Month: June 2014

From Zero to Ironman – and so it begins

Written by amanda on 26th June 2014. Posted in The Road to Ironman. 2 Comments on From Zero to Ironman – and so it begins

And it begins with an unmitigated disaster that was my first sprint tri with the friendliest most wonderful group of triathletes who, I am assured, will be there to see me through my journey from start to finish. I’m already confident that I have found the perfect motivational group – thank you BTRS http://brightontriathlonraceseries.co.uk/. That, however, is where my confidence starts and ends for now. Registration for Cairns Ironman was confirmed last week. After last night’s...

COACH v. GENERALISED TRAINING PLAN (GTP)

Written by amanda on 25th June 2014. Posted in My Ultra Ego and Me. No Comments on COACH v. GENERALISED TRAINING PLAN (GTP)

Questions I used to ask/worry about before, during and after every run: I’ve found three plans which will prepare me for my next race. They all have different work loads. Should I do the easier-looking one (will that prepare me enough?)? Should I go for the harder-looking one? Why is that so different from the other one? It’s a 16-week plan, I’ve got 14 weeks before my next race. Do I start from Week 1 of the plan and make up the time somewhere – or should I start on Week 3? These intervals...