My Triathlon Journey

Newquay Big Goat Sprint – 400m Swim – 22km Cycle – 5.2km Run Pre-race After the disappointment of Woking’s sprint triathlon being cancelled earlier this month I was very much looking for a triathlon event that I could give the lungs a blow out ahead of my first A race of the year. Out of the blue 2 good friends of mine sent me a link to a sprint triathlon in Cornwall, both were keen to enter. This came as a bit of shock as neither had experience of competing at each discipline, one didn’t have a bike and I was pretty sure the other couldn’t swim. I replied, I will enter if you both do. The rest is history. Race Day After a bit of a the panic the night before of having open roads I decided I needed to get up extra early do a quick drive of the bike course in the car. Probably the best decision I made!! I will be honest this revealed a very dodgy bike course. Within the first and last 5km were a series of mini roundabouts and roads peppered with side r...

It's time to TAPER!!! Well kind of... I have some events/racing to do first. As ever I will start with the high level numbers.... Week 1 - 4 Week 5 - 8 Week 9 - 12 Week 13 - 16 Swim 24.7 26 32.3 28.3 Bike 810 970 838 687 Run 7 80 143 15 Average of 12:30 hours a week spent training I also completed my first triathlon of the year a short race report can be found HERE Swimming This month has seen me keep the consistency I have grown to love with swimming. Three times a week on the same days at the same times. Wednesday & Friday mornings and Sunday evenings. I did add a few extra swims in on a Monday evening. This was purely to see how my body reacted to using swimming for active recovery, these tended to be short 1500m swims where I had no goal other than to just swim easy. I also managed to dig the wetsuit out and head to the Londo...