Day 5 - On Bike at Last

Got cycle in this morning - left Skerries at 7am and did 2hr 4 mins cycle from Skerries to Bettystown to Drogheda and back. Avg pace was 26.8km and Avg Hr 131. Very windy so happy enough with pace overall. Tried to hook up with Lochlann and Dave Russell as they were going same route but we missed each other.

Had no fluid as couldn't find spare bottle. Was told by an experienced triathlete coach before to always take in 400 cals per hour, mainly through fluids, for any cycle of at least 2 hrs and upwards. His reasoning was that many cyclists only carry one bottle of fluid during such cycles and that this is not adequate and hampers recovery. Some people also try and take as little as possible and try and use long cycle as a weight loss exercise. This he maintained was a serious no-no.

Anyways as is normal with me, this advice has been completely ignore over the last few years.

Went for 30 min run at lunchtime with avg speed 10.3km but with a high HR in the 150s. Not sure why so high as basically felt like I was running well within myself and didn't feel that I was pushing it at all.

Good to be out on bike and plan to do another one early tomorrow! Although out tonight so this isn't guaranteed.

Overall time: 2hrs 35 mins with 2hrs 4 mins on bike and remainder on run. Hope to do at least 2hrs 30 tomorrow so total for week is 10 hrs (not bad considering I missed Monday and Tuesday). We'll see.