Twelve weeks out from Ironman Japan, and the first proper week of the build is in the bank - 6,700m in the pool, 9.5 hours on the bike, 45km of running, and 2 hours of strength and conditioning.
Plus the stuff that doesn't show up on a spreadsheet - recovery, mobility, a health check, and all the normal life admin that happens in between. Nothing glamorous about this week. Just showing up and doing the work.
Twelve weeks to go. Locked in.
Three weeks out - this week wasn't about me. Supporting friends and my coach in Leeds, then Chiara at her first 70.3 in Tallinn, with my own training squeezed in between.
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Four weeks out - a run club 30km, making friends with Highland cows, helping Chiara prep for Tallinn, and a trip back to the UK to watch friends and my coach race Ironman Leeds.
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Five weeks out - a quieter week: boats instead of bikes for Chiara's birthday, a half marathon, a leg-destroying power session, and a long ride together to finish.
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