My Triathlon Journey

Me and my number 1 fan at the finish line - Next year she will be able to confirm or deny that statement. I haven't been someone in my short blogging/racing career to knock out a race report hours after the event but I really have taken my time to mull over my IRONMAN Wales 2018 race. Two reasons, my Mac gave up and died and secondly I have been busy trying to avoid triathlon related activity for a few weeks. Most of you reading this will know already my overall time was 10hrs 56mins, finished 103rd overall and when comparing it to last year I was 1hr 40mins faster!! So initially I was flying pretty high after crossing the line. However, it has taken me the best part of 2 weeks to get out of the post IRONMAN blues. Pre race I have no idea how I was so relaxed on the lead up to the race. Training had gone really well, Tim and I agreed on the the race plan and it was memorised. Therefore, the lead up mainly consisted of banana bread baking until I would be stood on th...

Finish line of Thames turbo with Anya and Tim #teamAWESOME Intro... So as I hit post on this blog it's exactly 7 days until IM Wales. I'm going to try an summarise how my training has gone since the HIM Barcelona back in May and my thoughts on how the big race may play out. Since May my adventure into the world of triathlon has been a team activity. By that I mean it hasn't just been me and a training plan that I have made up, after HIM Barcelona  Tim George  accepted my request for help. Although, I had achieved my goals in Barcelona I knew to take the next step forward I needed someone on my side who could have oversight of my training plan and help me achieve some larger goals. I have to say from the start one of things I have enjoyed most is not having to plan my own sessions, I just print them off, complete it, tick it off my schedule and move on to the next one. Tim and I had 16 weeks to build on my fitness, knowledge of triathlon and develop a r...