It has been a while since my last blog. I have been rather busy with a change in job and trying to settle in a new routine. Not that easy!... but not too bad I must say. Training has been a little bit up and down, I had to make big changes to the volume of training and the quality.
It will be my first Ironman with very limited training volume, and from the research I did so far on the topic there were some triathletes who did this quite successfully. I'm not sure to what result it will lead to but it will not be an easy task. Intensity will be the key to my approach on this training programme.
The targets of the programme will be:
1. 1 session a day and 1 rest day a week.
2. Total weekly hours 10hrs a week
3. Quality (Intensity) rather than Quantity.
4. Time efficient
5. Attention to detail (more than in the past years)
6. There will be of course the odd (but very race) big weeks of training which will be strategically placed along the path towards Switzerland.
This year 16 years of experience in the sport, my coaching experience and the knowledge gained from my MSc. will come in handy to what seems to be quite a tough task. A successful result would be breaking 9hrs 30mins on the 28th July and qualifying for the Hawaii Ironman.
Stay tuned.
Dermot
