Multi Madness

The Musketeers are back in full force with a solid weekends training.

 

Australia Day, the Musketeers head to Centennial Park with their turbo trainers and runners. This was the first of many Multi-Sets that will be run in the lead-up to IM NZ and Melbourne.

 

A Musketeer Multi-Set is traditionally comprised of drills, strength sets on the trainers, running, heart rate sessions and to finish it all off, a series of 800m laps in the park. This process usually takes around 3-4hrs (though Australia Day was cut short due to blinding rain).

Before the Rain

 

Saturday, the team assembled for a Wollongong ride. The weather came good and the ride down through the national park was a reminder of how good some of the cycling is around Sydney.

The way back however, proved a challenge for some. Andy’s shifter had a massive malfunction. As a result his gearing was jammed in 54/11 (big chain ring, hardest gear). If you have ever ridden the hill out of Wollongong via Stanwell park, you will understand that this sort of gearing is actually impossible to climb with.  Not one to back down from a challenge, Andy got cracking and rode all hills until the point of dismount, then ran…yes ran… with his bike, in his cycling shoes, to the very top. A champion effort.

An 18km run off made for a good days training.

Sunday saw the musketeers take on another Multi-Set, this time with a Watsons bay run (20km round trip) tagged onto the end…for good measure.

With 5 weeks to go until IM NZ, and 8 weeks until Melbourne, The Four Musketeers are right back into it.

All for one!