Week 5

Monday:  My legs are still quite tired and heavy after the weekend’s training, and I felt sluggish most of the day.  I planned on doing a 16k run on tired legs and I did it, in 1:47.  No world record, but I felt good throughout though my legs were heavy.

Week 4

7 to 13 April

 

Monday ended up being a rest day.  I drank a few too many glasses of wine on Sunday, so decided that I would take it easy. Only exercise was my commute to work.  Tuesday after cycling home I did a 22k run, in 2:33.  Felt well throughout, last 5k was tough, but with three months to go, I am well on target. 

 

Wednesday, 22k commute to work.  Other than that, no training.  Had intended swimming, but decided to rest after yesterday’s long run.

Week 3

Well after a forced week of no training due to work commitments, I finally got things back on track this week.  Tuesday I did an 11k run in an hour and a quarter.  Just felt really good to be back training. Wednesday was a little disappointing in training.  I got to the pool at 7 and had intended on doing a 4k set.  My shoulders have been sore for the last few days, so ended up only doing 1.2k.

Week 1 & 2

Monday 17  I was in Galway for Paddy’s weekend, and had a great time.  Last week was  a recovery week, so I took the opportunity to do some socialising over the weekend.  Going to stay with Mel one of my closest friends and another friend Grainne.

 

Tuesday 18 my usual daily commute on the bike and in the evening a run  I decided to get my long run in as early in the week as possible, so did 15k in 1:40 hr.  On Wednesday I didn’t do any training apart from my commute, as my calves were a bit tight after the run.   I had arranged to meet Derek (Flipper) McCabe for a swim at ten past 6 in the am on Thursday morning!  This was new to both of us, and I think we both felt weird swimming at that time and found it difficult to get moving through the water.  Though having said that we swam 4,200m and felt great for the rest of the day.

Training up to now

My training for the ironman started back last October.  Initally the first month was just to get back to regular training following a month of doing nothing.  I started well during the week, but was not training regularly at the weekend.  In November the training got more planned.  Working on swim technique, slow bikes and some slow runs.  December the typical Christmas month, It was very hard to string some good training together.  I did as much as I could around the usual drinks and Christmas parties.  Christmas week’s bad weather made training even harder.  But the new year brought new commitment.