Weekend Pushes + GPS Data

On Saturday I finished another good push. My bike buddy was my daughter Kate. Kate had come down from Christchurch the night before for the open night of GREASE. This was a really good fun production which we all enjoyed.  Back to training, conditions were perfect for me.  It was a cool morning with a few spots of rain with a SW wind and we again completed my 15km course although we finished differently which reduced the distance.

Kate - Bike Buddy

For the first time I attached a GPS to the chair to give me some training data.  The GPS registered that I completed 13.8km which took me 59 minutes, hence an average speed of 13.8 km/hr. My maximum speed was 21.3 km/hr, this would have been a downhill leg with the wind behind us.

Sunday and it was an early start just like a working day as we were rowing at Lake Hood. Denise and all the kids came down. I headed out in my little adaptive single and Denise teamed up with Sue in a double. The kids spent most of the time in the coaching boat with Kate taking photos and the boys eventually having a crack in a single with floats. I had a really good session in my boat (10km rowed) with my race training definitely helping my fitness. 

 



Rowing Lake Hood

After a bbq at the rowing shed and second breakfast at home and a few chores completed Thomas wanted to pit his running skills against the racing chair. We set off on the short 7.5km circuit. Thomas kept up with me quite easily on the first half of the course winding through the domain and gently climbing through the back streets but on the way home with the downhill helping the chair speed get close to 20km/hr, Thomas the runner got left behind.

 

A bit of late breaking news; I am going to enter the Christchurch Half Marathon at Queens Birthday weekend. This will give me a chance to get the feel of being in an event. The only problem is at this stage I will be the only entry in a wheelchair, more about this later.