Finding the 3rd team mate continues but there is a renewed glimmer of hope that someone we previously approached will now join us. I really hope so as the dynamics and skills this person would bring to the team is fantastic, so let’s see how we are doing in a few days.
Training continues to be uphill though I have stuck to it and I can feel the improvements coming slowly. My strength work is helping me cope, especially as my stronger core is helping with my efficiencies, or inefficiencies in my case. I am extending my daily runs out and my longs are 2.5hrs and now include a pack. Monday’s run was in the heat of the day and I blew it badly but on reflection that was a nutrition error. I am now (not surprisingly) down 5kg since I started training in earnest 3 weeks ago. I have been very disciplined with my eating and no alcohol of any sort has passed my lips during this period. I am off to HK today and with me will be my CNP MR’s and a host of other nutritional stuff so that I remain in control of my intake and not at the mercy of the airlines or hotels.
Tom and I had a catch-up last night on the phone to get up to date. He did a half iron man this weekend (1.9 km swim, 90 km ride, 21.1 km run) in 5.5hrs so it is fair to say he is doing well on his training. We chatted about kit for the cape to cape next week along with other logistics and then as casual as anything he drops in “well we will finish Saturday, get a meal and a good nights sleep and I have signed us up for a half marathon on the Sunday morning”. Typical Tom, we hit the extremes on the first session out!
I will be back early next week with a posting just before I head to WA for the Cape to Cape.
