Ironman Mark

Day 1 has gone well.

Plan was to:

- Bike: Short session on the turbo to get in the hang of getting up early – up at 5am, then did 30 minutes on the bike

- Swim: Got to the pool just before it opened only to find out it was closed because the thermostat had gone wrong.  They wouldn’t let me get my wetsuit and so I went back to bed.

- Run: Did a hilly 16k on the same paths and tracks I did on Wednesday in the snow.  I was so much quicker today (1 hour 33) than on Wednesday (1 hour 58, including a couple of minutes of helping a bloke with his dog).  Only trouble is I slipped and fell over.  My Inov-8′s are great on mud but pretty useless on ice – should have been using my Northface Hedgehogs, absolutely fantastic on snow and ice.

Also went to the gym with my family and played a bit of badminton and did a bit of rowing and running.  I did get a bit carried away and I tried to get the running machine to get to 100 calories before my son got to 30 on his recovery walk on the treadmill.  Despite putting the treadmill up to its max speed (12mph) I did not beat him – as he decided to push the speed up to.  None of this counts for my challenge though as I didn’t do 30 minutes.

Food: I’ve done really well with my eating and am really chuffed.