50 mile bike ride

Today I have completed a 50mile bike ride in 3hrs 10mins with some good hills and elevations included. That gives me the world of confidence in being able to cycle 56 miles 8 weeks today....

I also went for a second open water swim yesterday morning, around 40minutes but not sure how far I covered as I only confirmed the markers once out of the lake. They have an accurate 1km course so the next session Ill start at the first bouy and try and do 2 laps and see my time at the end.

Got mega neck chafage from the wetsuit and my neck is now red raw, Body glide to be purchased very soon to stop that ever happening again.

Did 80minutes on the spin bike on Thursday including a class in between and also ran a solid 48.50min 10k on Wednesday evening. Onwards!

Training update!

Been a while since ive blogged but have kept the training going and the miles are slowly creeping up, I have been spinning most weeks and this weekend have done a 38mile cycle with some big hills to replicate wimbleball followed by a 10k brick run @ 55mins which I am very happy with as my legs felt like lead.

Yesterday I did a 11.6 miles run in 1hr43mins which I found quite easy, hopefully that will put me under 2 hour half marathon with some more training.

This morning I went for my first ever open water swim, The water was freezing and it was raining so I must say it was certainly a shock to the system. It was hard to breath and my face ached from the coldness! My wetsuit was very warm but I think I rushed putting it on and it had gaps which let water in quite alot!

managed about 900m, Will go again next week for hopefully an improved performance.