Saturday 15 October 2011

Pacing myself

Today was a double training session.  This morning I went out with new wheels on my bike and did my best time ever over a 16 mile hilly course.  I won't bore you with the technical reasons they are meant to be faster but they are - in addition my bike fitness is starting to come through.  I was only scheduled for an hour and compared to the five or six hours I was doing a month ago it was so easy - I was desperate to keep going.  But I knew that later on in the day I had 2,000 m to swim and tomorrow I will be running for 1.5 hours.
My coach has thought the plan out and it's pointless appointing an expert and then ignoring the advice.  So the swim went well and I feel relaxed and ready for tomorrow.  This shows the importance of having a plan and pacing yourself whether in triathlon training, business or life in general.