Back into it

The last few weeks since Ironman have been nice and relaxing, with a dash of fatigue. I’d forgotten how long it takes to recover from these races. In the first week I was pretty useless and for some reason I had a lot of inquiries about programs…….just a simple response may have taken a while as I was on the couch and it’s a full 2 metres from the computer.

I did do a little fitness stuff in the weeks that followed. A week after Ironman I shot down to Mandurah for the State Inter Club to race for the Stadium Barracudas. Since it’s a fun race I took the chance to race old school in the budgie smugglers. But racing a week after IM wasn’t fun and running was well shite. It was a lot better at the afternoon’s activities…..Beerman, which had a surprisingly stacked field and was a lot of fun! I have also taken the opportunity to do a few other things like indoor rock climbing, which was a lot of fun; challenging and I should really do it more often.

In the last week and a half, I’ve got a bit of energy back and started to get back into it. Mainly in the pool and running, but will get back on the bike soon.

Burning some lactic acid at the Stadium Tri Club's Boxing Day Aquathon

I’m yet to finalize my program into Singapore 70.3, as I want to make a few changes (if you do things the same, you get the same results). The main change has happened with a bit of luck. I’d been looking at swimming squad options, with not much joy. Thankfully a new swim squad has been started up by Guy Crawford and Paul Newsome at a time that suits. In the last year I’ve changed my stroke and swum more than ever, but I didn’t get the result I wanted at Busselton. So another sacrifice has to be made, another shift dropped for training. From the three swims I’ve had its going to be well worth it.

The other changes I’m looking at making are to do with putting a bit more stress on the body. In the lead up to Singapore that means heat and I will be setting up a sweatbox in my shed. I did these sessions in the lead up to Singapore in 2007 and they worked well, but they really drain you for a day two. Hydration will be crucial! I’ll be trying to train a bit more with a few others too as too long on a windtrainer in a hot shed = not good ;)

Happy New Year Peeps

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