The weather had a decent say on training this fortnight. Winter has arrived and snow and ice have affected my ability to train outdoors. I have managed some runs, but have kept them close to home and on roads that I trusted to be at least minimally slippy. Also the students have finished up for the year so I am on my own for a while and this means replacing the missing swim and spin sessions with solo efforts, all of which I missed this week because of the weather. I passed the 1,000 run miles that I had planned for the year. I also passed my bike stretch target of 2,200 miles. And I have managed (somehow) to do all my smaller targets. I am only 8 miles from my swim target which would give me a full set of everything for the year. I should get that once we get to holidays and I can do some longer day-time swims. Obviously it is Xmas season as well. So the abundance of Xmas dinners and multitude of sweets and treats going around mean that I have managed to put on 3kg in the last fortnig...
So Covid has gone far enough away that I got to do enough races this year to actually call it a whole year. So I am back to the three colour version Green - Did make it. Red - Didn't make it. Orange - Needs explaining. All the blurb is at the bottom. April additions are included here, that is why some look strange / redundant. Targets by numbers Represent GBR age-group at an international event. Qualify for the GBR Age-group team for a 2023 European Championships. Finish top-20 at European Aquathlon Champs. - 9th, 20th, (22nd) Finish top-30 at World Aquathlon Champs. - 6th, 10th, 12th Take part in a GBR age-group qualifying race for a 2023 European Champs. Take part in a GBR age-group qualifying race for a 2023 World Champs. Swim 130 miles. Swim under 6:15 minutes for 400m. - Not even close 6:46 Swim under 11:45 minutes for 750m. - Closer 11:56 Swim under 25:30 minutes for 1,500m. - Didn't even attempt one. Ride 2,000 miles. MTB 500 miles Run 1,000 miles. Run...
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