Banana Powered Breakthrough

I've broken through the 85kg barrier with a sprint triathlon over the weekend (after my banking nightmare - see below) at Virgin Active Old Eds.

It was actually incredibly tough. The Virgin Active staff were helpful, but from the word go, my heart rate shot up to over 170. I was running at a little over 4:25 seconds a kilometre which I thought would be manageable. I thought wrong. The young buck on my left took off at a maximum pace.

In the end I average 5 minues per kilometre, doing the first leg - a 4km run - in 20 min 05 seconds. On the cycle I had to get off twice to adjust the seat, and there too my heart rate was in the upper 160's. I put it on high resistance thinking I'd get through the 10km quickly - it still took me around 18 minutes. By the end of that I was a lather of sweat.

Then the pool. After 4 (of the 10) lengths I suddenly felt my arms fill up with lactate. Stopped on the wrong end of the pool, so backstroked the last 25m. Finished in just over 45 minutes, which is what Alex and I agreed was a reasonable target time.

The Virgin Hamper they handed out was sweet though: vouchers to the spa, liqui fruit bottle etc. And the biggest reward of all was checking my weight to see it was, TA DAAAA: 84.7kg.
It shows you to make a real difference to your weight, it pays to go hardcore. Really push yourself. It's like these cars that travel long distance at a sedate pace. If you want to lose flab, try going the distance long and hard. Maybe not so long, as long as you can. And you'll see results.

Was whacked for the rest of the day. Took some shots of the Gautrain construction going on around the mall, and had a much needed snooze. Everyone seems to have made plans for tonight. Hope there's something good on TV. Early night then an early bird cycle with Alex. Should be good.