Yesterday both Pearse and I arrived at Donabate beach to simulate the 2nd half of the Otillo. The weather was great 18'C and rising. It was 9am by the time we set off on our first run of 3,500 and then into the water for 1000m swim. It was the first time we both wore our new Blue Seventy Skull caps and we are very pleased with them. The water was colder than last week but still pleasent enough. Pearse had his new inov8's and he seems to be delighted with them. We also wore a back pack which was our first time to do so and we have learnt a lot about what it takes out of you in the water. Decisions on this still need to be made. After getting out of the water for our second run along the beach we noticed that we had been swimming towards a bloom of jellyfish as there were as many as 50 left on the shore as the tide was going back out. They were the brown ones thats sting (pictured below) so this meant that we had a decision to make whether to get back in the water and continue on or risk getting stung and possibly ruining our training for the next week ahead. We decided against getting back in the water and opted for another long run instead.
Monday 23rd
We were back in the pool again this morning for our usual mile before work. We hit it at a good pace and were both happy that any negitivity left in our heads from Sundays session was wiped away.
Today we are working on our plan for the next 14 days and what we need to do and whats organising needs to be finalised. It is hard to think of anything else but the Otillo right now with it being just around the corner.
It's even harder to have a conversation with someone who finds "it hard to think of anything else but the Otillo right now with it being around the corner"
ReplyDelete....... ARE WE THERE YET !!!!