Today was my best training ride so far.
In 10 days time I'm going to ride 180km
(as part of the Busselton Ironman) and I
hadn't ridden over 100km before today.
It was also a great chance to take Morrisson
the Fixi for an outing. I think it was his first
time on the Central Coast...
The real breakthrough was my mental approach.
When you aren't fit and you need to ride 180 km
you need to tailor your approach! Sometimes its
hard to ignore the voice that tells you that you're
feeling great and should 'go for it'! What worked
for me was to just enjoy the experience and stop
for a wee break whenever I felt like it.
Certainly a different mindset than when I was
trying for a Kona Slot!!!
I mapped the route using a great tool
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com
I did it in two chunks so as to omitt the ferry.
I did it in two chunks so as to omitt the ferry.
Narrabeen to Palm Beach:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2413185
Ettalong to Narrabeen:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2413219
The software has some odd ideas about navigating.
It seemed to think the Old Pac Hwy was one way so
generated some interesting detours! I think I got it
right in the end but I'd be interested to see how a
bike speedo compares to 'as the crow'. It came out
as a total of 165. but I'd like to think it was closer
to the 180 mark and in any case Busso will be less
distance in energy terms so I think I will survive.
The ferry ride is a beaut - $10 from Palmy to Ettalong
The ferry ride is a beaut - $10 from Palmy to Ettalong
and 25 minutes trip time. Ferry timetable is at
www.palmbeachferry.com.au if you are interested.
