Week’s to go 1 PJ ‘s Training Summary 28-11-11 to 4-12-11
The mental games I mentioned last week continue this week, bloody taper truly does your head in! The primary goal this week is to be fresh. Impossible to rest too much…but very easy to train too much. Fluro warned me that I will feel tired but it’s the body adapting to the training overload. It is a good sign if it happens !!
Paulie gave me a good tip. He said to use some visualisation. When I wake up in the morning go through the whole race in your mind, what you will be doing, nutrition, gear, everything. This was very useful as I remembered a few more things that I needed to organise and pack.
Monday
A short set in the pool tonight……. 1.1k and over in the blink of an eye !!
I layed out some more gear tonight to take down to Busso. I printed out some check lists today and nothing was going to be left behind !!
Tuesday
A rest day today. I was constantly thinking about what needed to be done and what I should be packing.
More stuff added to the pile tonight.
Wednesday
A 30 minute run with Paulie this morning from work. I made him do six efforts of 90 sec duration though !!
The last day of work today for me before we head down to Busso. Yet more stuff to pack. Check, check and recheck. I wanted Sam to pack today to take the pressure off tomorrow but of course that didn’t happen !!
Thursday
I woke early and did some more visualisation. I sorted my clothes and chased Sam up who had not yet packed a thing. I went down to 9 Seeds to have a last coffee with the fellow Fluro trained boys. Great to get their good wishes and encouragement. I got back home and had to chase Sam up again. Pressure I could really have done without. We finally got the car packed and hit the road at 11am. We had a good run down and were soon settled in out accommodation at Busselton Beach Resort.
The Amigos headed down to the village area to check it all out and soak up some atmosphere.We registered and picked up our race kits. The athlete ID was now on my right wrist so this was feeling all very final. This is it !!!
At 5pm we headed out for an hour’s ride to check out the Coast Road as this was part of the bike course we hadn’t ridden before. It was pretty warm and windy.
We had a barbeque dinner and a beer back at the Amigo Resorto to finish the day.
Friday
The Amigos headed down for a swim at the jetty in the designated training spot along with hundreds of others. The ocean was pretty lumpy so it was good for me to get in and have a go as the conditions were very similar to what was being forecast for race day. I’m so glad I did this as I got out comfortable with the fact that I could get through OK if it was that rough on race day. We had a short ride into town to do a final check of the bikes followed by a short run with a few strides included. That’s it now……..training officially finished !!!! Time to begin carbo loading. Eat, eat and more eat !! I decided to get a bit of pre race organising done to take the pressure off tomorrow. I laid out gear for prerace, bike bag and run bag. I put the race number on the bike and did a final check, packed the spares and put my race number on.
Jenn arrived straight from school about 2:30pm. The family support team were now complete as Phoebe was not coming down as she was getting herself organised for her London trip next weekend.
Saturday
The plan today was to put the feet up as much as possible and take it easy. I got up and had some breakfast and had a second breakfast with Jenn and Sam in town. The rest of the day was spent eating, socialising and just trying to chill a bit.
Sunday
RACE DAY !!!!
A full race report will follow……
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