529IronMan

Every month I reflect on the activities of the past month to see what I’ve done and to track progress. Today it’s time for: June.

June was an intense month with a lot of training mainly focussed on cycling while maintaining my current skill level of running and swimming. I tried to maintain a ’schedule’ of two shorts and one long ride a week combined with an occasional swim or run training.

I worked out 15 days in June (of the available 30) so that’s 50%. I should increase this metric although I sincerely believe it’s not about the total amount but also more on intensity.

The results

Swimming
Short said, I must do more mileage. I’m too weak of a swimmer and I’m completely exhausted after a good 2km swim. It’s a strong point of focus for the upcoming month.

Cycling
Can’t complain about this one. Good distance and strong rides; usually above 30km per hour. Happy about (distance and intensity) it because it was my main goal this month. Rewarded myself with a new bike!

Running
Just 3 runs this month; one coming of the bike. Can’t complain although it would be wise to increase the total of runs to 5 or 6 in ‘non-running’ months; a.k.a. more running of the bike.

Body statistics

Lenght: 1,95
Weight: 98 kg (-1,1 kg)
BMI: 25,9 (-0,2)
Heartbeat*: 53 BPM (-)
*measured after 2 minutes of complete rest during a 1 minute time span.

Looking forward

What I’m really struggling with is my energy level. The current workload, intense training sessions, busy personal live and the high temperatures are killing me. I must get more ‘active’ rest and sleep.

Concerning training I’m focussing on swimming and running this month. Furthermore some good, long and hard rides on my new bike so I can get used to it.

Goal
Swim 20km / Bike 250km / Run 150km

I will decide in the upcoming week if I will participate in my first (70.3) Ironman the 8th of August. I would love to it, but I’m not feeling fully prepared at this moment.

That’s it. So keep living hard and enjoy!