Completely agree … but that’s the crux there. If the organisers were going to uphold the letter of the law, then why did it take them so long to work that out?!
" i’ve gone the wrong way and i’m approaching the finish line from the opposite direction.Have i still won?"
“No.”
Mainly just cycling for me last week with a very short swim thrown in for good measure as had a bit of a calf niggle which i didn’t want to get worse with my favourite local super sprint coming up yesterday.
After my disaster at my last tri, was hoping this one would go better and it did! Managed a course PB of 48:08, 6th place overall and a 40-44 AG win so decent day out! 
Woohoo! Taper time.
Just ticked-off the last 16h week of 4. First time I’ve managed every planned session, so my race must be doomed 
This last 4 weeks I’ve covered:
Swim 40.9km (10,225m av/week) longest 4428m OW
Bike 1256km (314km av/week) longest 161km (x4)
Run 169km (42k av/week) longest 32km
Have developed a slight cough after week 3, which I hope to shake off in the coming week. I have often found the change of pace in the first taper week leaves me feeling a bit run-down and head Cold-like symptoms; some of which is undoubtedly psychosomatic.
Meanwhile i’m on the other end of the spectrum with some serious mojo loss.
Only 3 x runs again this week for 42.7km. One easy, one mixed and one km rep session. I seem to be hovering at my current fitness level, so hopefully that means that i’m just about ticking over. Dodged one lunch run last as just couldn’t be bothered - don’t think the heat and being busy in stuffy meeting rooms/offices helps with the energy levels. Also i think my hayfever is causing issues this week and causing higher than usual levels of tiredness (an often under reported symptom). Similar story last night. Had my Sunday evening cleared for a run, but after a day out with the family i just had no energy for it whatsoever.
Problem is this week is locked down with work, so going to be tough to get out. So another low week beckons …
Also…taking that week off after the op makes you notice how much more “stuff” you can achieve whilst not doing exercise.
I think that’s right for many, but if you can fit a lot around work logistics, you still have time to do other stuff. The big difference is energy levels I guess!
I’m not being particularly productive, that’s the thing. Just don’t have that real drive to get out at the moment. Think it’s also coupled up with the boss having a bit more of a moan than usual about my running. She’s coming to the end of her 1 year maternity and, this happened last time as well, is feeling a bit lost. Having the kids all day every day, not having time (or energy) to do her own stuff … despite how much i actively encourage it. In fact, me encouraging it tends to send it the other way now!!
But she has started riding her bike again. She was out Sunday morning whlist i was in painting finger and toenails! And she’ll be starting work again in Sept, which will refocus her mind and remind her that she is more than ‘just’ a mum, as important as that is. Having a bit more adult company will definitely help, and reminding her that she does a real job that actually helps people (unlike me - paper pushing) and she’ll soon get back into the groove, and i’ll be downgraded to the family footnote once more 
I guess this, combined with knowing that my A race is in December, so all Autumn and winter will be buliding up the mileage and attrition, is all restricting that mojo. The more i think about it … i’m probably answering my own question here!
10h week including a HM race yesterday (1:23 with 190m elevation so pleased with that). Got 2 races coming up: Redcar Sprint and Cotswold Classic. Hoping to get 12h in this week before tapering, although legs are a bit wonky after HM so time to focus on cycling (much needed).
Another cycle heavy week for me, but kicked it off with the 5k PB I mentioned on the sub17 thread.
3 swims, including a social Friday session at the London Docks followed by a few beers
4 rides over 10hrs15, including a nippier Saturday morning ride. So much nicer in sunny weather!
3 runs covering just 32k.
Final longer commute ride this evening, and then it’s time to pack up the bike (after first reassembling the TT bike that’s still in the box from Elsinore!)
Someone has left a ‘sack’ of peanut M&Ms in the office kitchen; I need to watch my weight now in the taper.
