Sunday, January 16, 2005
Day 8
The start of a new week although I was starting to feel a little jaded. I went for the early swim intending to do 4km but quickly realised that this was not going to happen. I re-adjusted my objective to a 2km swim then down to a 1.5km swim. My technique felt OK but I was tired. So I did my 1.5km and went to a cafe while the others finished.
I asked Gordo about my goals for the week and he said that considering my priority was IMNZ (as opposed to maximising my point score at Epic) that I could take it really easy on Monday (today) and Wednesday and do the racing on Tuesday and Thursday with the option of riding 180km to Canberra on Friday. So I got rugged up (it was cold) and headed out for a cruisy ride on my own - maybe for two hours. 5km up the road I turned around and went to bed and slept for 5 hours! My legs felt pretty ordinary and I think I needed a rest. There were some mutterings about photographic evidence of my length power nap so I better check the Internet later.
Many of the others just kept motoring. Mike P, the leader of the Old Fellas category, found a bike track (as in a velodrome) and rode 127km on it!
I have also decided not to run today. I hope I feel better tomorrow rather than becoming more tired. The race tomorrow is interesting. It will be a 1.5km - 2km wetsuit swim in the lake, a 40km uphill ride from Jindabyne to Charlotte Pass. Aparrently the elevation gain on the ride is 1800m with a main climb of 20km although it is not nearly as steep as Brown Mountain. Off the bike we run 9.7km up a path to the top of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia. The elevation gain on the run is around 400m. So that should put some more hair onmy chest. If my legs felt like they did today I think I could be in a bit of bother. Stay tuned.
I asked Gordo about my goals for the week and he said that considering my priority was IMNZ (as opposed to maximising my point score at Epic) that I could take it really easy on Monday (today) and Wednesday and do the racing on Tuesday and Thursday with the option of riding 180km to Canberra on Friday. So I got rugged up (it was cold) and headed out for a cruisy ride on my own - maybe for two hours. 5km up the road I turned around and went to bed and slept for 5 hours! My legs felt pretty ordinary and I think I needed a rest. There were some mutterings about photographic evidence of my length power nap so I better check the Internet later.
Many of the others just kept motoring. Mike P, the leader of the Old Fellas category, found a bike track (as in a velodrome) and rode 127km on it!
I have also decided not to run today. I hope I feel better tomorrow rather than becoming more tired. The race tomorrow is interesting. It will be a 1.5km - 2km wetsuit swim in the lake, a 40km uphill ride from Jindabyne to Charlotte Pass. Aparrently the elevation gain on the ride is 1800m with a main climb of 20km although it is not nearly as steep as Brown Mountain. Off the bike we run 9.7km up a path to the top of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia. The elevation gain on the run is around 400m. So that should put some more hair onmy chest. If my legs felt like they did today I think I could be in a bit of bother. Stay tuned.
# posted by Vernon @ 10:59 PM 
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Hi there Vernon,
Mate, your efforts have been amazing! I am inspired and amazed at what you have already achieved - way beyond anything I could imagine.
It sounds about now that you have reached an interesting point on this camp. You have surpassed your biggest training week by "forever" and now you are understandebly slipping into the normal mindset of "do I need to do more"? Yes you do. This is THE WALL. You are the only one I know that can do this. Over to you.
In awe
Marcus
Mate, your efforts have been amazing! I am inspired and amazed at what you have already achieved - way beyond anything I could imagine.
It sounds about now that you have reached an interesting point on this camp. You have surpassed your biggest training week by "forever" and now you are understandebly slipping into the normal mindset of "do I need to do more"? Yes you do. This is THE WALL. You are the only one I know that can do this. Over to you.
In awe
Marcus
Keep rockin' Vernon.
If you can share a room with Pete you can survive anything :-)
Dig a little deeper and hang tough. Not far to the end of the week. We have been following your progress and are cheering you on with every step, every swim stroke and every pedal push. You can do it.
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If you can share a room with Pete you can survive anything :-)
Dig a little deeper and hang tough. Not far to the end of the week. We have been following your progress and are cheering you on with every step, every swim stroke and every pedal push. You can do it.
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