I am exhausted. I am taking part only because I haven't done a standard distance at all this season and because I had entered it early in the year and the Aberdonian in me grudges the entry fee.
Since June I have had no semblance of form in any of the three sports. I have gone from being in the best form of my life to struggling my way round a Novice distance race. I have tried having a week off, I have tried going on holiday and just doing some easy jogging, neither made any difference. I can throw a bit of the blame on my new job and the commute but that doesn't even come close to explaining how quickly my form and fitness has deserted me.
Huntly will be my longest race of the year. My only Standard / Olympic distance race this year. And it comes at a point where I am struggling to even complete the distance of each single event.
I have already had to contact the organiser and ask him to drop 10% off my swim time because I have absolutely no chance of swimming 26 minutes. Now I am in with an estimate of 28:30 and I still think I will struggle to get near that. That should at least be enough to keep me out of the fastest heat again this year.
I haven't ridden over 15 miles since mid-June and Huntly is half that again at 22.5 miles. I have no idea what will happen to my legs over that distance in my current condition. For all that I am doing a lot of bike miles at the minute, they are in 7 mile / 30-minute chunks that are not really representative
And I can run the 6.3 miles, but it is taking me close to an hour, rather than the 45-ish I should be doing.
Last year I did 2 hours 24 against a target of 2 hours 25. This year if I can get anywhere under 2 hours 30 I will be delighted.
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