This week is going to be one of those training weeks that, when the going gets tough and I'm hurting like hell in the Challenge, I'll dredge up from the memory banks. I'll be using as motivation - 'if I trained through that, I can finish this damn race'.
On Tuesday I did my 8 x 400m at 5km pace in a torrential downpour. That day Dunedin received 77mm of rain and, while it wasn't terribly cold, I wasn't sure if I was training for the run or the swim.
This morning I was out on the bike with snow on the hills and a nasty southerly blasting through the city. It was all of about 3 degrees and about half way through my warm up (and I use that term 'warm' very liberally) for my hill workout it began to hail. Thankfully the roads did not get too slippery, but hail stones pelting my face weren't at all pleasant.
As if that wasn't enough, I went out again this afternoon in the freezing wind and punished myself with 50 second hill repeat runs at 90-95% effort. The lactic acid burned my quads after just 20-30 seconds and I had to grind out the last 20 odd seconds.
The things we do in pursuit of our goals!
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