Glass man to Ironman

After my terrible experience from monday morning swimming session I hoped wednesday night would go better, and it did! Managed to get back into the swing of things, focus on my body position in the water and get my breathing pattern sorted. My upper back muscles have a few DOMS which means it was a good session last night. Tried some nose clips to stop water going up my nose but they was useless so sacked them off and just got on with it. I asked my trainer how my swimming was coming on and if there was anything that stood out that was slowing me down or making me fight the water so much, but he said I was doing great and that it all comes in time, just need to relax and slow my pace down abit....I hope one day I can look back on these bad swimming experiences and wonder why I had all these issues in the first place...cant wait for that day :-).

As I am off work for the week I decided to have an early morning swim. Not been doing much swimming since the David lloyd triathlon due to going on holiday and coming back with a throat infection which stopped me eating, sleeping, drinking for 5 days and made me loose half a stone. Today after a few laps I just felt so out of it and couldn't be bothered, then water up my nose, goggles fogging up constantly... I gave up, just gonna rest till Wednesday session with the tri club. Also I got to start eating clean if I can and avoid any junk :-).

Nice morning for a cycle, no traffic on the roads, great :-) Managed 20km in 37m 43sec which is just over 3min 40sec faster than the MTB with slicks on, well impressed! Have to admit I started to feel the pinch on the journey back having not cycled this far in the last month so I need to get on the bike as much as I can before Southwell Triathlon in Sept to improve my times. Here is my route using Endomondo.. http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/19114143 Wanna go back to bed now....hate 6am wake ups :-)

After looking at my times for my first triathlon I really needed to get a road bike, or something alot lighter to get me some better times, so I looked at my work places Cycle2Work scheme....this turned out to be an exercise in itself with the amount of hoops you have to jump through to get it and messing up my tax codes so I scrapped the idea. My dad on the other hand decided to help me out a little in the end and he really enjoyed watching the triathlon and seeing all the nice bikes in the transition area. So after alot of looking in bike shops, looking online, getting reviews I couldnt decide which of the two bikes I really liked, one was a road bike, the other an entry level triathlon bike..The road bike would be more responsive on the road, easy to climb hills with, and a good all rounder. The tri bike however would be faster, more aero and save my legs for the run part of the triathlon. Seen as though I already had a bike I used to commute to work on and do long bike rides I de

Well here it is… my first step into the world of triathlon! Completed in 1hr 25mins 16 secs, the distances were 400m Swim, 24k Bike, 5km Run. Apon turning up to the venue I was abit nervous wondering what to expect but was soon put at ease when I saw that there was alot on newbie's doing the race too, a few mountain bikes spotted and even a shopper bike with basket! As it was my first Triathlon I had just the basics to get me through...had and all in one tri suit, slick tyres on my mountain bike, and a worn in pair of running shoes, running belt, bike helmet and some shades. Here is me just after registration and about to get my bike racked up. After getting registered I had to get my bike racked up and all my gear set up in the transition area and then head off to the race briefing as it was my first triathlon. I tried to hear what the guy was telling me but I just made out the basics, plus I could hear my little boy moaning on the other side of the car park while the miss