Failure to plan is like planning to fail
Today started out quite well. I went to RunCamp and as there was no-one else there, I had a private session. We should have been focussing on breathing. That was OK on Tuesday and I’ve got a slight cold, so Ant asked what I wanted to work on. I wasn’t sure, so we decided to go back to some drills focusing on foot position and heel lift. I received some positive feedback. If I can get back in control of my diet, I may be able to do well at parkrun.
Planning
Although my aim is to complete an Ironman triathlon by the time I’m 40, I haven’t planned very to ensure that it happens. I thought I’d start sketching out my plans now. I’ve decided to have a goal for each of the disciplines each year as well as having a triathlon related goal. I will try to develop this further over the next few weeks, so that I am planning appropriately.
Year | Swimming | Cycling | Running | Triathlon |
2013 | 800m swim | 42k cycletta or 82k | Marathon | Novice – Newbury |
2014 | 1600m swim | 63 mile sportive (IoW) | Marathon | Sprint |
2015 | 2k swim | 86 mile sportive | Marathon | Olympic |
2016 | 3k swim | 100 mile sportive | Marathon | Half Ironman |
2017 | 4k swim | 127 mile sportive (Chichester) | Marathon | Half Ironman |
2018 | 2.4 miles/3.9k | 112miles/180k | 26.2 miles | Ironman |
Unfortunately, I didn’t accomplish as much as I should have done at work today. I didn’t make it to running this evening. As I’m very tired, I’m taking it as a rest day. I’ve also got a new issues of ‘Cycling for Women’ that I was given by a running colleague yesterday and the latest issue of 220 to read in bed tonight 🙂
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This looks like a good idea to plan targets for each year leading up to the Ironman but it really puts it in perspective how mammoth this task is going to be 🙂 I just found out about the Victoria Pendleton Cycletta’s which sound like a great idea – I may do the Scotland one in September but it clashes with one of my favourite 10K races?
Yes, I’ve realised that I can’t quit marathon training, but I am excited about doing more cycling and am really glad that we’re so close to the New Forest as there are loads of sportives there. I hate it when events clash. Is there another great cycling event at around the same time?