Despite getting back home from Perth at 11.30 last night - I really don’t enjoy that late afternoon flight back - I managed to haul my fat arse out of bed around 7.30 this morning. after pottering around for a while, we made our way into the city. We took advantage of the car park at the swimming pool, and wandered to the shops, as we wanted to go and buy some tri gear.
As our training is progressing we want to add some run/swim and ride/run brick sessions, and after last weeks adventure to RLP proved changing into running clothes when wet is not the easiest task, and it seemed much simpler to have some tri knicks and top that I can swim, ride and run in.
HI had decided that 2XU was the brand she wanted, so off to the 3Sports store we went.The shortish walk from the pool took us around the rear of the QVB, where we somewhat surprised to see a white 4 wheel drive “parked” in one of the shop windows. The blue and white police tape around an expensive gem store gave a big hint that it was not due to some bad piece of driving and that we had just missed a ram raid. More details can be found here.
Our shopping trip saw us become the proud parents of a 2XUtri two piece set each, HI then managed to add a pair of 2XU running tights, a pair of cycling gloves and a pair of sunnies with interchangeable lenses, as her running sunnies are to dark for wearing when we set of at 4.45 in a morning. I might be brave enough to take some photos tomorrow, just to give you lot something to giggle at.
Our swim session was very enjoyable. I was a bit sceptical that the pool would be busy today, especially as it was wet and miserable, however the main pool was fairly quiet and we were able to churn up and down without any real hassles. Another k in the swim bank. I found my heart rate was a bit erratic at times, and had to sneak in a couple of laps of breast stroke to settle it down again. I have been meaning to buy one of those nose clip devices, as I am sure that the chlorine affects my breathing by setting off my sinuses , as I have noticed a real strong burning sensation in my nose.
As I had banked two long runs the last couple of days and HI ran last night we made a sensible decision to rest for the rest of the day, so we can make of the most from out ride/run brick session in the morning. It is still pissing down at the moment, so a quick assessment of the weather will be made when we get up, as HI is a bit wary of riding the bike in the rain, so we might have to roll out plan B and go for a longer run.
Yeah, you gotta love those flights don’t you! If your 2XU stuff is anything like mine, they don’t hide the wobbly bits very much!