I had a great race effort training session today. I did 3x 10 minute race effort swims in the harbour and got straight on the bike. For some reason my legs felt great after having been flat all week and I headed out at around 34-35km/h for a 90km ride. In the end I managed 33.1km/h and completed the 90km 10 minutes faster than the South Island Half Ironman (2:44:45 for 90.8km) and got off felling pretty fresh.
Then it was off on a 60 minute run at Ironman effort. My legs were feeling pretty fresh and I was able to easily maintain a steady 5:12-5:18 minutes per km (about 3:40 marathon pace). I know that I won't be able to mainatin that on race day, but it was a strong, relaxed effort. If I had done this at Ashburton, I would have been well under 5:40 for the race.
Yes, of course, this was all faster than race day pace, but I felt that the effort was about right to simulate race day. I hope I got it right!
Once again, Coach Geoff's training schedule seems to be coming through for me and I am starting to hit my straps (hopefully) just at the right time.
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