Blog 3 – 21st January
Ping, ping, ping goes my emails, as Dr Justin Roberts gets
us geared up for the start. Providing us with all the details, training plans,
nutrition diary, illness reports, exercise videos; pretty much everything
except my race number. This brings me on to the point that I have now entered
the Ironman, so there’s no turning back now. It’s serious; game on!
So the training plan is all based around volume, getting all
areas and disciplines covered off without killing me in the first four weeks;
build the fundamentals, getting a good base to build upon. Basically, each week
is an eight session week with 2 swim sessions, a turbo session, a steady state
run, 2 functional strength training session, a long bike and a long run; just
the one day off, on Friday, and a double session day on Wednesday. To be honest
over the past 3 months, I’ve been used to doing that many sessions in a week,
with a few double days. Admittedly, I’ve be doing more strength based sessions
and cycling but the plan seems fun. Nicely broken up with the disciplines and
oddly I’m excited about getting back into running and improving my horrendous swimming
technique.
Strange really, at the minute I talk quite candidly to
friends and family that the 180 km bike ride and the marathon isn’t phasing me
but the swim, oh my god the swim. Why on earth would I think like that? Not the
swim bit, that’s standard being apprehensive about the swim. After all if the
bike gets too much you can just slow down; if the run gets too much I can just
walk; if the swim gets too much, I drown... That’s motivation, right there.
That is most definitely off Dr Roberts’ plan and mine, irrespective of what my
doctor thinks. Anyway added to that, how and why am I not worried about the
bike or run? Yes, I may have cycled that far but I have never run a marathon
and in fact I’ve never run even ten steps after a long bike ride, let alone a
marathon. Sounds fun, right?
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