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Boxing does seem an interesting form of cross-training, but possibly just yet another way to get injured?
Fink swims really are a nightmare. They're so long! I only completed about 7 full sessions last year, and often just the thought of attempting one put me off altogether. But as they're there written in black and white I feel guilty not to be doing them properly. Lord knows why, as I don't remotely stick to the running or biking schedules.
Anyway, got through swim #1 yesterday,plus a 30min turbo-run session, so all very Finky. However I can already feel my initial enthusiasm waning. As people have hinted, I suspect year 2 of Triathlon/ironman will never be quite as much fun as the first year. But we'll see.....
I do a boxercise class eack week, its great for cardio and good fun too.
Im hoping my fink book arrives today
I went "balls out" in a tankini once in the sea down at Brighton, I wouldn't recommend it butl it was my stag do.
I've turbo'd for 30 mins and now i'm off to the pool.
On the subject of Fink now you know what you are doing to maintain the interest fiddle about with the training a bit to suit yourself, I for one have never completed a Fink swim session
IPM didnt you use Fink last year then?
I'm with RBM on this one Joddly, don't forget that it's meant to be fun, I'm going to get back in the pool next week for first time since Outlaw (as I find swimming so tedious). Will be doing things a bit differently this year now I know what it entails to complete an IM and where I think I can get the gains better without spending any more time on training.
Mainly going to be trying to ride harder on the bike more frequently, hard bike commutes and time trials will be in there along with some tweaking of the run training.
Haven't done anything serious other than running this year, so looking forward to getting back on the bike and picking up the swimming again next week. Building up for a 30 week Fink plan starting in Feb - but not his swim sessions!
FWIW I knocked a huge chunk off my previous times this year by (I think)
Much less swimmimg 2 sessions a week in the pool swimming between 50-80 lenghts then in peak phase an additional mile to 2 mile sea swim around 7 of these. also followed Rosies tips on hydration and stretching a managed to complete my first IM swim without cramp
Bike lots and lots of this commuted at least 3 times a week (hilly 45 mile round trip sometimes adding more on the homeward trip) and a long race pace ride on the weekend (only did a couple of 100s though mainly 70-80 milers always followed these up with at least a 30 min run)
Run
Mainly steady 45 minutes at lunch during the week and one longish at the weekend up to 2 hours did a couple of 2:45s mid peak session
so to sum up did much less swimming (but what I did do was good quality)
Bike stacks more bike especially lots of fixed wheel commuting)
run bit less running but again all quality no dross
also I did a bit more core and did the 100 press up challenge to build upper body strength
Woked for me my previous PB 11:50 IN MY WILDEST DREAMSI was aiming for 11:30 and craked just under 11:13 IIRC (Helped by the thought of Cona out there somewhere hot on my heels
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Just out for a nice hour and a half cruise up to Bodmin Moor on my fixed gotta get that bike strenght rebuilt
As my book hasn't arrived yet i'm just going to gym and doing what I fancy. Yesterday was 30 mins on treadmill, 40 min spin, weights and then 1400m swim. Today just working on core strength.
RBM- your plan sounds good
Asolutely wonderful ride toaday saw a Heron, a couple of huge buzzards and some deer loving this cold, dry stuff
Just back from a slow 12 mile run. Can now look forward to finishing off the Christmas cake and starting on the wine!
Happy New Year everyone - look forward to meeting up next year
By the way went for a swim this morning and there was an OAP ladies acquacise class in half the pool. When those ladies get going it is like a perfect rough water OW training session.
RBM. What time are you heading off to Bolventor, and are you going road bike or mountain bike.
I suspect raod as I cannot imagine how you would get there off road.
a wonderful happy healthy New Year to all.
First day's run of 2011 completed!
Happy New Year everyone........................not hungover I hope
Likewise IW managed a slowish road/trail run this morning 8.5 miles,saw two dears on the trail not bad for Salford eh........(it's not all factories and matchstalk men)
Happy training for 2011 everyone.
went to bed at 1ish had 3 or 4 beers woke up bright and breezy at 5:30
so got up tidied up then thought bah humbug Mrs RBM is in work tomorrow I start on tuesday so took all the decorations down 
the house seems much brighter and fresher without all the clutter....back to normal lovely
Cycle off to see all the hungover people killing themselves on the Brown Willy Run which is tough enough without last nights hooch inside you, in all did about 25 miles fairly sharpish on the fixed and managed to muller it up a short shocker of a hill i usually push the fixie up so good start for 2011
in the end got home nice and tired so had a huge power nap this afternoon
got a nice few glasses of red lined up tonight then thats all the hooch in the house gone..on the wagon ..finito until after IM Wales my body is now officially a temple
plus I just cannot face early morning training and long rides if I have had a couple of vinos the night before
I hope all your IM ambitions for 2011 are fulfilled........lets get training
Happy New Year All, hope you're all well (or recovering well!) today. I had a session at the gym today so I could watch the second half of the match, just 25 mins on the bike and 25 on the treadmill. Got my longest run for Gloucester tomorrow so nothing too taxing today.
Hope 2011 is a good one for you all.
Just got back from 2 weeks in Florida - training plan proper doesn't kick in for a couple of weeks so just ticking over at the moment. I managed to get a 45 minute run in most days and bought a very cheap (and incredibly heavy) "mountain bike" from Walmart. In fact the bike was so heavy that when I first tried to pick it up in the shop I thought it was physically tied down to the floor. However, the combination of extreme weight and some fairly windy conditions proved quite useful and I managed to get a 45 minute "turboesque" session in every day. The place I was staying did have a pool but unfortunately it was rather small - I would have got a better session if I'd filled the wheely bin with water and swum in that.
Now looking forward to starting the training in earnest and pondering the diary with a view to a few events I'd like to do along the way.
PS I managed to pawn the bike just before I left, so got a few $s back.
PPS Don't drive around asking strangers if there's a "Pawn Shop" nearby, as the phrase can be misunderstood...
RBM - does it really all start tomorrow - i think i may have over indulged.
Roll on outlaw
Nice n easy 8+mile run with the dogs in the local woods the local cider/aerosol sniffing club had had its AGM there last night - beer cans, bottles, LNYX????
Lighters and general crap strewn all over the place real;y weird as the woods are a good few miles out of town and off the beaten track 
so I did laps picking up the stuff and putting it in my dog doo bags as i went ended up with 3 carrier bags full in the car ....@rseholes
still the woods are all nice and woody again
chillax for the rest of the day and a big roast dinner later
Good article about Chrissie Wellington here........
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jan/02/chrissie-wellington-interview-iron-lady
I dont care how buff (fat chance) I get this year I wnt be standing on a bar stool in me Kecks
unless a lot of beer is involved