“I have a great diet. You're allowed to eat anything you want, but you must eat it with naked fat people"
Well after a few weeks away and the only training I was doing was gentle and easy except when dragged of by Landy up a mountain, I decided very last minute to enter the Henlow 10. A great race atmosphere, location and support. With Sags organising the event as well I thought I would go along and give him the encouragement after he had been so supportive during the IS last year.
Well getting ready I had the chance to catch up with Daz, Doug, Nick and a few other members of RAF Tri. However whilst speaking to Kelda and attaching my chest strap she interrupted the conversation with "oh my god you got big!" Now everyone is 85kg big or is if just winter insulation. When I finished racing last year I was drawn and skull like at 72kg I have been down as low as 70. However as we got ready to race "Fatty" Elliott (well not so fat now actually) and prepared to race.
I will admit I m a little upset at being fat, and with the six pack in hibernation I am also worried will I ever see it again in the new year. There is a term for it and most in the RAF will understand, JPA belly. I occurs after deployments when the wallet is full of money and training is done down the bar. Now that I am back I think the diet will have to start with less red meat than last year.
Now Henlow is an undulating race with alot of fast starters, finishers and generally fast runners. Having produced a 1:05 last year and carrying the JPA belly this year after zero training I was aiming for a 1:10. After the sprint finish with the first female I eased over in 1:07:57. Not bad and really enjoyable. Daz was first in in under the hour with Doug, Nige, Nick and Jamie around the 1:04 mark. I'm happy with this as it shows the standard of running 16k in under 1:10 can be achieved and that I can easily acheive a sub 1:30 at Fleet.... if I loose the belly.
Well done Mark we will make a race organiser out of you and well done everyone racing lets see how things pan out over the winter
Michael is a level 3 British Triathlon and Level 2 British Cycling Coach with over 8 years experience which includes working with the RAF Triathlon performance squad and Triathlon Englands Eastern Region Academy.
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Henlow 10
Michael is an ITU Continental Technical Official. He is currently a Level 3 British Triathlon, a "Trainee" Level 2 British Cycling Coach and an Open Water Swimming Coach.
Michael was one of Triathlons Technical Officials at the London 2012 and Nanjing 2014 Olympics. Still competing at National events he represented GBR at AG long distance triathlon and hopes to return to top level competition soon.
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......never again! It is easier to race than organise!
ReplyDeleteYou did well and I didn't think that you looked over weight dude!
Now I know I'm usually the first one to take the p155 but I didn't notice the extra kilos even after you told me you had put weight on. Don't worry too much you will soon burn them off training for fleet. Good run yesterday, keep working hard and you will maybe see the better side of 1:25:00 at fleet.
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