It’s a a good two weeks to go before my first standard distance triathlon and I am hell bent on proving something. Something that I do not even know yet. I want to finish the race with a bang. I want to give it all that I’ve got but looking at how I am now, I think I will come up short.

Rewind two weeks back, I ran a very unplanned 21 kilometers. My friend gave me his race kit and I cashed in on it. It wasn’t part of my training plan to run that distance and it really wasn’t wise too. I didn’t know if I’ll recover fast enough and be able to put in the other training duties after it but I still ran it. I ran it and finished it short of sub2. My finish time was 2:01. Even though I ended up extremely happy with the result, part of me was wishing that I ran the race more prepared. I could have done so much better. Part of me also wished that I didn’t run the race at all.

Finished with a strong negative spit. My last 2 kilometers averaged at around sub5 pace!

The week that followed was a medley of half-assed training sessions because I was too beat up by the run. The weekend didn’t help either because I was out with friends. We had an outing of drinking and eating over at Clark. I wanted to bring my bike so that I can push in some much needed bike mileage but we had too much stuff in the car and we didn’t have enough space for my bike anymore.

With just 4 days left to train before I start to taper and reduce my training mileage, I am seriously worried for myself. With a looming cold creeping in, I am puzzled as to how I’m going to put in the miles. I may not have enough of IT in me to finish.

See you guys in SubIT. Here’s to hoping that I’m still alive after my four days of catch up training sessions.