Daz Does Tri

Photo finish from last night. Me in 4th. Held off a big bunch in the finish. OK, so time to take stock of where I am and where I want to get. * Last 2 races have been a little below expectation. To the point where they have been the very minimum of acceptable for where I am at. * I feel really tired and achey A LOT even when TSB is positive * I'm hitting targets in training for intervals * I've built a fairly solid base over the past 6 1/2 weeks now * Training hasn't had a whole load of consistency * When recovered I feel really fit It's fairly obvious that I've pushed a little too hard. I said yesterday, it's no bad thing BUT I need to bring that back into line. Race wise, off the 1500m, I get a VDOT of 60. That equates to bang on 17 min 5k. Training paces should be 400s in 75 and 200s in 37. I've been going way harder than that. Yes, fresh legged I am sure I would be quicker but I think a couple of weeks bringing everything back in line and training sligh...

First track race of the season! Pre-race... Build up has been pretty good. The only issue lately is that my legs are either totally smashed from intervals OR they are doing intervals. I've had very little chance to relax lately and feel like my legs are strong. I'm constantly moaning about the aches and pains. It's no bad thing, I need strength, BUT, it's frustrating that I feel tired and achey constantly. Today is no different. Legs feel heavy and fairly unresponsive although slightly better as the day has gone on. I did a shakeout 5k earlier and they felt pretty bad !! It's likely some nerves in there but either way I'm carrying a set of battered tools tonight. If I am honest, mid season I probably would have scratched the race and just jogged today.  Jacob can't race after his accident so I'm seeing it like a Park Run - it's just a really hard effort on battered legs so I'm not expecting a huge result. I guess anything in 4.30-4.40 range will ...

OK so today was the secret squirrel race in the diary. The Mallory Park 5k. Last October the times where off the charts so even though I am only 5 weeks back from injury I had secretly hoped to be pretty decent today. Decent cut back week (after 4 solid weeks) and the legs felt pretty good. Mallory is not accurate on the GPS - everyone comes up well long on the Garmin so to avoid getting down on myself I had decided to pace by power and ignore time and average pace settings. Power wise Bedford was 338w avge for 16.29 and London was 328w for 17.09. Recent training indicated 335w was probably likely for average so if it's a quick day it'll be good, if it's a bad day it should still be reasonable. I was hoping to go sub 17 (obviously lol) but 17.15 should be solid enough.  I set power targets as incrementing each mile from 330w -> 340w -> 350w (if I can hold it). I knew 330w was comfortable enough but 340 upwards was hard work off current training. I really didn't wa...