Sunday Time Trial

Hey person, Our special guest from Great Britain, Ben Oakley, who has been staying with us until the rest of the team gets here, goaded us into a time trial on the race course. Rob, Foo and myself took up the challenge with Stew declining. With a slightly low level we set off for the pre-start river get in, warmed up to the start line at Bellentre and went off at one-minute intervals with Rob first and Ben last. I was determined to go fairly hard but as I'm still getting used to the exciting bit (that is, the second half)I was also pretty sure I wanted to keep a bit in reserve. The heart rate monitor tells the story- I was working above anaerobic threshold level but not really at race pace (which means there is some lactic acid accumulation- lactic acid makes your arms and legs feel full and dead and contributes to a loss of control). The only mistakes were on easy bits where I just chose a slower route because I'm still learning the course, but the big bits were done reasonably well. The time trial results? Ben Oakley 14.11, Foo 14.18, me in 14.31 and Rob in 14.53. Good results for all of us and something to build upon- After 7 runs I now know I can race this course and can now work on getting faster. Heart rate and speed data can be seen on http://connect.garmin.com/activity/190197254 Days still lovely, ponies have moved in across the road, talk to you later!