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Training notes and race build updates from the road to Kona.
Key Session: Activation, Pace Progression & Hill Sprints
One hour, three completely different jobs - waking the right muscles up, holding form as the pace climbed, then twelve hill sprints to finish it off.
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Sat Down With My Coach: The Real Progress Recap
Four weeks in with Andy, and the honest version of a progress update - more volume, more consistency, and the parts I'm still impatient about.
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Closing The Gap: Durability
Getting fitter doesn't count for much if you fall apart on hour ten. This week was about training durability - showing up tired and still being able to execute.
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9 Weeks Out
Nine weeks out didn't go to plan - an eye issue ruled out swimming, and I was too sick to race the triathlon I'd entered. Back up again.
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Ranking My 5 Favourite Training Days
Everyone asks about the hardest sessions. These are the five I actually look forward to, and the reasons have nothing to do with how hard they are.
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Everyone Started Somewhere
No coach, no power meter, no clue what I was doing. The bike and the data came later - what actually got me here was showing up again and again.
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Closing The Gap: Heat
Getting fitter isn't the only gap standing between me and Japan. Heat is a performance limiter too - and it's one you can actually train for.
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10 Weeks Out
Ten weeks out - the biggest week yet: 10.8km swim, 9 hours on the bike, 49km of running, and building durability for what's ahead.
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