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How hard is it during a tough training block to maintain the focus and complete each and every session with the intensity and duration required to obtain maximum benefit? TOUGH, it is really really hard. I train 90% of the time on my own / solo and setting a plan for a session is easy, … Continue reading Staying the course…. Focus!
I have recently upgraded from the Garmin 910XT to the 920XT watch. Why, simply because its time and I'm desperate for some of the running bio-metrics the 920 can offer. I have also invested in the new 920XT triathlon bundle, with the swim heart rate band because I would love to see what my heart rate … Continue reading What do I use… My Equipment (Gear)!
Well my races are getting shorter and shorter in the second half of the year. With the ironman in June, the half ironman in September and now a Olympic distance in November! So now my focus has well and truly switched to speed. I've got a reasonable base as a result of my ironman 22 … Continue reading Planning for a Noosa Assault!
Sunshine Coast 70.3 complete for 2015. After last years 'DNF' (did not finish) I was very excited, relieved and happy to finally put my demons to bed and complete and race this one well! This weekend also marked the first weekend that both my daughters completed the Ironkids race. This was the first kids race … Continue reading A year is a long time – Sunshine Coast 70.3 Race Report!
Its race week again, this time its 70.3 or half ironman time. I have just complete a solid 3 week abridged preparation for Sunshine Coast 70.3. Basically it was 3 weeks building through each week, increasing volume & intensity, peaking last week at 8.25 hours, including 2.2km of swimming, 170km of cycling, 22km of running and 17 days … Continue reading It’s 70.3 race week….!
Running isn't easy, never has been and I don't believe it ever will be! HOWEVER, running is enjoyable and I have a new found love for running. On the weekend I just ran my fastest 10km in well over 15 years. I did the Beans for Brains fun run at the Wynnum foreshore. It was … Continue reading My running rejuvenation!
Well I have registered for my next event the Sunshine Coast 70.3, also know as the Sunny Coast Half Ironman! I must be crazy, it been about 9 weeks post ironman and I am recovering from a bike v car accident (as I have written about previously) with under a month to go I am … Continue reading The Journey to Sunshine Coast 70.3 – (The Abridged Version)!
Well this blog was meant to be about how well my planning and preparation for the Sunny Coast 70.3 Ironman was going. How I had recovered really well post Ironman and put my long slow base training phase behind me, and now focused on my speed work. Instead it is a brief tale of woe … Continue reading Wing Clipped!!!
Knowing my heart, or more importantly my heart rate has been, for me, almost more important that putting on underwear. I say this as the improvement that can be gained by monitoring your heart rate and training in the right zone are immeasurable. There is a mountain of research out there about heart rate and heart … Continue reading Knowing my heart!
My struggle is real. I expected my recovery post Ironman to take some time, but how soon is too soon? I have had nearly three weeks (19 days to be precise) off post Ironman now and still struggling with niggles of pain and recovery from very basic sessions. 5km jogs feel like marathons, 1 hour … Continue reading Getting back into it…. How soon is too soon?!?!
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