Kona
Swim Development – Periods of Progress
For a while I’ve been intending to write about swimming, but always held back for the simple reason I’m not a great swimmer! If you look at my splits from any of my successful races you’ll see the swim leg lets me down. Last year my 9:47 in Kona was particularly satisfying given I started […]
Road to Kona 2010 Week Eight: Extreme Rest and Recovery!
Slightly different format this week there was so little training last week it’s not worth posting the figures. I trained more most days in the run up to the ITU Worlds than the whole of last week. I planned to rest and recover it just ended up going further than intended. I did warn that […]
Road to Kona 2010 Week Seven: Resting and Racing (26/7/2010 – 1/8/2010)
This week’s analysis is a little bit different. There’s not much training to discuss and there’s a good chance you’ve heard enough about the ITU Long Distance World Championship. I promise I’m moving on after this and today’s focus is the relevance of that race for Kona. Week seven began with plans for a hard […]
The La Santa Training Camp By Numbers
Falling across two weeks of my Kona build I think it’s worth giving my time in Lanzarote its own analysis. Hopefully my last post showed what a big week I’ve had, but what does that mean in numbers and more importantly impact on fitness? We’ll start with some top level numbers, but dig a little […]
Eighteen Weeks till Kona!
It’s closer than I thought. Though to put it in perspective I’ve not had eighteen weeks to prepare for a race in a long,long time. Admittedly I do have one other major race in the middle of this period. My place on the GB age group team for the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship […]
Ironman Western Australia 2009 – The Race in Full
Here we are again, race report time. The sixth Ironman report of the year and hopefully a good one. If you read my last post you know the result and that it was a tough day. According to the announcers at the awards party there was a 12% drop out rate. Clearly a lot of […]
We are Officially in Taper
I’m calling it today. After a shocking start to the long ride this morning rest is long over due. I knew it was coming. The early nights, plenty of sleep and then still feeling tired. The pain and struggle of running. Than pain and struggle of cycling! Yes, even the pain and struggle of swimming! […]
Racing Flat – ITU Long Distance Tri World Championship Report
I’m pretty much convinced that I won’t try this experiment again. Two weeks between two big races doesn’t work so well for me. Not least with all those miles spent in the air in between. I’d committed though and I’m not one to skip out on races lightly. Besides I figured what better way to […]
Settling into life in Oz – How not to Prepare for a World Champs
Another weekend, another World Championship race! This time the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Champs held in Perth. The race is O2 distance so a 3km swim, a flat 80km bike and then a flat 20km run. With Kona only two weeks ago I’m glad it’s no longer. Frankly that’s going to be enough of […]
Kona Race Report Redux
Time for some data analysis from the Ironman World Champs! Having lost two days to travel there’s nothing else to blog about right now. So instead a look at some run and bike data. I’m pleased to say I’ve mile splits for the run this time so some kind of pacing record for once. For […]
