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The Naked Truth - February 2011 Edition

Written by Simon

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: February.

After 7 weeks of traveling (and reaching a goal I longed for quite some time) it was time to shift my attention to the BIG GOAL OF 2011: Ironman France, 26th june 2011 in Nice, France.

The first weeks back I was focussing getting my legs and arms back. Getting a bit stronger before increasing the volume. In hindsight this was a good move which reduced stress and soreness and left me eager to go out and train another day. Last week of feb. was the beginning of a new training cycle (3 weeks hard, 1 week slow) in which I significantly increased milage. Felt good to reap the benefits of the ’slow’ start. Can’t wait to kick more ass!

I worked out 21 days in February (of the available 28) so that’s 75%. 10 of those 21 were 2-a-days. So that’s pretty solid and something to continue building on.

The results

Swimming
For the first time in my tri-career I had a good swimming month. Was on my way to cross a big milestone (20km) but this was suddenly out of the picture after a cheese plane accident. Having trouble finding the right technique and improvements are very much a rollercoaster ride.

Cycling
It’s a start. Did my first +100km in the last week. Want to increase volume significantly in the upcoming month. Strong on the run = strong on the bike.

Running
Also not to bad. Really didn’t want to push my body in the first weeks; 3 / 4 runs per week of aprox. 30 minutes. Resulted in okay volume and renewed strength in legs. All good.