It really has been a long while since I updated this blog, looking back it was the end of November since my last update. At the end of November I had just finished a block of training so I took an easy week and did some swim testing over 100m, 400m and 15 minutes to get some data to use to work out what paces I should be hitting when doing certain intervals in the pool. I managed to swim 1m 03 for the 100 and 4m 58 for the 400, by the time the season starts I would like to be able to do the 100 in 59 and the 400 in sub 4.40 I think if I can do this I would have a chance of making the front pack. It’s a tall order and wouldn’t guarantee making the front pack but if everything went o.k on the day I think that is like the minimum standard you would need to be.
There were 4 of us that actually did the testing and now looking back on it I think it was a great idea and has allowed us to be really specific with our sets and we all seem as though we have improved a lot.
On the 2nd December it was the Cuevas half Marathon. I wanted to use this to get an idea of what my running fitness was like and also the fact that it was a race would mean that I would ease off for a few days before and after so not end up killing myself before Christmas. The race went well with me taking the win however it was a much more low key event then we were expecting but it was good all the same to be out there racing and the course was really good as it was a place to place race with a bus taking you to the start. The run itself was pretty much all on trails but it did have more descending then climbing.
Cuevas Half Marathon
http://app.strava.com/activities/30549181
From the 2nd December to the 21st December I put in a really good 3 weeks of training, in that time we did one race which was a cycling criterium, this involved racing around a small lap (roughly 2.5 miles a lap around a town) for 1 hour. We worked a as a team for this with Chris Bartlet taking the win which was great, his prize was even better though with a massive Serrano ham, a bottle of wine and Bane the pig!
We visited the pig yesterday and he is much bigger now, below is hi yesterday!
On the 22nd I flew home to Lowestoft and bloody hell getting out of the plane was such a shock to the system, when you have been used to 22 degrees and then go straight to 5 degrees which I know isn’t even cold for England but it bloody killed me. Maybe that’s a sign I’m either getting old, getting soft or as Hawkins would say been living down south for to long!
Any way the plan while I was back was to take it easy and make sure I feel really refreshed and raring to go when I get back out to Spain on the 2nd January. While I was back I took part in two running races. The first was a x- country race on the 26th December where I finished 2nd and the next race was a 10k on the 1st January and yes you guessed it I cm 2nd again. Always the bridesmaid and never the bride, I just hope they can’t swim and bike otherwise I’m retiring to play tiddlywinks.
Boxing Day x Country
http://app.strava.com/activities/34981675
Wymondham 10k
http://app.strava.com/activities/35122721
Also while I was back over Christmas I picked up my Starley TT bike http://starleybikes.com/bikes/tttriathlon-bikes/jks-t2/ I’ve got the JKS t2 with SRAM red and it is super fast. I can’t wait to start racing on it.
In other news it looks like my first triathlon of the year will be Elche http://www.triatlondeelche.org/ on the 14th April instead of Abu Dhabi. I would like to race Abu Dhabi but have had no reply so it looks like it’s a no go which is a shame as I would have like to raced it but getting an entry into the race is out of my hands and there is nothing I can do about it. I’m going to start getting back into the habit of updating every week or two again as well. Hope you all had a good Christmas and new year to.
Oh and before I forget we have a special deal at the moment for the next two weeks of 15 euros a night. As you can see below we have ordered the sun for you so if you are fed up of the cold and rain back home, come out here. http://www.endurance.kineticpb.com/
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