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CHATEAU DE CHANTILLY TRI – OLYMPIC DISTANCE

Written by amanda on 31st August 2018. Posted in Race Reports. 1 Comment on CHATEAU DE CHANTILLY TRI – OLYMPIC DISTANCE

Sunday 26 August 2018 – Olympic Distance Triathlon 1500m swim 45 km bike 10 km run Another weekend, another 5.30 a.m. alarm, another skirmish with wetsuit awaits. It’s pitch black outside. I’m beginning to wonder if they’re going to floodlight the turn buoys. Never mind. By the time I get to the castle dawn has well and truly broken and my only quibble is that it could be a damn sight warmer, seeing as I’m in France and it’s August. Ah well, could be worse. Here I am in the most...

VITORIA GASTEIZ 70.3

Written by amanda on 15th July 2018. Posted in Race Reports. 1 Comment on VITORIA GASTEIZ 70.3

It’s that time again. The time when I find myself staring at the three race bags on my hotel bed, wondering if I’ve put the right kit into the right ones, what I’ve forgotten, what things need to be taken out in the morning, what still needs to be put in. Argh! No matter how many times I do this it never gets any less stressful. And rightly so. As I do my triple-check I realise my goggles are not in my pre-race bundle. In fact, my goggles are nowhere to be found. Rookie Error No. 1. Cue an extra...

thetrilife Masters Programme – Month 2

Written by amanda on 20th May 2016. Posted in Mastering tri life. No Comments on thetrilife Masters Programme – Month 2

It’s been a more intense four weeks and my goal has been to stick firmly to the plan and focus on running cadence, bike cadence (rather than pushing gears) and anything and everything to do with swimming. SWIMMING: Drills this month have focussed on hand placement. I feel fairly confident that I’m not too far off here. And remember I chickened out of finding ‘gears’ last month? Well, I really REALLY tried this time. Of course, finding 6 gears to swim 6 x 75m progressive meant that I was close...

thetrilife Masters Programme – Month 1

Written by amanda on 10th April 2016. Posted in Mastering tri life. No Comments on thetrilife Masters Programme – Month 1

Four weeks down. My thoughts? Direction! I’ve got direction. It’s great to be training with purpose. I neeeeeeed direction and purpose. For the last six months I’ve been mostly sitting on the sofa, going for the occasional run and that’s about it. I decided to try and rediscover my triathlon dreams and I entered a couple of sprint tris but the occasional swim and bike is dull, boring and demotivating. Without a plan, everything comes under the umbrella ‘junk’. So here I am, at the end of my first...

thetrilife Masters Programme Week 1

Written by amanda on 23rd March 2016. Posted in Mastering tri life. No Comments on thetrilife Masters Programme Week 1

Oh, I’m such a slave to programmes but find myself completely at a loss without. After my two IM fiascos last summer I ditched my bike for the indoor rower and focussed on a team WR attempt – which proved to be hugely successful and so much fun! (Well – if ‘fun’ and ‘rowing’ can be used in the same sentence??) After that, though (December) I lost the plot and resorted to doing more or less nothing. January came along and for the first time ever I had no goals, no plans, no motivation, no desire...