I’m convincing myself someone has stuck an unwashed hand in there & dug about
Last week was going great until Friday. Started sneezing a bt after swimming and thought it was just allergies. Took anithistamine and the sneezing stopped but the feeling that cold might be coming on got stronger. I had planned a 32km run Saturday and 4 hr ride Sunday but decided that as I did similar when I felt like this a few weeks ago I decided to rest up and use First Defence. This morning I don’t feel ill but my chest feels tight. Will keep it all easy and hope it clears up in time to get a long run in Thurs or Fri and then ridde next weekend, which will give me time to recover before the Outlaw the following weekend.
Yeah, as per Poet’s reply mate, not good at all, feel gutted. Only my 2nd DNF ever. Man it hurts (in both senses).
Reflecting on the day, or what I saw of it. The Stones race is whole different level than Race to the King. There are more people, bigger aid stations, more hoopla, a ton of walkers who had no business starting in the first two waves. Overall it’s more runable than King. There are a few hills but they are short sharp kind.
Thinking about it, my fall really affected my back, which made run at an angle, which in turn, made my hip a lot worse. It was obvious at 55km that I was not going any further. I was doing that ‘hop’ thing where you can’t put weight on your leg to even manage a proper limp.
What I will say is the trail community are beyond brilliant. Everyone was so concerned, they all stopped, totally unconcerned about their own time. They gave me tablets, cream, offered to phone people. I was looked after by a wonderful couple who were crewing for some friends and they had a T6 Camper and could not have looked after me better until my sister turned up to rescue me.
I was humbled by the kindness. We had to go to the finish to pick up my back. The crew at the race were very very kind and concerned, they made sure I could get a shower, hot food and anything else I wanted.
I’m in bit of a self pity funk at the moment but climbing out of it, slowly.
There’s so much of this post which chimes, Mrs is on mat leave, not back to work until November and she’s also in the ‘groundhog day’ phase. When she manages to go out for a run she comes back loving it but half the time can’t make it out the front door. I keep reminding her she signed up to another tri in September and actually has to ride her bike occasionally (and not just on Zwift).
I saw about the ultra runner elsewhere GB, then someone countered with some apparent extra facts that I don’t think are in the article, if true.
He cut out a badly rutted ankle twisting technical section
He didn’t carry map as advised
He didn’t backtrack ti complete route
He ran a fast road section instead
He came to finish from the WRONG SIDE
As with Jorgan and others it’s now avoid dodgy germs time, but it’s our graduation this week so we’ve got about 4000 students and parents etc. reappearing from all parts of the country potentially bringing germs 
Jeff
Another positive week for me, but I’ve been carrying a fair bit of lethargy at the start of the week so a lot of it was Z1 stuff.
Bike 221K - but did include the 100M TT
Run 70k - ~32k long run on the moors & a hard parkrun on Saturday, where I was 20 seconds faster than the same course on a faster day in February.
Swimming - erm, let’s not go there!
After my long run, I was slumped on the same wall where I did my last long run before the Ultra earlier in the year, at point I remembered thinking I’d covered less than half the distance, albeit at 7.5 hour pace! The ultra was going alright until a wrong turn.
Not done as much cycling (or swimming) as Jorgan in the last 4 weeks but have done a bit more running I think, and if it had been on the flat it would have been a bit further.
Jeff
My training has definitely gone better than before Outlaw 2 years ago. Then I was exhausted after my long rides/bricks at a slower pace than I’m managing now; this time I’m not wanting to slump in a corner. Could be that the kids are a bit older 
So reverse tapered from Swissman as building to the UTMB
130k running last week 1/2 hilly off road, aiming for a couple of similar weeks but mostly off Road - on holiday with kids in a lumpy bit of France at the mo tho!
Loving it tbh!
I don’t have a problem with him being dnf’d at all. He didn’t complete the course. Just wasn’t dealt with very well by the organisers.
Bloody kids. And pets. And me being a man-Child 
After slowly slowly increasing my run volume and feeling tip top and totally injury free…
…I’ve only gone and knackered my knackers.
Thanks to my daughter (& dog + my exuberance) jumping on my groin, I can’t run. Walking is also painful.
50 mile week planned for next week, too.
FFS
I was only 4km off target this week, plus it was a low volume week, so I will see how it shapes up.
8 hours…
Legs recovering from IMUK
First sprint tri in years in 4 weeks, running fast is going to hurt
Bike and swim seem remarkably good…