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Training notes and race build updates from the road to Kona.
Key Session: Swim VO2 Max
This week's key session: VO2 max swim intervals, now up to 75-second reps with barely any rest. The numbers say I pushed harder than planned, and my stroke rate's finally coming right.
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Taking Rest Days
I used to hate rest days, they felt like wasted time. Lately I'm learning the mental reset matters just as much as the physical one.
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Closing The Gap: Swim
Swim was one of the biggest gaps flagged in The Kona Gap. Since then: more volume, more consistency, and reps I can now hold without fatiguing or losing pace.
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Key Session: Bike Critical Power Test
Two max efforts, three minutes then twelve, with a long recovery in between. The maths that comes out the other side is my actual power ceiling for Japan.
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7 Weeks Out
Seven weeks out - a rest day spent looking at art instead of triathlon, a critical power test now shaping every bike session for Japan, and a swim that took longer to reach than to actually swim.
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Protecting My Biggest Weapon
The run's always been my strongest discipline. This block isn't about making it better, it's about not letting it slip while the bike and swim take the volume.
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Which Session Gives Me The Biggest Gains?
If I could only keep one session a week, it wouldn't be the hardest one. It'd be the long bike - one session, loads of adaptations.
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Mistakes I Made In My First Ironman
If I could go back and do my first Ironman again, there are five mistakes I'd fix immediately. None of them stopped me finishing, but every one made the day harder than it needed to be.
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