I recently arrived back from another stint in Cyprus training under ‘Trisutto’ and ‘Elite Training Experience’. I’ve been asked many times by friends and family ‘what’s the point of a training camp’ and I only could give a mumbled answer of ‘better weather’ or ‘training with like minded people with lots of coaching input’. Whilst these reasons can’t be overlooked; they aren’t the true motive that warrants going to a different country for an extended period (not that I really need a justification to jump on a plane to Cyprus). It’s in fact the focus on training, the extra time for recovery, commonly known as naps, and the removal of all other stresses in your life enabling you to channel 100% of your energy into your next session.
Instead of doing a typical review and ‘day in the life’ blog of my time in Cyprus, I will try to summarise my experience in numbers. Here it goes:
- 16 days
-60 miles running
-512 miles cycling
-48k swimming
-50.5 hours training
-3kg of hummus eaten
-4 jars of peanut butter demolished
-1.6kg granola
-3.2Kg Greek Yoghurt
-1 sub 16, 5K run in training
-3 seconds per 100m faster when swimming in my Blue Seventy wetsuit.
-33 hours schoolwork
-6 AM, the time of our morning swim, 6 days/week
-Averaged 3 sessions per day
-2 ice creams (I had hoped for many more)
-30 coffees
-Countless hours sleeping
I hope that provides an insight but It could’ve just been summarised in the classic 4 words: eat, train, sleep, repeat.
I’m now coming into Race season which somewhat annoyingly coincides with my A-level exams. Because of this I won’t be doing any triathlons till after I finish my last exam on the 26th June. Once I complete this I will compete in Castle Series races at Castle Howard, Chateau de Chantilly (France) and Hever Castle. I will however, compete in many run races before and during exams, some fast 3K track races, some 5k road races and some other local races. I am feeling in good shape after Cyprus and can’t wait to battle it out and chase PBs. Follow my twitter for race results as they come in thick and fast.
Whilst you wait another 4 weeks for my next blog masterpiece, please enjoy these photos from my recent training.
Instead of doing a typical review and ‘day in the life’ blog of my time in Cyprus, I will try to summarise my experience in numbers. Here it goes:
- 16 days
-60 miles running
-512 miles cycling
-48k swimming
-50.5 hours training
-3kg of hummus eaten
-4 jars of peanut butter demolished
-1.6kg granola
-3.2Kg Greek Yoghurt
-1 sub 16, 5K run in training
-3 seconds per 100m faster when swimming in my Blue Seventy wetsuit.
-33 hours schoolwork
-6 AM, the time of our morning swim, 6 days/week
-Averaged 3 sessions per day
-2 ice creams (I had hoped for many more)
-30 coffees
-Countless hours sleeping
I hope that provides an insight but It could’ve just been summarised in the classic 4 words: eat, train, sleep, repeat.
I’m now coming into Race season which somewhat annoyingly coincides with my A-level exams. Because of this I won’t be doing any triathlons till after I finish my last exam on the 26th June. Once I complete this I will compete in Castle Series races at Castle Howard, Chateau de Chantilly (France) and Hever Castle. I will however, compete in many run races before and during exams, some fast 3K track races, some 5k road races and some other local races. I am feeling in good shape after Cyprus and can’t wait to battle it out and chase PBs. Follow my twitter for race results as they come in thick and fast.
Whilst you wait another 4 weeks for my next blog masterpiece, please enjoy these photos from my recent training.
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