Pembrokeshire Triathlon Training Camp

Thursday in the pool with threshold session 3 2.8 k 20 times 100 m sprints lush.Had a reasonably unremarkable swim, still working on that catch. Got busy for a while then a bit ‘tense’ then settled down. Raining again . Turbo in the evening with Ollie. 3 min intervals . first min low cadence high gear ‘hill climb’ then 110 per cent ftp for the next 2 mins. 3 times. Then 1 min on 1 min off @120 per cent ftp times ten. That hurt a bit lol. Holding 320 to 340 watts . Again indictative of an Ftp around 260/270. The boy wonder came up with the goods and we are in the 2 up 25 mtt in 2 weeks. Amazing how he can talk and walk at the same time without falling over. New aero helmet came in the post. ‘kash’ is it? silver one. bit extreme but at least no one will recognise you with the visor down. Not like i’m hiding from my hoardes of adorning fans is it?! The trio of miscreants staying at the b and b have excelled themselves again. Took my wet washing off the clothes horse so they could dry theirs. Brilliant . A master stroke in how to piss the land lord off. They didn’t even ask to use the washing machine. To add terminal insult to injury they have eaten a whole pack and a half of MY BISCUITS. Cardinal sin. The clock to the show down is ticking , usually doesn’t take long. Rob Collins has complained that he hasn’t been mentioned in this blog. So, Rob, do something worth mentioning. Solid triathlete is our Rob . Unfortunately, with one major genetic flaw. Rob has the affliction of being quite ginger.Auburn he protests. Not making the grade my friend. You are ginger. Its a bitter bitter pill to swallow.Life long, some might say. But that is just the way it is.x

Friday. Missed the swim for favour of a kinda lie in. Worked with Slacky and Chippy , flat roof in Tenby. 20 rolls of felt up a triple ladder. Good for the core strength see. Chippy was looking decidedly shaky on his ladder climbs , i faired little better. Slacky was bounding up the damn thing two rungs at a time. You get a different perspective of tenby from the roof tops. Interesting little town. Nice day, sun was out.Got a call out at 330 and went and patched up some randoms electrics. Then with legs still aching from Wednesdays 15 miler out for an easy run. Down to fresh west,nice sunset and bumped into another dubious character ….Gambo…. sometimes chats with Gambo just make life worth living. Here’s a guy whose life lurches from one bibilical catastophe to another on a almost as regular occurenece as mine. Excellent value. Tonight the common misunderstanding that Gambos wife had no idea how much all this kit costs. Now, contrary to popular belief women are not stupid. They know exactly how much all this kit costs. They are just saving the information for such a time as when they need it. But its there. Stored. And this week it was Gambos turn. lol. He almost ran straight past his house to come and stay at the Band b . Have a top weekend.lol. 7 miles done , Good to run with someone else. Nothing remarkable at 9 min miles.