Back in May I did some Attitude training in Font Romeu, I was hoping that I was going to be absolutely motoring when I came back to Sea level. I came back on the 30th May with Staffordshire 70.3 being on the 12th June. I wasn’t sure how I would react to being at altitude as when I looked at the research there were so many different studies with many opposing views on optimal time to be back at…

What I’ve Done Since Kona

After Kona I went on a road trip around California with my girlfriend Laura. It was a great way to unwind after a long season and I really enjoyed myself. Since getting back from America I’ve had a bit of time to reflect on the whole Kona experience and also on what I want to achieve next year. First of all Kona: The atmosphere in Kona is absolutely amazing, I’ve never experienced anything like that in any other race. As…

Winter training

If you don’t have a coach and would like a training plan I will be doing the following which may be of interest to some of you. I currently coach two run sessions (one track, and one tempo style session) and one cycling trainer session every week. This Winter I’ll be coaching: 3 Swim sessions 1 Bike Sessions 2 run Sessions I join in with these sessions so if you want to do the same 6 sessions a week as…

Today was long run day and was started off with a nice warm up by swimming the race course in the morning. In the afternoon I was joined by @lucygoss for 15 mile long run. I think I’m definitely getting acclimated as I was able to run at a faster pace then last week for much less perceived effort. Really pleased with that. Got a good bike session planned tomorrow where I’ll aim to ride at target ironman power so I needed…