Well its almost two weeks to go till the Scorching series starts, that marks the official kick off of the pre race season, that means six weeks till the half, time goes so fast, its amazing... I'm counting the days,
The first race is on the 14th of November, its a warm up race:
1km swim
30km bike
8km run
Still Scorching bay in November will be "fun" !!! hahaha
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Winning the head game
This week my swim coach said something that has stuck with me, he said I should allow myself to celebrate the successes I have in the pool. It stuck with me for a couple of reasons.
As a para athlete I have always pushed myself harder,expected more of myself. And it stuck with me because of something that was said to me as a child I remember being told to never settle with what you have, always strive to improve. My coach has invested a huge amount in my success, I push myself harder for my own reasons but I am also very grateful for the efforts that he puts in to me personally that will allow me to swim faster and achieve my goals.
I also wonder if I was less focused on the minute details of each performance, scrutinising each performance in detail and focused more on the big picture whether my performance would improve. This week we have a time trial, its something we do regularly to measure performance. I will be looking at my performance to see whether I improve but this time I will allow myself to feel good about my swim.
As a para athlete I have always pushed myself harder,expected more of myself. And it stuck with me because of something that was said to me as a child I remember being told to never settle with what you have, always strive to improve. My coach has invested a huge amount in my success, I push myself harder for my own reasons but I am also very grateful for the efforts that he puts in to me personally that will allow me to swim faster and achieve my goals.
I also wonder if I was less focused on the minute details of each performance, scrutinising each performance in detail and focused more on the big picture whether my performance would improve. This week we have a time trial, its something we do regularly to measure performance. I will be looking at my performance to see whether I improve but this time I will allow myself to feel good about my swim.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
the toll of training
I wanted to spend a bit of time this week talking about how much of a toll all the training is having on my body and the great support I'm receiving to keep me going regardless.
At the moment it seems like I'm spending a lot of time in the physio, which is frustrating as its the last place I want to be right now in this phase of the training cycle. I need to thank Ben and Steph at VUW physio for giving me really fast treatment and putting up with me being a bit grumpy and apprehensive at the moment.
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/st_services/physio/
In the last month I have aggrivated both rotator cuff's, both left and right shoulders, hense the many trips to the physio.The annoying thing about all this is that while I am in the pool I feel fast and my times in the water confirm that feeling, I am swimming 6 min 300m which equates out to a 2hr pace for the 3.8km swim.
Another wonderful lady who is helping me with my recovery is Jin Ong, she is an Osteopath who is giving me a course of 'dry-needling' to encourage flushing of lactic acid. I see Jin every couple of weeks for treatments and she is great, thoroughly recommend her,she's very great.
http://theosteopathicpractice.co.nz/
Well its less than a month to go till the pre race season starts with the Scorcher Tri's starting on the 14th of November, can't wait, then its almost a month till Taupo half, I'm getting very excited about that...
At the moment it seems like I'm spending a lot of time in the physio, which is frustrating as its the last place I want to be right now in this phase of the training cycle. I need to thank Ben and Steph at VUW physio for giving me really fast treatment and putting up with me being a bit grumpy and apprehensive at the moment.
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/st_services/physio/
In the last month I have aggrivated both rotator cuff's, both left and right shoulders, hense the many trips to the physio.The annoying thing about all this is that while I am in the pool I feel fast and my times in the water confirm that feeling, I am swimming 6 min 300m which equates out to a 2hr pace for the 3.8km swim.
Another wonderful lady who is helping me with my recovery is Jin Ong, she is an Osteopath who is giving me a course of 'dry-needling' to encourage flushing of lactic acid. I see Jin every couple of weeks for treatments and she is great, thoroughly recommend her,she's very great.
http://theosteopathicpractice.co.nz/
Well its less than a month to go till the pre race season starts with the Scorcher Tri's starting on the 14th of November, can't wait, then its almost a month till Taupo half, I'm getting very excited about that...
Sunday, October 10, 2010
New Month,getting closer to race season, time to get serious
Well its October, I just about can't believe it, It's only a month till the pre race tri series starts which is a real wake up call. It's great though, focuses the attention on the big prize in March.
I've had an interesting winter, My swim has really moved forward but just recently in the last month I have had minor rotator cuff injuries to both left and right shoulders, nothing major but enough to remind me that I will need both shoulders working perfectly on race days.
I've been working with an Osteopath, Jin, at the Osteopathic Practice who has been working magic in terms of reducing the lactic acid from my legs, so I seriously recommend that treatment.
The programme that Lynley has be on at the moment feels really good, I know that the numbers will increase as we go into Jan / Feb but I also know that right now I feel very comfortable with my run and bike and my swim is feeling good other than the fact that I'm rehabing my shoulder.
I've had an interesting winter, My swim has really moved forward but just recently in the last month I have had minor rotator cuff injuries to both left and right shoulders, nothing major but enough to remind me that I will need both shoulders working perfectly on race days.
I've been working with an Osteopath, Jin, at the Osteopathic Practice who has been working magic in terms of reducing the lactic acid from my legs, so I seriously recommend that treatment.
The programme that Lynley has be on at the moment feels really good, I know that the numbers will increase as we go into Jan / Feb but I also know that right now I feel very comfortable with my run and bike and my swim is feeling good other than the fact that I'm rehabing my shoulder.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Weeks 2 & 3
Weeks 2 and 3 for me have been about injury rehap, I injured my right rotator cuff in the pool on thursday week and have been seeing a pyysio at VUW puysio to get back inthe pool, so thankfully I only missed two swims before I was back in the pool,
One of the great things about tri is that if you get an injury in one area you can focus in another area to vent the frustration of the injury and I certainly did that the last couple of weeks. My run cycle has benefitted from the frustration.
