That's more like it

Training this week is definetly going better this week.

Wednesday night saw the introduction of a new saddle (which will move on to Pegs when she gets back from her makeover) and a happy bottom and dainty bits were the result. Oh happiness is a good saddle.

Thursday we hit the track all keyed up to do some kilometer repeats with 200m bursts. Brian was keen to do 4:20s and I was looking at 4:40s but Coach Alan had other plans. Six minute kilometers. To get us ready for Big Sur. The whole pacing thing. Rumour has it that this works. Ask Joanne or Alison or really anyone in the club who has used this thing. Joanne has a great method of running races which I think I will adopt for this marathon. Yes you get passed at the start but then as Alison mimed it's like fishing at the end when you reel them all back in as you finish strong and smiling and with a fab negative split. Worked for them in Ironman it'll work for us. So easy does it at the beginnning and ramp it up over the course of the race. Can do. Maybe those poky slow kilometers will come in handy. Get used to sucking it up at the beginning for the sake of the entire race. What a concept!!!

Friday (for me at least) saw some yoga at the office. So I'm feeling all loose in the hips (it was a hip class... and yes for those eagle eyed readers I do work in a VERY small office... of me, a grad student, and a few part timers who don't have regular schedules including my boss which makes setting up meetings and stuff rather interesting). Anyhoodle. Yoga is actually 3 or 4 of us plus the CFO (my boss's wife who is a certified instructor) Pretty handy person to have on staff.

On tap this weekend is a 1:40 spin and a trip to Ikea and then a 20 miler on Sunday followed by tastiness at on of my favourite post run restaurants Burgoo... mmmmm Burgooooooo.

So things are good if not great but I will hold back on that until after the 20 miler. Ask me again on Sunday afternoon. Unless I'm napping then leave me alone!