Blagging Burnham

[andygates]

This year's go at Burnham Triathlon in two weeks' time is going to be a spectacular ass-pull.  I haven't run since winter, haven't swum all year, and all my cycling has been of an entirely different character (super low effort, super long duration); my high-effort cardio fitness is somewhere back with the autumn leaves, I think.  The Auld Knee is another factor: it hates torque, and TT riding is torquey spin. 

So, some tests before actually racing:

Swim: Can I actually remember how to swim crawl at all?    If I can, can I get back to the required 20 lengths without puking up a lung?  Get in the pool and JFDI.

Bike: Does riding hard hurt?  And more importantly, does the hurt matter?  Through LEJOG there was plenty of hurt, but ample ibuprofen meant it shut up an went away; also the first ten miles hurt worst, so a warmup may be indicated. Torque hurts more but if it's just a rubbish signal from complaining gristle, I can pill and tune it out to a degree.  Get the road bike fettled and hammer some commutes.  Do Science on it.

Run: Can I actually run?  Apparently yes I can -- if I can do 20 minutes now, I can do the 30-35 that Burhnam's sandy 5k offers, on race-day when the gumption is high.  Cardio effort is extreme though, and my feet and calves are like "wat?".  Test passed, though it's going to be ugly. 

Comments

[skean.livejournal.com]

It's going to be a gut buster for me as well. Shoulder meant no swimming or biking from Dec until end of April. We can compare bronchial's on the beach

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Well, apparently I can push the bike and the knee pain is equal to the lungs and thighs, and any residuals fade out okay. And I can swim, though I'll be doing the Blender. Looks like we're Game On.

I think that leaves one remaining worry, which is how the knee will behave in a brick situation. If I get time to try that, I will, but it's a bit Boolean: it's either okay, or it ARGSPAZfolds and that's race over.

Oh, and zipping up my tri suit. I should get an XL one in Soreen livery. :)

[skean.livejournal.com]

XL? Is that for the beard? The rest of you did not appear to be fitting XL dimensions after L'Expedition Incroyable

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Actually I've always been XL in tri suits, they're snug. And no Orcas (boo hoo), the model is too up-n-down Ant stylee. But enough of this, it's OMFG I'M GONNA DIE time!