Training Log: kido

Very slow and painful ride into work. Wouldn't have done it but there were no trains on my line and I refused to get a bus. Haven't ridden into head office from this house yet, it only takes 9min longer but that feels like eternity.

Ugh. Awful. Also, riding through the CBD just makes me absolutely furious - I'm used to cars being dicks but in the CBD everyone is a dick - cars, other cyclists, scooters, pedestrians...

You Yangs Dirty Duathlon - Run 1. Entered this on a whim as it seemed fun. We ended up having the whole family there with Dad doing the short course and my sister & brother doing the 10k trail race, while mum cheered & minded kids. I went out on this run as if the ride and second run didn't exist, and I paid for it. Had thought I was fairly comfortable tucked in behind Kate (who is a semi-pro off-road triathlete) but as soon as we hit the turn around I blew up spectacularly and came into the first transition about 40s down on Kate and Penny.

This was "off-road" but it certainly wasn't technical trail - a few roots and ruts but generally fairly easy going (except a few areas of softish sand).

You Yangs Dirty Duathlon ride leg. This was really hard! I've never really raced my MTB before (with the exception of Cape-to-Cape, but that was a bit longer and more chill) so I didn't know what to expect. They had us on the easy trails but I'd forgotten that it's actually quite slippery with loose gravel / sand on nearly every corner. I was a bit of a wuss and really slowing / braking into these which of course meant I had to work that much harder out of them. I was wrecked by the second lap! I also got cocky at one point and got air off a few jumps but then couldn't slow down in time into a slippery corner and nearly lost it.

Thought this had been quite slow / crap but looking at my time at the end it wasn't all that bad. 4th female ride time, <5min behind Kate and ~2min behind the other two girls.

You Yangs Dirty Duathlon - Run 2. Was super wrecked by this! Also it had got quite warm and since my bike frame is tiny I could only carry 500ml of fluids. Just suffered though, was surprised / pleased at the end that I got the fastest female on this run!

Ended up 3rd female, may have got the state championship in 30-34 agegroup if I had been a Tri Vic member. This was lots of fun, way better than every triathlon I've ever done on Beach Rd. Wish there were more of them!

C • Duathlon state champion 10

Home improvement day. Had hoped to get out for a gentle run or ride but ran out of time.

Kettlebells. Tough work.

Tried hard to slow it down this morning, but had to cut it short as needed the loo...

7 x 400 / 90s. This wasn't super fast but it was consistent and felt OK. Feeling less sore / exhausted today which was good.

What a contrast to last week. Crappy weather, Cyril was being a shit, and I felt tired (though ran just as quickly...)