Rain, Snot and Work

What a week!



Weather played havoc with my planned workouts and a sick child and work commitments has left this weeks workout plans in tatters. I had 10 hours scheduled for this week and will be lucky to get in half that.

I can accept giving up workouts to look after a sick child. Lauren is only 20 months old and has a cold that has brought on coughing (why do kids cough so much during the night?), lots of snot and a fever that has made her miserable. I took Monday off work to look after her and SHE looked after her on Tuesday. Trips into Adelaide for work meant that the usual morning workout time was taken by the 1.5 hour trip into the CBD. I have put in a bit of time on the stationary trainer last night and will tonight but I really need to run.

I have a race on Sunday, an 8km run , in Adelaide. It is a series of 4 races; one a month to keep people happy in the off season. I would like to get around 35mins for the run and improve on that over the remaining 3 races to hopefully get under 32 mins. It should be a good way of working on my run speed. My main run focus will be endurance rather than speed but I can't ignore speed entirely.

I was meaning to upload some photos but have not had the time to do it and could not take photos riding on Sunday as it rained for the entire 3.5 hours. It was 95kms of soggy fun. I did actually enjoy the ride, especially when I was having a chew on a banana, taking it easy up a long incline, when I looked behind me as I neared the top of the hill and saw a pack of around 20 riders behind me. It was the last thing I expected and I nearly rode into the middle of the road but once I recovered from my surprise I put the hammer down so they didn't swamp me down the hill. They took a turn to Paris Creek and I continued on towards Goolwa so I didn't have the chance to test my speed against the Adelaide Hills Veteran Cyclists . After checking their website I think I might have a ride with them just to get some company on some rides.

Running in my backyard is always a great experience, 14km aerobic zone run surrounded by beautiful Eucalypt woodland, the odd kangaroo and lots of birds. Not really all my backyard but close.

Running tomorrow, and if I can get enough work done a swim at lunchtime. Short 40km easy ride on Saturday then the race on Sunday. Plan is calling for around 12 hours next week but have a big meeting to organise for Wednesday so it may be another week of of catch up.