Tick tick tock.all the lost souls and the longest suicide note ever

friday 7th

Went for that long run 17 miles in 2 hrs 15 mins 8 mins 14 secs per mile, quite a hilly route. Was quite a nice morning but as i am writing this over a week later it couldve been raining. I cant remember what i was doing 10 mins ago,. Is that an age thing or just a symptom of modern life ? So much more to remember knowadays. Pants on , shoes on feet . left one on left foot breath etc. All quite taxing

Not to stop there on the 4 week training odyssey i did the masters swim in the evening too 50 mins 2 k. This was after the medium chain triglyceride experiment. Now these are another energy source not carb based that are absorbed quickly into the blood stream . An example of which is coconut oil. Ohh ,well we all like coconuts dont we. Love a bounty i do. So it is a way of keeping up with the energy required to do a long distance event. Sounds idyllic. One small problem . No one i know can process it. At best it lurches around in your stomach making all sorts of noises. The next scenario is the first one followed by excessive wind the third and quite frankly this is a real show stopper is the first 2 followed by a no warning you’ve just shit yourself. So i figured it can only be a question of conditioning. Get used to it over a protracted period of time. Here’s a quick tip. DO NOT TRY THIS AT WORK. It tastes quite nice and there you are happily glugging it down. 30 mins later you dont feel quite so special. An hour later you are begging someone, anyone to kill you. Still will try it again over the next few weeks

Late finishing work for reasons i’ve just explained and was quite drained so decided to go up to the tt tomorrow instead of tonight. Now its funny what you just dont learn. Why would you make the connection thats its a saturday in august and the roads might be busy. Shouldve gone on the friday night.

It was murder. One little bump on the M4 and the world promptly grinds to a halt. Windy Miller is making an appearence today and is faring no better coming from the opposite direction. She has sat nav and goes cross country . I’m sitting on the M4 which looks like a car park. Ben the dog cant believe his luck. He has decided to wear his black fur coat again today. So i’m trying not to flap but it does go against the grain.

the miller texts me to tell me she has found a clear road and has arrived at the HQ this cheers me up no end as i sit in the van melting trying to keep the dog cool. I am really really pleased for her. Yes i am.Any way i get off the m4 finally and its a lot shorter distance to usk than i recall and i arrive with an hour before i start..

To add to my happy sunny disposition which is even sunnier after my drive/park up the miller informs me the course has been cut short due to road works. Only by .6 of a mile. The ski ramp downhill start. This is potentially quite annoying as it means no PB s to be had today. Warm up on the rollers then peel myself into the skin suit. Gethin and Chris Holman arrive and seem in good spirits. They had no traffic issues on the way up and just missed it all.

Its hot and we roll down to the start. I’m off number 17 . Lucky to be racing at all as i entered heather for this event while she was away in france and somehow entered her twice and me not at all. Event organisers can be a bit jobs worth about this but they agreed to change it this time. Its a fast course ,used to be the fastest in wales before the bank came into use. Get ready 5,4,3,2,1 GO. ease away up to 300 watts try to stay there. Fast with the wind behind you to the turn and i get there in just under 25 mins .30mph average. Then u turn, then you realise just how strong the wind is as you face up into it. Hard on the way back. Grovelling even. Still picking up other riders along the way. As usual the finish cant come quick enough and i finish in 52.53mins . I’m ok kinda with this. Power is down from the previous 25mtt . Probably due to a difficult week. Chris had a difficult ride too and i thought Gethin was going to start crying. Gethin is probably a faster rider than me but his proper form is evading him at the moment. Tea and cake at the finish then a cheeky pint with the miller in the sun in the square in usk. very civilised.

Sunday

What a difference a day makes. Its pissing down for the Milford gotri sprint triathlon. Have to get up too early to make the start. It is actually quite busy and after a quick think decide against the disc for this one. The usual wait pool side. The swim actually went ok and got outside into the rain onto the bike. The power is where is should be this morning . I do love consistency. I smash the technical bike course where sometimes just staying up right is the goal. Didnt completely screw up t1 or t2 either. Onto the run and that went well too . Finished . Won it in 1 hour 5 mins . went home slept.

I have now won 2 and finished 2nd in another. You have to do all 4 to be the series winner. The final one is on the day i fly to hawaii which is a shame