andygates

Time for half-ironman prep to begin in earnest with about twelve weeks to go until the big day.  Here's the program I'll be using; it's one of Friel's (I'm going to try to put in a couple of short, constrained strength sessions as well, for my own mental health and since I have no social life, but they're optional).

The race distance is 1.2 mile swim, 56mile bike, 13.1 mile run.  The swim will be challenging but I know and like the lake and my best swim evar is just over a mile non-stop; the bike is gravy as long as I keep it tightly bottled; the run's going to be interesting as the 10k course on that site really spanked me in May, but with three half-marathons under my belt I know what to expect.

Now because I've slacked the tri-training since the May race, I'm going to ease into the program, allowing myself to do as little as 50% of the routine durations this week and 75% next.

So, to complete this, I'm going to have to be in the best shape of my life.  And that's the goal too.  What a happy confluence of intents and requirements.

meep

Bugger, I'm officially on the New Forest Tri start list. No escape now.  Am having the traditional collywobbles; tomorrow's ride and Wednesday's gait analysis will hopefully settle my water.  Hope so, anyway: this is easily the longest hardest thing I've ever attempted.  Roll the Dam Busters theme music...