It was a huge weekend for me. Three days of alternating cycling and running, with one swim in the mix. We ran out of daylight each day, and I ran out of energy both Saturday and Sunday.
In all, I managed more than 300kms of cycling and about 65km of running - the highest volume yet in my athletic career in such a short period of time.
The objective, as defined by John Mergler, who led the camp, was to build strength and endurance. And it did just that for me.
While I'm wiped out today, and my quads are wondering what hit them, I feel great.
In a sense, I entered the camp a bit depleted energy wise as I had clocked more than 350km the previous week including two long rides through the Royal National Park. And then I ran 34km last Wednesday morning, including hill repeats and stair repeats too.
And even though I often found myself running by myself at the back of the group, I am very happy with the training.
The area of and around Kiama has some long and steep hills and we found them on both the bike and the run.
We had a full moon each evening and in the mornings when we started out too. And several magnificent sunrises and sunsets.
We scared a few cows as we cycled or ran past, though most of them simply looked at us with an expression of `what are you doing?'
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment