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
So, currently, the next race is Ironman Wales on 6th September 18 weeks off. This was originally meant to be my 3rd Ironman and 5th Ironman event of 2020 but as Ironman 70.3 Mallorca has been postponed to 31st October and Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire, Ironman Ireland and Ironman UK have all been rescheduled to 2021. Wales is now my only Ironman race this year. Whether … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 3 PART 1
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
The Outlaw X is a new middle distance (half ironman) triathlon for 2019 celebrating 10 years of OSB events. After my injury during the IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 4 months ago, I decided that I would sign up to race this one right at the very end of the UK triathlon season. 4 months of injury recovery has gone quite well and I am going into this one … Continue reading OUTLAW X TRIATHLON 2019 RACE RECAP
This is my first race since I suffered a grade two tear of the calf muscle 8 weeks ago at IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA whilst I have been able to train in the pool and on the bike, running has been very limited. I only got back to easy paced 5k running this week. I did try to cancel or defer all my races in June & July … Continue reading ABERSOCH SPRINT TRIATHLON 2019 RACE RECAP
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
This is the second in my Mallorca Daily blog series, DAY 1 was all about travelling out here, getting set up and registering for the race. Day 2 has been pretty relaxed as you might guess. I woke at 7:40am, jumped straight into my wetsuit and was in the sea by 07:58. Not a bad turn around if you ask me. I wanted to get in the … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA – DAY 2: RACKING & RELAXING
The Cheshire Runner. 