So, my 2019 training has got off to a good start. I'm running regularly and my knees seem to be holding up. I've got a training plan to get me to a middle distance triathlon in September and I am managing the run distances I have set myself.
I need to find some longer cycling routes to work and ones with a few hills too, but that shouldn't be a problem. my weekly cycling distance is okay, I just need to move to get my ebike to be doing less of the work. last week I did use my normal commuter bicycle and managed the whole four days as well as my runs, so that was a really good sign.
Swimming won't be an issue, I have always found that to be the easy part of a triathlon (not that I'm fast, but I can keep going, and I did manage to swim the distance within the cut off time when I tried the ironman 70.3 last time)
The main worry about going longer is my knees. I've got a 10K booked in late January which will test my knees out and I'm hoping that they hold up okay. if they do then I can enter the 70.3 in September and be fairly confident that I can manage the distances.
If my knees manage the 10K without too many problems, then I'm on for a middle distance and I will start upping my training.
I had thought that I would go for the Woburner middle distance, but the 1500 feet climbing on the bike has made me reconsider the Ironman 70.3 at Weymouth.
The Ironman 70.3 only has 800 feet of climb on the bike. When I think back to the last time I attempted the middle distance it was the hills on the bike that killed me, so keeping this to a minimum would help me psychologically.
Guess I only need to make the decision once I know that my knees can handle the running.
So, fingers crossed for the 10K.
I need to find some longer cycling routes to work and ones with a few hills too, but that shouldn't be a problem. my weekly cycling distance is okay, I just need to move to get my ebike to be doing less of the work. last week I did use my normal commuter bicycle and managed the whole four days as well as my runs, so that was a really good sign.
Swimming won't be an issue, I have always found that to be the easy part of a triathlon (not that I'm fast, but I can keep going, and I did manage to swim the distance within the cut off time when I tried the ironman 70.3 last time)
The main worry about going longer is my knees. I've got a 10K booked in late January which will test my knees out and I'm hoping that they hold up okay. if they do then I can enter the 70.3 in September and be fairly confident that I can manage the distances.
If my knees manage the 10K without too many problems, then I'm on for a middle distance and I will start upping my training.
I had thought that I would go for the Woburner middle distance, but the 1500 feet climbing on the bike has made me reconsider the Ironman 70.3 at Weymouth.
The Ironman 70.3 only has 800 feet of climb on the bike. When I think back to the last time I attempted the middle distance it was the hills on the bike that killed me, so keeping this to a minimum would help me psychologically.
Guess I only need to make the decision once I know that my knees can handle the running.
So, fingers crossed for the 10K.
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