,UPDATE
After the World Champs in Chicago (which you can read about in my last post) I had about 2 weeks off, taking a break from the exhausting and painful training that comes with triathlon. For most people this would be an enjoyable time to relax and recuperate. However I found it to be extremely difficult in terms of self discipline to not allow myself to train, All I wanted to do in those 2 weeks was to hit a tough track session or to pace it round a 60 mile bike ride, neither of which I was allowed to do. No matter how much I wanted to train, I can now appreciate that in the long run that period of rest will pay dividends as it allowed my body to recover from the beating it had received over the last year.
Anyway rest over, Training has begun. Unfortunately winter has too, so turbo and treadmill time is here. This means trading the beautiful chiltern landscape with birds chirping and sun shining for a boring living room wall with Bon Jovi blaring whilst being drowned in a pool of my own sweat. Lovely thought.
With winter comes the cross country season, something which I thoroughly enjoy as there are few better feelings than finishing a cold and muddy cross country race absolutely spent. This was the case on the 7th November at a Chiltern league race in Milton Keynes. I had a decent race and came 1st in the U17's chiltern league, a good indicator of my current winter running form! This race was also combined with the national cross country series in which I would have been placed 5th in U17 if I were entered in the series.
The update is over, time for my future plans. Recently I sat down with my coach, Perry Agass, and we have planned out next season's goals and races. Although still provisional my target for the next season will be a gold at the European AG Sprint Triathlon Championships in Lisbon. This is therefore my key race but as it is early on in the season, 27th May, there will still be plenty of time for racing. As a result we have decided that I will race a few junior elite races and also a Standard distance tri. Doing so will add experience under my race belt and hopefully help me decide the ultimate direction I want to go with triathlon. For a more detailed 2016 race calendar and plan check out my website page conveniently named 'Race Calendar'.
Whilst you wait another couple of weeks for my next riviting read of a blog have a look at this slide show of cross country pictures:
After the World Champs in Chicago (which you can read about in my last post) I had about 2 weeks off, taking a break from the exhausting and painful training that comes with triathlon. For most people this would be an enjoyable time to relax and recuperate. However I found it to be extremely difficult in terms of self discipline to not allow myself to train, All I wanted to do in those 2 weeks was to hit a tough track session or to pace it round a 60 mile bike ride, neither of which I was allowed to do. No matter how much I wanted to train, I can now appreciate that in the long run that period of rest will pay dividends as it allowed my body to recover from the beating it had received over the last year.
Anyway rest over, Training has begun. Unfortunately winter has too, so turbo and treadmill time is here. This means trading the beautiful chiltern landscape with birds chirping and sun shining for a boring living room wall with Bon Jovi blaring whilst being drowned in a pool of my own sweat. Lovely thought.
With winter comes the cross country season, something which I thoroughly enjoy as there are few better feelings than finishing a cold and muddy cross country race absolutely spent. This was the case on the 7th November at a Chiltern league race in Milton Keynes. I had a decent race and came 1st in the U17's chiltern league, a good indicator of my current winter running form! This race was also combined with the national cross country series in which I would have been placed 5th in U17 if I were entered in the series.
The update is over, time for my future plans. Recently I sat down with my coach, Perry Agass, and we have planned out next season's goals and races. Although still provisional my target for the next season will be a gold at the European AG Sprint Triathlon Championships in Lisbon. This is therefore my key race but as it is early on in the season, 27th May, there will still be plenty of time for racing. As a result we have decided that I will race a few junior elite races and also a Standard distance tri. Doing so will add experience under my race belt and hopefully help me decide the ultimate direction I want to go with triathlon. For a more detailed 2016 race calendar and plan check out my website page conveniently named 'Race Calendar'.
Whilst you wait another couple of weeks for my next riviting read of a blog have a look at this slide show of cross country pictures:
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