So, what training have I done? At the moment I’ll just stick to talking you through it, when I get a chance I’ll put up a full training program, including what I plan vs. what I actually manage to do. It’s pretty hectic and so will be keeping me busy most evenings, but as long as I manage my time well enough I’m sure I’ll still be able to keep a social life going too. It’s just going to take some adjustment that’s all.
This weekend, I did my first Triathlon, well, that is to say I trained on the bike, in the pool and running all in one training session. I’ve managed to get my lengths (of an 18 m pool) up to 20 in a row without stopping. Which I’m pretty proud about, as at the start of Dec I could not complete 2 without feeling like I was drowning, the idea of doing an Ironman seemed a long way off! On Sunday I rode 20 km on the bike, then 8 km run before finishing with a 700m swim. I know this is the wrong way round in the training, but it was only because I wanted to end my session in the steam room and then Jacuzzi. How did I feel during it? Well, the bike was pretty boring, but then it was on a bike machine – I’ve still to get my bike! Then the run, again not exactly very inspiring as I ran on a treadmill, it’s been snowing pretty heavily this weekend so running outside wasn’t really an option. Well it was an option but I opted against it. And then the swim, I’m getting better at my swimming technique but I’ve decided that if I’m going to take this seriously I need to have a professional have a look at my stroke. So one of the personal trainers at the gym has agreed to have a look at my technique and give me a free 15 min session to see if I’m any good. We’ll see how that goes, no doubt he’ll be selling me many follow on lessons!
The only negative of last week was my joining CV session with weights sessions, which meant that I was far too exhausted by the time I got to later on in the week and ended up having to take two rest days due to it. Not ideal, I think I need to ease myself into it a bit more.