Week 2 #andysroadtobusso

Into the second week

Week 2 - 23 June 2014
Monday	PM - Swim @ Riverton 2.5km 400m swim 300m pull 200m (4x50m) 100m swim 15x100 on 1.30 with 1 beep recovery Notes: I made the first 8 100s on pace. The set was 20x100m however I cut it short. One to forget.
Tuesday	PM - Run (treadmill) 6km @ 5min/km pace  30mins
Wednesday	AM - Swim @ Claremont 5x100m 2x500m 1x1000m 1x1000m 2x500m 5x100m Notes: Solid set that I finished off well. I was swimming in Lane 3 in 3rd spot and lead the last 100s.
Thursday	No training
Friday	No training
Saturday	AM - Ride 100km Notes: Cold hills ride!
Sunday	No training
Weekly totals	Swim: 7.5km Bike: 100km Run: 5km

My week in review:

A pretty disappointing week of training. I put this down to a couple of issues:

1) End of the month is always busy at work trying to get as many jobs complete and this month was pretty lean fee wise at work so I needed to knuckle down and put in some hours in the later part of the week.

2) I have come to the realisation that I am actually pretty apprehensive about training for an Ironman, especially IMWA. I had a race I was really proud of in 2011 which of as result of hard, solid training. I need to get back into the head space I was in 2011 and I am not there yet! One step at a time...

The beginning of my training diary to Western Australia - Week 1

I have been 'in and out' of triathlon during the past two and a half years and today I am making the commitment that I am 'all 'in' for the next 12 months as I prepare for Ironman Western Australia 2014 and for Challenge Roth in 2015.

Keeping a training diary has never been a strong point of mine; so as part of the process, I have made the decision to keep a detailed, weekly training diary leading into IMWA. The purpose of this weekly training blog update is to keep me accountable for my preparation...

Week 1 - 16 June 2014
Monday	PM - Swim @ Riverton 3km 7x400m swim 200 cool down
Tuesday	Lunch - Swim @ Claremont 3.1km 800wu 4x100 fins with drills 8x50 mix of pull, paddles and bands 5x300 on CSS + 6, 4, 2, 1, 0 Notes: Paul had me use a CCC pace of 1.28 to test the waters. Just a little fast, managed to hold the first 3 x 300 but fell off the pace in the last two.
Wednesday	AM - Swim @ Claremont 4.8km 6x200m 2x600m 4x300m 1200m  Notes: Struggled through the set this morning. Almost got out after the 400ms but struggled through. Last 1200m was on 19.19.
Thursday	OFF
Friday	PM - Run 5km Notes: First run back since China... yes I have been lazy. Nice to be out on the road.
Saturday	AM - Run 12km Notes: No GPS so I can't report on any specific details. I ran the first 6km with a bit of intent and cruised the last 6km home.
Sunday	OFF
Weekly totals	Swim: 12.7km Bike: 0km Run: 17km

My week in review:

A little light on the training but I am easing into a routine slowly! Legs were pretty sore after my 12km run on Saturday...

Will be interesting to see this weekly summary grow over the next few months.

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Great Wall (of China) Marathon 2014

Here are a few photo's from my experience at the Great Wall Marathon!

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My plans for 2014/2015

I am feeling motivated (enough to actually write a blog relating to triathlon!) and I am really enjoying the training I have been doing over the past couple of months. It has been limited to only running, however I will be making a comeback on the bike tomorrow morning. Happy days!

Lisa and I have a pretty exciting year or racing ahead and I am look forward to working towards achieving the goals which I have set.

We travelled over to Melbourne at the start of February to compete in the inaugural Challenge Melbourne (half ironman). I rolled around the course in 4.41 finishing 8th in my age group, Lisa went around in 4.40 (yes she beat me) and took out her age group - check out her race report here.

Our focus has now shifted to running in preparation for the Great Wall (of China) Marathon with is a short 7 weeks away! We will be in China for two weeks and we are really excited to experience the race and the country.

As for the second half of 2014, Lisa will be racing Metaman Half Ironman, which is held on Bintan Island (Indonesia) and is just off Singapore as her lead in race to the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii in October.

For me, I will be a spectator for those two races and it will be my go towards the end of the year at Ironman WA.

There has been some discussion about a race in March 2015, however that is yet to be decided.

The main race for 2015 will be Challenge Roth, which is a race I have wanted to do since I became interested in Ironman racing.

We are trying to make the most of the sport while we can! It's going to be a fun few year :-)