate of mine did the 100km trail run in the Blue Mountains on the weekend. Absolutely insane. Now he is a machine.
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@antipodean said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
fark you sound like a machine compared to me...when I sprint along about 5.30min/km I think I am doing well...I try to ignore the people that pass me, cnuts haha.
When I was at uni a friend was a UCI triathlete. Occasionally we'd bump into each other on the road. I'd be thankful for the push, he'd be chatting thankful for the rest. Then off he'd go.
A mate of mine did the 100km trail run in the Blue Mountains on the weekend. Absolutely insane. Now he is a machine.
I've done the six foot track run with people who finish it in three hours. They're simply a different species.
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@antipodean said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
six foot track run
jesus.
According to his strava, he did 4,000m of climbing during that run. fuck absolutely all of that.
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@mariner4life most of my 'running' is trail runs, so includes alot of walking up steps.
