Weight Free Wins

Not everything is about weight loss... in fact the 12WBT program is so much more than weight loss. It's about setting goals and getting healthy. For me this round was about holding my weight and getting faster.... hence the Fit no longer fat and Fast tag line.

So how is that going for you Meeghan???

Well I am definitely getting faster!

Time trial is this week and I will try and do this on the weekend - once I am rested but last weekend I went away with a great group of ladies and competed in one of the longest running adventure races in WA. The Blackwood marathon relay is a true country multisport event. I competed in the run - a lazy 11.2km run over hills. The second leg is kayak, then just to prove that not all events are uncivilised we all stop for lunch. After lunch the swimmer take off (and cover some of the kayak course hence the need to stop), they then tag (often with the help of the runner) the horse rider (yes it has equestrian as well) who finally tags the cyclist (road not mountain bike). PHEW.

Mean while the rest of your team are madly running around and driving in long convoys to get from one leg start to the next. With 180 teams that's a long convoy!

So how did I go - obviously by the first comment - very very well. I have been doing some track work to improve my speed and I got to say it is working! I was expecting to run a respectable 1 hour after all I ran 51 minutes for 10km in June and this was on a flat course. I had trained hard all week (but did take Friday off) and the first 2km were up a nasty hill.

Time: 55.08 for the 11.2km

Pretty happy with that.

Unfortunately the profile doesn't look as hilly as it felt.

Additional to this I have also had a little bit of help with my swim technique and now am swimming like a fish (especially with the tide at Emu Point - with the sharks). This week I am also investing in ZIPP wheels (404 clinchers for those who know about these things). These were the treat I offered myself 2 years ago if I could get to 74kg, which I have now held steady at for the last 18 weeks!

So now I am in my taper for the Mandurah Half Ironman - a warm up of 1.9km swim followed by a 90km cycle (which is the warm up for the run) then a 21.1km Run. There are 70 world champion spots across ironman and half ironman world champs up for grabs - who knows my luck in a big city!