Daz Does Tri

And that was that. 49 and done. After Battersea I trained well Tuesday. Wednesday run with Dan but ankle sore. Hit the gym. Bought some superblast 2 and re-tried a test run on the 12th. Season done. Missed the 800 indoors and Olympic Park 5k. Jake ran 2.03 and 16.05. My 49th year has ended and my best race was a DQ (2900m pb lol). It's been a washout. Started hitting the gym and crushing legs and arms. New year, new me. The plan is now to get back on top. Ankle issue is now not achilies (seems fine) but the stabilising tendons around the side. Should be OK to run under precautions. Strength wise. Bench is 45kg for 3 reps. 100kg calf raises. 12.5kg for 12 on the triceps. Not squatted with bar yet so need to benchmark this. Plan is to spend 4-6 weeks getting strong. Run wise just back to moving well. From the start of the year I plan to attack from speed/strength and see how that rolls out for races. Finally do the work required to break 60 for 400m and see where we are at. Either wa...

Winter training - that's a wrap (ish). Race week this week so taper in to Battersea. Bang out a week before the 800 and then it's 5k Wednesday and then just existing until I go on holiday. Come back and indoors ! Really not feeling it right now. I'm in OK shape but I am still not healthy and I can't shake this. Feels like I have had it from pre-Town and Gown. I do feel like there is some good fitness there and my HR is good on steady runs but when I am feeling shit I just cannot get the effort out. PE feels waaay higher than actual effort. The plan this week is to try and stay relaxed and prey that it just goes. I'll taper correctly and arrive at the race ready to rock and roll but right now I am expecting breaking 17 mins to be a challenge. Shame as it's been a target race but it is what it is. One of life's curve balls. Average of 43.6 miles for the last 9 weeks. It's not terrible but not amazing. Long runs have been lower but quality has been good. Ju...