Big week this one, well kind of, it’s the first of the big weeks on the plan so it’s not massive but bigger than the previous three so I guess that counts. In my IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 4 update, I was struggling with the early morning starts towards the end of the week. Sadly, they weren’t really that early, I have just fallen … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 5
So here we go, week 3 already. Last week in my IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 3 post, I went through my rough plan of training in four week blocks. This week is the second of the medium weeks and meant to build on the previous week. As I mentioned last week, I am on a training course learning some new work skills. Virtually, as … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 4
As mentioned in last weeks IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 2 post, this week I will be including some speed work into the run plan and increasing the time on the bike. Last week was easy week, this week things get a little more challenging and pushing the pace more. The good news this week seems to be a slight relaxation of the UK lockdown … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 3
Up until March I had been training for the Boston Marathon in April. Once Boston was postponed along with all other races before Ironman Wales, I decided to have 4 – 6 weeks off training with any specific goal in mind. I spent that time just running and biking on Zwift for fun. I still kept some structure to the fun. Running one speed session … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 2
With so much of the 2020 race plan cancelled or postponed, I am starting to look at my plans for 2021 as I do not see much chance of the postponed races going ahead in 2020. Where I have been given the option, I have deferred entries over to 2021 to give more time for things to a more normal. My thinking is, I cannot … Continue reading PLANNING FOR 2021
On the 20th March we got the news that the 2020 Boston Marathon was to be postponed until 14th September. Until then I had been working hard to get myself ready to attempt to run a sub 3-hour marathon. Then on the 24th March the UK went into lockdown. I can remember it well, I was in the garage sat on my bike doing a … Continue reading MY TRAINING DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN
It has been one month since I received the e-mail advising that the Boston Marathon had been postponed to September. In that time I have had most of my planned races for 2020 either postponed or cancelled. Postponed: Manchester Marathon B.A.A. 5k Boston Marathon Ironman 70.3 Mallorca Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire Cancelled: Tour of Tameside Ironman Ireland Ironman UK During those first few weeks, motivated took … Continue reading IT’S BEEN A MINUTE
2019 was a good year for running. I set new PB’s at the 5k, 10k, Half Marathon and Marathon distances as well as achieving my long-term goal of running a Boston Qualifying time. Triathlon wasn’t as successful due to missing 4 months of the season with injury but I did come back to run a PB at the Outlaw X middle distance triathlon. Looking ahead … Continue reading 2020 GOALS
2019 was going to be the year where I took that step over from running to triathlon. I began that year buying a new trisuit, my first item from Zoot and absolutely loved it and the fact that it had Kona writen on the back made it even more special.My first triathlon of the 2019 was IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA this was also the first race … Continue reading I AM JOINING TEAM ZOOT FOR 2020
So I will cut straight to the chase and tell you that this race was a disaster, I sustained an injury right at the very start which resulted in me pulling out after the bike leg. Back to the normal race recap style now and let’s go into a bit more detail. You can read about the registration in my IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA – DAY 1 blog … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2019 RACE RECAP
The Cheshire Runner. 