It's been a good and varied days training which despite feeling a little tired now has given me a bit more confidence that I'm doing the right things.
The training for Ironman, as those who have been on the journey know is relentless even from 6 months out. Most days involve a couple of training sessions and personally I aim to get 3 swims, 3 bikes and 3 runs each week including a long bike and long run which builds in time and distance week by week. I'm still working on weight loss which was a bit of a disaster after a gastronomic weekend of fine dining, good British cooking, cooked breakfasts and some lovely red wine. The fantastic cuisine cost me a couple of pounds and the first job this week has been to, as they say on the telly, cut the fat!
I spent an hour and twenty minutes doing circuits yesterday and then today managed an interval session on the spin bike before breakfast, a swim at lunch time and then back into our wee gym for more circuits tonight. My core is getting stronger and the old moobs are slowly getting smaller and wobbly a little less than they did a few weeks ago.
The weather in Fife has turned a tad chilly again and being nervous on the bike I will wait for the end of the cold snap before taking the road bike out of the shed. Meantime I'll continue to work in the gym on my spin bike.
Meeting my brother in law's brother, Max for a run tomorrow afternoon which will be good to get out with someone else who runs at the same speed as me.
We're having a race night and my band, the inimitable Father Jack are playing. It's at the Dalgety Bay Sailing Club on Saturday 11 May with tickets £10/each. It's going to be a fab night with a race night like none you will have been to including live horse racing, water jumps and a huge dice! Father Jack has lined up an awesome mix of classics played in our own style. Usually seems to go down pretty well. So if you fancy a ticket let me know and I'll sort it out. All funds go towards a local Dunfermline Charity called Safe Space - see the side of the blog for details.
If I can do the technology thing I'll upload a track to let you hear us!
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