After a quick hello I carried on and looped round to to local church where my grandparents are buried. I stopped and cleaned up their memorial stones and just had a moment of reflection. I was very close to my grandparents and had to tell them that they were all great grandparents now.
Although the run had gone well I was still not feeling 100% so opted to not open water swim. I did however have a refresher lesson with the lovely Christina from my Tri club. I know my swim stroke isn't good with a weak kick but an ok entry, catch, pull etc. Well, so I thought. Christina thought the complete opposite. My hand entry was too far in front of me and the catch especially on my right arm was poor. And I was breathing too early as well. So we set about doing drills to correct and before long I was feeling a lot better in the water. Will keep you updated on how I progress.
Saturday morning is generally Parkrun morning at Black Park. Without much training the prior week I wasn't expecting miracles but with my improvements from
March I was hoping to get close to my time 3 weeks prior. I again focussed on cadence. Well, I surprised myself coming over the line in 21.09! My 4th fastest 5k ever. Even though it's not a priority I've always wanted to break 20 minutes and now I feel I'm not too far off. My pb is 20.32 in October 2008.
Monday next week is my first Tri of the season, the Thames Turbo Sprint near Hampton Court. It's a
pool swim so need to get in the local pool to practice turns... not the tumble variety just yet but every second counts. I haven't come up with a race plan yet so lots to do. It's only just over 2 weeks until Windsor as well. Still hoping sub 2hr30 is doable. I haven't done enough cycling but feel confident.
In other news, Georgie has had enough of formula milk and has found something far more tasty....
"Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it."
T. Alun Armstrong
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