Saturday 24th March.
Lovely and planned a bike ride and run as a good warm up.
After running to work Friday and cycling to work Wednesday and Thursday, I thought it would be a good time to start conditioning the legs to this format.
Cycle was good, 16 miles (8 miles out and back) towards Aigas. Initially legs felt a bit iffy, but by the 6 mile mark felt good and pace was picking up. Turned the 8 mile and then felt real good. Pace picked up again and a good average. The final section of the Aigas road back to Lovat bridge I was a steady 22 - 23 mph. Same pace back into Beauly and Muir of Ord. Arrived home at ave 17.4 mph and a total 56 mins. So it was off the bike and ino running shoes.
Run was along the old railway line to Mulbuie Road and then right and back round to Home. A total of 2.8 miles. As I hadn't really had a high cadence on the bike (ave 80 rpm) legs were heavy and getting into a pace was hard. Legs felt heavy. But it is all about conditioning. The run was hard going, probably as I had too many layers. Stopped around the 1/2 way mark to remove cycling top down to base layer. Also odd running in thick padded shorts and leggings. Know next time to strip off.
Still not bad in 26 minutes, but need to reduce the stop frequency and up the pace.
Good overall. Race pace would equal bike section over 25 miles at 1 hr 18 mins. Similar terrain. Run section equates to 58 minutes. On target so early, but could be quicker with fewer stops. Yesterday about 10 as I was overheating and legs not working proper.
Keep going.
