Is this just self-indulgent twaddle? Well you don't have to read it. In fact is this whole venture just some narcissistic exercise in middle-aged preening? i don't know, but what I do know is that it's here. The time has come (well in 5 days) so it's time to seriously consider my targets.
When I started out on this "journey", I casually set myself a target of 90 minutes (which secretly I thought would be a "piece of piss"). then I hurt my leg and frankly anything under 2 hours and finishing at all seemed like a reasonable plan. But the training's been going well and I'm feeling quietly confident (not so quiet now I've broadcast it to the world) so i'm going to stick my neck out and make a prediction.
What has brought this on really is looking at last year's event results. You can too at www.sprinttriathlon.org if you feel so inclined. 90 minutes would place me more than half way down the field and way down in my age category. I'm in the latter half of my age category in terms of age, if you see what i mean, so I probably shouldn't be surprised.
So, predictions. (excluding transitions for which there are very generous allowances)
Swim 09:45
Cycle 41:15
Run/hobble/walk 34:00
That makes 85 minutes and probably the inability to walk for a week afterwards. You gotta have a goal, and there's mine.
Just a couple more training sessions to go.... Bike tomorrow, swim Thursday and I'll see how I feel Friday before taking saturday as a rest day. Wish me luck!
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