Now I have reached the end of this triathlon training block, I thought I would do something different and write a debrief and discuss how I felt the training plan went, what worked well, what didn’t work so well and any changes I may make for the next block. This training block began on the 14th December 2020 and ran for 31 weeks through to … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 DEBRIEF
We continue. Any normal training cycle would finish with the taper into that big A race. Last weeks Ironman UK 2021 in my case. Well, this is no normal year, right? so season 4 of this very long Ironman journey continues for one last post. After Ironman UK I have two weeks until Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire. Not ideal and not something I would plan to … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 10
In my Ironman – Season 4 Part 8 update, a nice short one for a change, I was doing a mini taper into the Cholmondeley middle distance triathlon which resulted in a PB and more importantly a big confidence booster that the knee can hold up to a triathlon still. Week Twenty-Eight – 21 – 27 June Taper Week The plan for this week is … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 9
After 26 weeks of training and countless will it, won’t it moments I have made it through to the tune-up race week and taper weeks for an A race. Season 4 of my Ironman training began back on 14th December with the aim of getting a PB at half and full distance. The goal was to race Ironman 70.3 Mallorca in May and go for … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 8
Into the final two big weeks of training before tapering slightly into a tune-up race on 20th June at Cholmondeley Castle Triathlon then two weeks proper taper into Ironman UK on July 4th. As mentioned in my IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 6 post, I will split these last two weeks out into one blog then the taper weeks on another. In week twenty one … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 7
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
After a mixed bag of training during my IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 4 update, let’s hope things settle down somewhat during this 4 week spell. The plan is to bring up the running again whilst not putting too much pressure on the knee and calf. The pools are due to reopen in April so I REALLY need to get back into the swing of … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 5
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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