Part of that venting has meant that my run has really started come come along and I'm starting to feel strong on the runs now. I'm also starting to build in my brick sessions and long rides which feel nice to do after a while off. Training is feeling good at the moment which is a great thing because I thinnk that toward the end of the year the efforts will be not so nice, so I better enjoy them while I can.
One of the great things about tri is that if you get an injury in one area you can focus in another area to vent the frustration of the injury and I certainly did that the last couple of weeks. My run cycle has benefitted from the frustration.
Part of that venting has meant that my run has really started come come along and I'm starting to feel strong on the runs now. I'm also starting to build in my brick sessions and long rides which feel nice to do after a while off. Training is feeling good at the moment which is a great thing because I thinnk that toward the end of the year the efforts will be not so nice, so I better enjoy them while I can.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Training week #1
Well, I've come to the end of week#1 of the training programme, this week was compromised slightly by exams which I was studying for Thursday / Friday.
I had 2 really good runs this week, a 90 min run on Tuesday and a 60 min run Saturday, it is really good to get back into my running again.
I was slightly concerned to have a right shoulder niggle, I had pain in my shoulder, at squad on Thursday, I focused the remainder of the session on kick, so all was not lost but its something I am slightly concerned to see.
This week I saw an osteopath, Jin, at "the osteopathic centre" Jin is going to try a course of dry needling with me where she puts a needle into the muscle to relieve knots and aid recovery, I'm looking forward to seeing how the treatment plays out.... on to week #2
I had 2 really good runs this week, a 90 min run on Tuesday and a 60 min run Saturday, it is really good to get back into my running again.
I was slightly concerned to have a right shoulder niggle, I had pain in my shoulder, at squad on Thursday, I focused the remainder of the session on kick, so all was not lost but its something I am slightly concerned to see.
This week I saw an osteopath, Jin, at "the osteopathic centre" Jin is going to try a course of dry needling with me where she puts a needle into the muscle to relieve knots and aid recovery, I'm looking forward to seeing how the treatment plays out.... on to week #2
Monday, August 16, 2010
August Ironman Training Camp
Well I've just got back from a weekend away with the TriBrown Coaching team and athletes in Taupo for IM Training camp #1.
Let me describe the weekends activities
Day #1 Saturday
Morning 8am 3 hr Ride Taupo - Kinloch return
With 15 min runoff the bike
Afternoon 3pm 2.7km in pool
Description:
Day #1 was very wet all day, I was a bit concerned with the large down hills that we had over the back of Taupo that I would crash given the amount of water on the road and the slippery surfaces, but the ride had to be done, and it was. The scenery was lovely when we could see it, there were plenty of cows and sheep to keep us company, not a single other cyclist on the back roads, no big surprise there!!
The run was enjoyable,only 15 mins so not to taxing, I ran from our base at Rainbow Point to 5 mile and back, again it was wet and I avoided truck spray on the highway, which was nice. Can't wait till January camp when all we'll have to worry about is the heat, !!
Day #2
1.5hrs of Run combined with core session and Run drills.
Description:
Our day started with a 20 min warm up run down the road from Rainbow Point to the foreshore and then back along the lakefront (IM marathon course) path to a patch of grass where we started our run drills.
We spent 30 mins working on Run drills from the Striding On Series, the drills are really good for setting good technique as the base for run technique, from that point we transitioned into core stability work.
Our core stability work lasted a good 30 mins, we followed the programme from TriBrown Coaching which outlines a great routine for building core stability. I was not looking at what I was doing at one point and almost rolled into a 'dog deposit' to the other members of the groups' laughter.
I left Taupo, it was still raining by the way, it hadn't stopped raining since we arrived on Friday, at 11ish on Sunday all ready to go with my IM programme for the next month.
A great weekend all round, thanks to Lynley, JB and everyone who came to camp
Let me describe the weekends activities
Day #1 Saturday
Morning 8am 3 hr Ride Taupo - Kinloch return
With 15 min runoff the bike
Afternoon 3pm 2.7km in pool
Description:
Day #1 was very wet all day, I was a bit concerned with the large down hills that we had over the back of Taupo that I would crash given the amount of water on the road and the slippery surfaces, but the ride had to be done, and it was. The scenery was lovely when we could see it, there were plenty of cows and sheep to keep us company, not a single other cyclist on the back roads, no big surprise there!!
The run was enjoyable,only 15 mins so not to taxing, I ran from our base at Rainbow Point to 5 mile and back, again it was wet and I avoided truck spray on the highway, which was nice. Can't wait till January camp when all we'll have to worry about is the heat, !!
Day #2
1.5hrs of Run combined with core session and Run drills.
Description:
Our day started with a 20 min warm up run down the road from Rainbow Point to the foreshore and then back along the lakefront (IM marathon course) path to a patch of grass where we started our run drills.
We spent 30 mins working on Run drills from the Striding On Series, the drills are really good for setting good technique as the base for run technique, from that point we transitioned into core stability work.
Our core stability work lasted a good 30 mins, we followed the programme from TriBrown Coaching which outlines a great routine for building core stability. I was not looking at what I was doing at one point and almost rolled into a 'dog deposit' to the other members of the groups' laughter.
I left Taupo, it was still raining by the way, it hadn't stopped raining since we arrived on Friday, at 11ish on Sunday all ready to go with my IM programme for the next month.
A great weekend all round, thanks to Lynley, JB and everyone who came to camp
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