After yesterday's swim FAIL, I figured a ride was in order. Sadly, it's now swim FAIL and ride FAIL. My elbow just won't cooperate and riding in constant pain is not fun. I did about 7km on a selection of flat and hilly roads but had to give it up as I was just too uncomfortable. Epic FAIL.
Heck, I might actually have to go water jogging...and back to the stationary bike at the gym. Nooooooooooo!!! At least weights weren't giving me any problems last week, even if I only did two sets of the arms and thrashed my legs. Okay, so my hammies weren't happy with me the next day. I went way too hard on my legs at the gym and then smashed them with 20km at serious race pace.
Pain was my best mate the next day, but that's not always a bad thing. I look at it as my muscles telling me they were worked hard, and need a break. I tried a variation on an existing exercise that made it at least 150% harder than my legs were used to. Fortunately, the next day was a total rest day so by Saturday they were ready to roll and were loosened up in the pool. Sad I can't say the same about my jolly elbow!
In other news, I've booked my trip to Ironman New Zealand 2010. No, sadly, I am not competing in it this year. But my friend Sean is, and I want to go support him and the 1000+ other awesome brave souls who could be racing up to 17 hours straight in one of the toughest endurance events around.
Ironman kicks off at 6.45am on the Saturday for the pros, and 7am for the awesome mortals. I've also applied to volunteer at Ironman, so I'll let you all know what job I get (if any!). I've been feeling a bit down about my tri season thanks to my stupid elbow injury, so hopefully Ironman gives me the inspirational kick up the jacksy that I need right now.
I'm heading down to Taupo on the bus on the Friday, arriving early afternoon. I've got a nice room booked about 10 minutes walk from everything and have already google mapped my trip. Sorted! My bus returns mid-afternoon on Sunday, so I have time to attend the "considering doing an Ironman?" session on the Sunday afternoon. I'll even have time to chillax and walk along the lake on the Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. Awesome!
The accommodation and bus fares come in at under $100 total so that's made attending a lot easier. The petrol alone to drive down and back would have been well over $100 and to be honest, I'd rather sit on the bus so I can take photos, chill, and enjoy the scenery.
The demonic car seems to be playing up again (in reverse this time) and although it's under warranty for another week, I am nervous and unimpressed. I'll take it back this week and get it checked out. I'll be car-less again for a couple of days but it's all good. I can't train much at the moment anyway, so don't need to be driving to the pool for now.
Must sleep, dog tired and have work tomorrow.
Ciao
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