WEEK 18 IRONMAN TRAINING

Ahhh the Sun has finally come out. Thank God it’s been a great week weather wise & training wise. As per usual Monday was my rest day & after such a long rest last week i was wondering if i’d lost all my fitness. It’s funny how you think you’ve lost it all after a few days rest. Anyway with the weather so good i was on for a hot long run on Tuesday & i think i ran all over Dublin ended up doing 25k in 2hr’s 15mins so really happy & it’s safe to say i lost none of my fitness on rest week……!!!!!

Wednesday is my usual long swim & got a good 5000m session in. Thursday was a new brick session for me & a session i’ll be doing quite a bit over the next few weeks. Weather was still brilliant & did 65k on the bike & then into transition which i may add is in my bedroom bike gear off & running gear on & all done in 8 minutes.. Pretty impressive seeing i had to bring my bike up to the spare room also. So if ever there is a transition in a bedroom i’m at an advantage… I started off on the run fairly easy & after a few minutes i was in my running stride & managed 12k just over an hour & also on this run i did practice taking my gels on board.. Ohh do i still have a long way to go in the REAL day… 

I felt good on Friday & decided to cycle to work & get my swim in after work as Mark was feeling tired so our morning swim was put on hold for a week or so. Another 5000m swim set done after work.. Saturday & Sunday were both long days in the saddle. On Saturday it was just myself & Mark & we decided to stay away form the N81 as it’s 4 months now of that bloody road. We headed for Enniskerry & just as we got there it stared to rain & when i say rain i mean rain.. We took shelter for about 20 mins & finally it slacked off & onto the bikes again only for 10 minutes later the heavens to open again. We did get soaked & decided to head home. But after another 10 minutes the weather improved & we decided to carry on & after all the rain we had a great day cycling in the hills & covered approx 135k in 5hr’s 40mins.

Sunday was the same but Rodders was with us & as he’s king of the hills it was going to be a good one to watch him go.. We had another great day in the saddle but we lost Mark half way around as his leg was giving him a little grief so it was wise to head home & get some ice on it. So this weeks training was Running 38k 3hr’s 30 mins, Swimming 10,000 3hr’s, Cycling 335k 12.5hr’s overall 19hr’s this week..