Lined up this morning for a 500m PB attempt and to be fair I ought to be smashing this out given the weight gain and the hours on the iron over the summer. However with a poor months training under my belt and forgetting what a weights room actually looks like today I got what I was owed.
The 5km warm up was pretty sluggish and I tried to use the bursts to kick some life into me. Into the 500m attempt I was poor of the start and didn’t seem to commit until the 2nd 500m when I hit target split of 1.20. At 370m gone I knew I was dead and buried as I tried in vain to hang on, locking up all the time.
Feeling pretty rough crossing the line I kept it moving for a few minutes before finding refuge on the bike. The schedule was for a 10 minute rest and then into some 1250m intervals.
I took an extended 15 minute break and set up for the 1250’s. 200m in and the handle came down. What next? Who knows.
