Coming back

Since Ironman last week I have done very little in the way of training. Of course that's how it should be, right? A time for recovery, reflection, yadda yadda.

It's been a lovely week too. Splashing in the surf at Port Mac the morning after. Sleeping in all week. And then spending the Easter long weekend taking my wife Sarah away for her birthday - dinner at Bodega (yum!), camping at Mt Wilson and a couple of days staying in a house on an olive grove in Mudgee sampling the local wines. Life is good.

Mt Wilson


View from our pad in Mudgee


However when you've gone from full-on IM training, to a three week taper, to then a full week of recovery... well you start to get a bit antsy. If you're me anyway. Ok I've done the sleep-in, the eat-whatever-you-want and the drink-loads-of-booze. Can I train again now?

The good thing about all that recovery is that I'm now raring to go! Today I got up and did Boundary Riders for the first time in a few weeks and it felt great to push the legs and get the blood pumping again. It was a fast one today too.

Then at lunch I couldn't face not running, so went back to HuRTS and compromised by only doing 10 reps out of the full 14 rep session of 3 minute efforts. I also slowed down a bit and made it to the lampost before the gates, instead of just past the gates. But I was really stoked to note that the legs felt good, the pace felt easy, and I was able to do all ten with no fading. I was seriously considering pushing the full 14 just to see how it felt, but I reasoned with myself that it would be foolish.

Anyway the first day of proper training and I'm feeling on fire! Now I just have to work out how I manage to train for a 100km bush run in 6 weeks...