WEEK 23 IRONMAN TRAINING

The countdown has begun…!!! Training is now starting to get easier & with less intensity & less sessions. It’s not been a bad week but i’m starting to get restless now & i’m dying to get to the start line. I do hope i’ll be saying that when i actually do get there..

As last week was my last big week i was tired on the Monday but i did still manage to get to Seapoint for a relaxed 40min swim & the salt water on the bones does wonders for recovery. I’ve also started to cycle to work as the weather was great & decided to just spin the legs out each day. Not much on Tuesday & decided to rest & attend to the garden as it needed some tending to & chopping down trees is a good way of easing frustration… 

Cycled to work again & went for my swim session after work & managed a nice 4000m session & with longer sets involved & it’s now getting easier.. Thursday i decided to do a long run & i felt great starting out & was very very relaxed during my whole run & managed 21k & could have gone longer but didn’t want to go overboard now that i’m only 3 weeks away..

Friday was a small swim set as i had the IN-LAWS meeting for the first time so that was playing on my mind as to weather the would kill each other or it would be fine & i’m glad to say it was fine & all got on great. 

With all this training i’ve been missing lots of rugby so i decided to stay on the sofa early on Saturday morning & watch the Ireland v Australia game & ended up pretty much relaxing most of the day until the guilt got to me & went cycling at 5.30 in the evening & managed a easy 2.15 spin. I’d arranged to meet Eddie for a easy 2hr spin on Sunday & that easy 2hr spin turned into a easy 4hr 50min spin.. What were you thinking Eddie bringing me that far……!!!!!!!!!!!! Really enjoyed the spin & felt great after & petty much rested up for the rest of the day..

Now that i’m only 2 weeks away i’m going to rest up a lot more & try get as much sleep as i can in the next few days, I’ve a wedding to attend to next weekend & it will be a great chance to relax & let the hair down for a few hours & i may even have a drink.. 

So this weeks training was Cycling 225k 8hr’s 30mins , Swimming 8000m 2hr’s 40min, Running 21k 1hr 47mins