On 3rd July I took part in Challenge Roth which was my 3rd full distance triathlon, the 2nd one over the full 140.6 miles after Ironman UK 2018 was reduced by 17 miles. Challenge Roth has been a bucket list race for me ever since I first saw videos and photos of the athletes going up Solar Hill with the thousands of spectators crowding around … Continue reading CHALLENGE ROTH 2022 RACE RECAP
For the first 3 months of this training journey initially towards Challenge Roth but now Ironman UK, the focus had been on bike strength and endurance. I knew from the offset that swimming wasn’t going to happen for a good few months and running was massively hampered by the knee tendonitis recovery. In the second half of my IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 5 update, … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 6
A quick recap from IRONMAN SEASON 4 PART 3….. No swimming again as the pools are still closed, the running went from 2 mile runs up to a 20 mile week and generally felt ok but the knee still is not 100% pain-free. The bike is continuing to progress, building power and strength whilst extending out some longer endurance rides. The biggest improvement was seen … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 4
A quick recap from IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 2 first off. I had just started back running after a 104 day injury lay off, I “cycled” my biggest ever month in terms of miles (all on Zwift) passing the 1,000 mile mark for the first time and I had another solid month of stretching and strength training. This four week block has been a … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 3
In IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 1 I was getting over COVID and building up the bike training to build an aerobic base to build from. I found in the first few weeks that my heart rate was high, most likely after-effects of COVID and that early season lack of fitness. By week 5 it has been 13 weeks since my last run which has … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 2
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