I cannot believe that I have been
on this journey since November 2012 and now it’s just a little less than 6
months away before I stand on the foreshore of Frankston Beach in Melbourne,
Australia!
At the moment, it just doesn’t seem
real that in less than 6 months time I will be racing an Ironman. Never did I
think I was capable of such a task. I know at the moment my body is not ready
but I have an amazing coach #coachtobydotcom, great physio #HelenSmith aka Super H and a amazing team of sponsors/supporters #huub #ismsaddles #nuun_uk #Bonk #Funkita behind me that will get me to the start line, fit, healthy and ready to rock
and roll.
Training has been great although
there have been times where I have missed a session due to various reasons,
tired or having other commitments.
The improvements over the course
of my UK triathlon season have been amazing. I wrote in an earlier post about
my first half iron distance race in June, I then completed my second half iron
distance race in August and smashed my overall time by 45mins, including a PB
on my half marathon run time by 11 mins. I did a sprint race that is held by my local triathlon club as a training session and wiped 12 mins overall from the previous year.
I have two more races left for
this season, Ealing Half Marathon which is this Sunday, 29th
September 2013. I am hoping for a sub 2:15 overall time. It will come down to my nutrition and pacing throughout the run.
My last race for the season is a Club
Championships race for my triathlon club, Thames Turbo, the race will also be my
first duathlon, Jekyll and Hyde Duathlon. This duathlon is run by Serpentine
Running Club in Hyde Park, London. I have no expectation at this stage other
than to pace correctly and complete it.
Come November I will be well into my Ironman block of specific training. Currently I'm building my base endurance, as my coach says 'you are filling up your Z1-2 (zone) buckets, enjoy this time as it won't last forever'. The hard work is yet to come.
The journey training for an Ironman can be testing at times, you are tired as your body is not used to the increased amount of training, your social life is less hectic, although I do still manage to do quite a bit, it's a complete lifestyle change and it requires commitment and discipline but in saying this I am absolutely loving it. I am so content and happy I can see why people take up this sport.
More posts to come as a lot of exciting stuff has been happening since my last post.
Thanks for reading
Till my next post
Smooches
Xx
@supergal007
