Daz Does Tri

OK, I have nothing. I'd love to make these blogs more interesting but the reality is even google thinks they're shit haha So back to what actually works for me. Weekly training updates. Aim for this week : get back into a full training routine. It'll be rough but just tick the boxes, get everything done and try to improve over the next 4 weeks just finding things easier than the last. Monday 3rd August 2026 Rest day. Off to Lower Mill. Body is battered. Hips still ache slightly and that's the short term focus. Tuesday Still too achy to do a session so the plan was to run 8 easy and then tag Anges c25k run on. Outcome 10.3 miles with 8 @ 7:44/mm. Actually felt OK tbf was moving well. The Puma Deviate Pure are very much a replacement for the Vomero just lighter and more stable. Wednesday Headed back home so split runs today. 3.95 @ 8:22/mm and 3.78 @ 8:31/mm. B/mile much lower in the morning but things are heading in the right direction. Thursday Ate shit last night. I ne...

Day 0 Just coming up to 6 weeks of problems behind me and it finally feels like I can reset this journey back on the right path. Parkrun on Saturday showed me that I am a decent bit away from conditioning (the last mile was pretty much a struggle fest) but the good news was tat my hips and my calf held together at the pace point they have struggled at. After that I had a stag doo to attend so I sit here typing this with a pretty good (although not terminal) hangover. There is no time to waste now. I have to align everything to even get back where I was previously. The data looks like this - 3.12mi - 18:42(5:59/mi) 158/169bpm [946b/mi]. Splits were pretty consistent. Maybe slight fade in the last mile but was actually paced well. 158 bpm for 6/mm is actually in the right place BUT the 168 max is very, very high showing that the last mile was almost at full race effort. No warm up, in Megablast and off no training so it's to be expected. Compare to pre-injuries and data was 3.1mi - 1...

Not even sure where I was at with this but that's done now, the calf has called time on the season. Frustrating to say the least. Selected for England Masters and coming off a good training block the calf just had enough. Tightens up any time I put any intensity in. The only saving grace is that it seems to respond to easy -> steady running once it has settled back down. Not as good as it sounds because it takes training and racing out of the equation BUT at least I think I should be able to keep up some base work while I figure it out. Not called it as I type but the email will be going in today to pull out of the squad. Not heartbreaking getting selected was the aim) but INCREDIBLY frustrating. Plan from here, let it settle and start easy running. I'll just sit at some mileage for a while until it's figured out. I'll call time on track and road races for the forseable. No sessions either. I can do rehab - I'll go back to gym - but the focus will be on stability...

Monday 8th June - Sunday 15th June Monday Right tib is much better after sleep but still aggy. Messaged Ray to bin the race ff and plan today is rest and rehab. Most likely thing is to see how it is and tomorrow night just roll out a threshold session on the road. Track may aggravate it so I just need to be defensive and see how it responds to less aggressive training. Possibly just not doing enough rehab whilst on holiday or  just tight calfs but either way I'm not taking chances from here. Checking po10 today and I am still 8th in UK v50 5k so on the edge of getting that England masters spot. Felt pretty tred last week and I know there are several things I need to address this week so my check list coming in to 2.5 weeks out from race day is this - Nutrition - drink water NOT fizzy drinks. Better GF snacks than sweets and chocolate - eat more calories. This will leave me feeling healthier and less depressed !! This is my research today - I need to nail this side of training beca...