{"id":22497,"date":"2016-07-13T07:07:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T06:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=22497"},"modified":"2016-07-11T07:26:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T06:26:20","slug":"race-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/race-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Race Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

My training for the upcoming Ocean Lava Half-Ironman distance triathlon<\/a> has been going from bad to worse. In fact as mentioned previously I haven’t really been ‘training’ this year, just exercising.\u00a0I’ve had a shoulder injury<\/a> so no swimming. I’ve had achilles problems which has stopped me running a little. Then last week I had some sort of lurgy<\/a> which kept me off the bike.\u00a0I haven’t been going to the gym, doing circuits or any other maintenance type workout either. All of which means\u00a0I shall be winging it a little in this race and just seeing if I can go the distance – It is four times the distance that I usually do after all.<\/p>\n

Race Simulation<\/h2>\n

The lurgy seemed to have subsided a little on Sunday morning though and I wanted to see how my legs would feel on a run after a 56 mile bike ride. A little bit of race simulation was in order. I\u00a0didn’t want to drive all the way to Fishguard though to ride around the actual course so decided to do it at home. I used TrainerRoad and Best Bike Split<\/a> to replicate the course so that I could do it on the turbo trainer. Yep, 55 miles and therefore just over 3 hours on the turbo trainer – that’s dedication for you!<\/p>\n

\"Fishguard<\/a>

Fishguard Half Race Simulation<\/p><\/div>\n

I then got straight off and went out for a short run around the Boat Yard Loop. The legs felt OK for the first mile or two, but I was pretty tired by the end of it. I certainly\u00a0didn’t fancy running around another 4 times to make it close to the 13.1 miles I’ll be doing on race day.<\/p>\n