Another New Year....... just faster!

“Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out It's all about timing.”

The past week has been nothing but time trails on the road and in the pool. On New Years eve I ventured out onto the icy lincolnshire country roads to carryout a 5k TT for my coach so that we could work out some track sessions for the coming months. Well I thought I was quick before but after 2.5km I was breathing heavy and felt like everything was a struggle. This may have been down to the icy wind cutting through me or the over dressing. After turning and running back home I managed to continue my impressive pace with positive splits (I'm back to my best, go hard and maintain it) 20mins is quite respectable for me especially being out for so long with injury last year to suddenly be back at my previous seasons peak already is great. I just hope the weather improves soon so I can get the track sessions in.

This morning, having been stood down by TMS. I ventured to the pool and did the 1900m TT set for tonight instead. Well the improvements are there to see now. I have been speaking with Dawn and regularly visiting and re-evaluating my stroke to find improvements. The last TT at China Lake was a 23min 1500 in October. After another session and a few more drills we have managed to improve further. This morning was a 29:58 in Drag. I can now no longer wait to be back in the lakes all in rubber. Now for those just browsing this may seem strange but I love OW swimming and have looked into doing non wetsuit swims including the IS at Bala in June. I think this might be the straw but we will see.

Back to work tomorrow and then a few big key sessions back inside on the mill whilst I get the level 2 course out of the way. With the sun out today I might even venture out on the bikes.