Pembs Triathlon Training Camp

Monday did long steady Plan 2 in the pool 3.1 k totally restructured my catch .hmmmn , feels better but is that a comfortable truth .Needs refining i think. Raining still. Turbo at NB gym . An over and under interval session. The purpose of which is to get your legs used to processing lactic acid while still holding a useable amount of power.
4 times 5 mins at 90% FTP and 15 second bursts at 110% FTP every minute. Was holding 290 to 310 watts at 110 % and 220 to 240 Watts at 90% so again indicative of an FTP around 260 /270 watts. Which is higher than IM wales race day last year.Mr Fabulous was holding about the same but is 7 kgs heavier than me. But hopefully we should be ok in this 2 up in a couple of weeks.
Mr Fabulous and NB joined me in the changing room and shut the door. When they both dropped their kegs the room became very small indeed. With both of them between me and the only exit. It was a very tense few mins. Mr Fabulous sexual deviancy is well documented, NB seems ‘normal’ if James Shaw had been in there as well i would’ve just started with the hay bailers and taken my chances.

Tuesday Random 2 in the pool 2.5k. KDB was doing a swim class with Nez and someone else. Nez tends to swim straight up the middle of any lane he is in and when u consider the size of him there’s only going to be one winner of that head on collision.Gambo was his usual happy go lucky self. We discussed the merits of early morning crack pipes to make the day more bearable then Gambo said something about vodka ice cubes up his arse, clearly an every day occurrence in his household. It was at this point i decided to leave the conversation and swim on. I think i may even have moved lanes. Didn’t run in the evening had a long day in work with no coffee and ample helpings of ‘chippy’ a recipe for disaster. Slacky leaves me to work with Chippy alone quite a lot. I think its part of his long term master plan to mentally unhinge me in handy bite sized manageable chunks.

Wednesday . usually a rest day but felt guilty for not running yesterday. so finished work at 2.30 and went for a run. long steady 15.2 miles at 8.40 min miles.Was ok. even ‘enjoyed’ the first half. i do still believe running became obsolete when the bike was invented. Its an unnecessary way of travelling. Was feeling it a bit towards the end. Another evening and another batch of free chickens to pick up. Silkies the chap (Alex) said. I said ‘lovely’ Not a clue what that meant .Apparently its a make of chicken.So not one hour later i have 4 chickens loose in the back of the van and going bananas about their current relocation package and am lost somewhere up near whitland. Not clear how i would explain that if i got pulled over.Made it home. tired everything.