Incidental

I was planning on putting my name down for an overtime shift just before I go on leave. That changed after I managed to accumulate a ridiculous amount of overtime by just getting stuck on jobs that have taken me way past my so-called finish time. Finishing just before 01:00 when the shift was meant to be over at 21:00 cuts in on sleep.

Since I have had a string of the extra long shifts over the last couple of weeks, the training has been cut down to the bare bones. Even so I still believe I am doing enough to make some gains. At worst I should at least be maintaining my fitness.

I am coming into a block of leave so in theory that should leave me with plenty of extra time. This I plan to fill up with getting the garden up to scratch, getting away with the family to the beach for a while and of course some good training.

It is also time I think about what I am going to do about racing. It's been too long since I have put myself out there for a true test. As circumstances have fallen any thought of getting in a couple of triathlons this summer have been pushed aside mainly by my roster. So I will be just getting in a few running events. The Emergency Services Games are a bit over a month away. My roster allows me to compete in the 10km cross country and half marathon, no triathlon or duathlon as I hoped. Leading in I will fit in 2 or 3 10km races.

The lead up training will be a continuation on my now established routine. The one change will be a ten day focus on running when we head north in search of sand and sun.



Comments

  1. Ewen23 February 2011 at 20:55

    Jason, those are some long hours. Makes it hard on the recovery side of things. Hope the final prep for the games goes well. The 10k races will be good lead-in events.

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