Racing
Motivations
I touched on the issue of motivation in the form of a confession a couple of weeks back. Admitting to its absence through March and April. With motivation being important for success in endurance sports it was a tough time. The stark contrast between my motivated self (guilt for not throwing in an extra bike […]
Epic Camp New Zealand Day 4 – Recovery through Racing
Today was about recovery and taking it easier. My left leg has been pretty tight and the ankle is particularly sore. It started with a lie in. Relatively speaking. I slept the best I have so far on camp, straight through till 6:20. No worrying about sneaking in earlier workouts for extra points. It felt […]
Epic Camp New Zealand 2010 Day 2 – Steady Riding
I was definitely feeling the affects of some hard racing when I woke this morning. I’d not slept too well, having bizarre dreams involving my homestay in Oz last year. Despite that I dragged myself out of bed for a 10K run to get my first points of the day. A small group of us […]
Epic Camp New Zealand 2010 Day 1 – One Down Fourteen to Go
So Epic Camp has now officially started. The first day is in the bag leaving just fourteen more to go. Not sure if it’s a good sign to be counting down so early! We drove up to Cape Reinga this morning, another hour on a coach and more rolling hills. Given we all knew we’d […]
Training Past – Review of 2009
It’s close enough to the end of the year to review my training. Whatever I do tomorrow will make little difference either way. Not surprisingly being a full time athlete has led to a big year of training. More than I’ve ever managed in the past. The results have been PBs, two trips to the […]
What Now?
Leading in to Ironman Western Australia I came close to writing about next season. Instead I decided to save it till this season was actually over. Now that time has come I’m stuck! My first attempt was five days ago. I’ve had a number of false starts since. I’m writing once more determined that something […]
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 […]
Ironman UK the Plan for Bolton
I head up north to Bolton early tomorrow morning. No idea on what if any internet access I might get so I think it’s safest to get the race plans up now. If there’s a chance I’ll post thoughts once I’ve seen and experienced some of the course. As you can see I’m getting there […]
Challenge Roth to Ironman UK – Recovery, Tapering and Over-Analysis
Less than two weeks to Ironman UK and the limited amount of training I’ve done so far has clearly established one thing. There’s not going to be much quality training the next week or two! I had some illusions that I might throw in some decent sessions, but so far no luck. My legs are […]
Justifications Part Three – The Basic Week
Halfway through! Yesterday I covered how my year has gone so far, the approach I’d taken to training around a heavy race load and how that would continue. Today I’m going down to the micro level to look at how I structure my week. There’s a link to Training Plans in the right hand column. […]
