CAN'T STOP THE FEELING
"Unless you test yourself, you stagnate. Unless you try to go way beyond
what you've been able to do before, you won't develop and grow. When
you go for it 100%, when you don't have the fear of "what if I fail,"
that's when you learn. That's when you're really living." --Mark Allen 6 time Ironman Champion
The work has been done and now the last 2 weeks before the race .Still lots to cover and I tend to work through the tried and tested preparation for Ironman .
My preparation remains the same in reducing the volume of training and the intensities have dropped .This year had planned on more swims in the ocean just to get the comfort level and confidence up but I haven't swum as much as I would wish .Speed will be slow .
The links to checklist and preparation and I also write out my nutrition plan following my sweat test that reinforces what I need to do regarding my nutrition and sodium intake.
Monday
Open water swim at Hillaries at 6am .A few swimmers out and I did it on my own .The Garmin wasn't working but think I would have swam 1500 to 1600m
Run in the afternoon 7km easy
Tuesday
Zwift session for 36km with 50 minutes in a C grade easy ride but trying to maintain over 2 watts per kg pace and at times the group was riding in excess of 3 watts per kg pace,
then ran for 4km easy off the session
Wednesday
I was suppose to swim but rested in the morning as I felt the fatigue in the legs .I did a thread mill session of 7km with 5 x 800m at 5min per km pace and 200m walking .In the evening an easy Zwift ride for 22km then ran a short 3km of the session.
Thursday
A run at easy pace for 7km and in the evening an easy Zwift session of 22km
Friday
A short easy run of 5 km and rested the rest of the day
Saturday
Ride round the river with CRT for 65km and then ran a short 2km of the bike.
Sunday Inter-Club Championships
Sunday
I did the inter-club championships , racing for Exceed. Got a chance to practice the transitions and at least a swim.I finished in 1.24hr. A slow 20min swim including the transition and then 37min for the ride and transition ,one of my faster bike splits and finished with a 25 min run for 5kms about 1.5 minutes slower then 2013. Overall I am pleased with the hit out and expected a slow swim. Last week before the Ironman and a full taper.
Total 11.5hrs
Bike 165km
Run 41km
swim 2,5km
Monday
Open water swim at Hillaries at 6am .A few swimmers out and I did it on my own .The Garmin wasn't working but think I would have swam 1500 to 1600m
Run in the afternoon 7km easy
Tuesday
Zwift session for 36km with 50 minutes in a C grade easy ride but trying to maintain over 2 watts per kg pace and at times the group was riding in excess of 3 watts per kg pace,
then ran for 4km easy off the session
Wednesday
I was suppose to swim but rested in the morning as I felt the fatigue in the legs .I did a thread mill session of 7km with 5 x 800m at 5min per km pace and 200m walking .In the evening an easy Zwift ride for 22km then ran a short 3km of the session.
Thursday
A run at easy pace for 7km and in the evening an easy Zwift session of 22km
Friday
A short easy run of 5 km and rested the rest of the day
Saturday
Ride round the river with CRT for 65km and then ran a short 2km of the bike.
Sunday Inter-Club Championships
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Sunday
I did the inter-club championships , racing for Exceed. Got a chance to practice the transitions and at least a swim.I finished in 1.24hr. A slow 20min swim including the transition and then 37min for the ride and transition ,one of my faster bike splits and finished with a 25 min run for 5kms about 1.5 minutes slower then 2013. Overall I am pleased with the hit out and expected a slow swim. Last week before the Ironman and a full taper.
Total 11.5hrs
Bike 165km
Run 41km
swim 2,5km
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