Training diary – w/c 26 April

This last week marked the start of a new training block and also a 6-week build to my first major test of the 2010 season: Weymouth Middle Distance Triathlon, June 6th. So, I decided it was about time I posted a training diary again as it’s been quite a while. After the months of winter [...]

Training diary: week 9

Fantastic week’s training; the final full week before the New Forest 70.3. Things kicked off with my first 3.8k lake swim – despite the cold, it went pretty well and has given me confidence in my swimming development. I followed this up with a reduction in lengths in preference for drills to keep loose and [...]

Training diary: week 8

Running picked back up this week – thank God – after a few niggles. I’ve been staying down in Sussex and running on the Downs Link from Henfield. North to Southwater is pancake flat and good for long runs; South is my hilly route, and Bramber and back (6 small hills) is a solid 1hr run. [...]

Training diary: week 6

Good solid week, although Wednesday saw another slight injury arise: a bruise like pain in the metatarsal area of my right foot. Unsure whether this was just a knock, or something more tricky like ligament damage or – worse – a stress fracture. I decided to lay off the running for a few days and [...]

Training diary: week 5

Strange week. I started the week in Carcassonne recovering from a wedding and doing a little swimming. Once back in London, I went out for a long run, only to feel a knee strain after an hour and struggle through to 1h30. I dropped the run on Weds, but could still feel the achey pain [...]

Training diary: week 4

A slightly different week of training this week! Sunday was the Mazda London Triathlon (full write up to follow), and then after the event I immediately packed my bike into my DHB Elsted box – a challenge in itself – and headed south for an early Monday flight to Toulouse. 4 days in the Pyrenees followed, [...]

Training diary: week 3

With the London Triathlon on Sunday I’d planned in a lighter week than usual. My main goal is the New Forest 70.3 so I didn’t want a proper taper; nonetheless, I want to be sharp and tuned up to put a good performance in on Sunday. A favourite from my Mike Gratton marathon schedule is [...]

Training diary: weeks 1 & 2

I wanted to add my training plan and diary – in the build up to September’s 70.3 – as an embedded feature on the Training Plans tab. Sadly I’m having issues with this function as my site is WordPress.com hosted, and the ‘help’ pages and comments haven’t actually helped at all! Instead, I’m just going to [...]