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Flipper good Fun – 29th November 2011
Following advice from my swim coach I purchased some training fins for our sessions. Putting them on using them was an amazing feeling as for the first time since my accident almost 10 years ago I was able to propel myself through the water by means of kicking my legs. It wasn’t very fast and…
A Night of Awards – 14th November 2011
Recovery from the Evil Duathlon has been hard work as I’ve been shattered but training has continued including my second session on the WATT bike where carried out a 6 second test, a 10 second test and a 3 minute test. The results will help as a bench mark for my progress on the bike…
An Evil Challenge to Finish the year – 6th November 2011
Well, initial recovery from the 10 10 10 (10K) and then back into training including swimming as my shoulder injury is (dare I say it) beginning not to ‘niggle’ as much. The boring physio will continue though until complete recovery. Meeting held with Jonathon Riall the BTF Programme Manager to discuss my goals and targets…
Holiday happiness and fun – 30th October 2011
Holiday week this week so I managed to get a few bike rides done in daylight hours which will soon be difficult task with Winter approaching. Sunday I took part in the Sheffield 10 10 10 which is a 10K race with woodlands tracks mixed with pathways which makes a fast, fun and technical event….
Meetings and more meetings – 23rd October 2011
This week I met up with my Swim coach where we talked about plans for my technique performance and action plan for goals. We watched various videos of professional swimmers compared with my…unprofessional swimming technique which gave me vision! I had a physio session http://www.cityphysio-sheffield.com/ where progress on my shoulder injury still hasn’t fulfilled and…
Plans and meetings – 15th October 2011
I met up with my Triathlon Coach Bob Pringle http://www.bptri.co.uk/about and we discussed future coaching from January onwards working towards the European Championships and then the World Championships in October. We talked about bench marking and organising coaching with BTF coaching plans. Throughout the week I drew up plans for my goals and plans for…
September 2011
ITU London World Championships Race report September 2011 Nerves were high but preparation was good and a heavy rain shower just before the start cooled us all down not to our delight. The swim set off and my British Competitor James Smith was level with me and try as I did to pull away from…