Showing posts with label Rest Days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rest Days. Show all posts
Saturday, 3 October 2015
Saturday, 26 September 2015
Friday, 25 September 2015
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Monday, 21 September 2015
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Day #82, Week #12: WTS Chicago
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| Ladies Elite, 1st Gwen Jorgenson USA (centre), 2nd Non Stanford GBR (left), 3rd Vicky Holland GBR (right). Non & Vicky both qualified for Rio |
I ENJOYED watching the worlds elite triathletes in this seasons climax to the WTS World Championships in Chicago over the last two nights. The incredible achievement by Spaniard Javier Gomez, achieving a record breaking fifth ITU World Championship title was slightly dampened by team mate Mario Mola who pipped Gomez to the finishing line. Mola always looked the most comfortable of the two, and I wasn't surprised when he stepped up in the final stage of the run to win the grand final just in front of Gomez. Turns out it was the fastest 10k in ITU hishory at 28:59.
I was particularly impressed with back-to-back champ Gwen Jorgenson (and who wouldn't be) considering the dark place she was in just prior to the start of her phenomenal winning streak, and BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin on her Team GB selection after only taking up triathlon two years ago,
Who is Garefis Christos? He hails from Greece and races in the 60-64 age group, the best of the best in my age group. He won both the sprint (01:08:05) and standard Olympic distance (02:09:47), racing the sprint on Thursday followed by the standard on Saturday, just two days apart. He did the same thing at the 2015 Geneva ETU European Championships in July. How cool is that!
The one thing I get from watching the elites is how key the run is. This is where Jorgenson and the Brownlees (when fit) strike fear into the rest of the field. How do I get my sub 29 minutes 5k down to sub 22 like Christos? As they say, if you wanna play Carnegie Hall, you gotta practice!
Roll on Rio!
Sunday, 13 September 2015
Friday, 11 September 2015
Day #73, Week #11: Recovery
A BIT sore today after yesterdays bike crash, best to let the cuts and grazes dry out and scab over. Repairs to bike OK.
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Day #68, #69, #70: Storms, toe injury and a few days off
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| Photo by Cezar Castejon |
CIRCUMSTANCES DICTATE an opportunity for a few days rest to recharge. A severe storm known as "the cold drop" (Spanish: gota fría) is a weather phenomenon often occurring in the Spanish autumn, More photo of la gota fria in Torrevija today.
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Monday, 31 August 2015
Friday, 28 August 2015
Monday, 24 August 2015
Friday, 21 August 2015
Monday, 17 August 2015
Monday, 10 August 2015
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Monday, 3 August 2015
Day #36, Week #6: Recovery Day
BASE PHASE of training plan completed. Rest and ready for time trials this week to gauge progress.
Friday, 31 July 2015
Day #33, Week #5: Recovery Day with Intermittent fasting
REST DAY with a 24 hour intermittent fast. Carbo loading followed by no calorie intake, just water for the day. Tomorrow morning perform a HIIT session before re-fueling. Adios body fat!
Monday, 27 July 2015
Day #29, Week #5: Recovery Day
BATTERED AND bruised from yesterday's 100k bike ride, today's rest day is most welcome.
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