First training blog of 2015

Ok so the winter months I have been rocking up the base miles and then some hills and strength training for both the bike and the run. The weather has been cold and windy but not much on the way of rain, I've managed to avoid the turbo...mostly!

1st of March saw me racing at Bourton on the water, a flat, competitive 10k race. It was too be and early bench mark for my running. I was happy with my result, for now, but unfortunately the very same evening I went down with a virus that can only be assimilated to the plague! I was tucked up in bed with this 'woman flu' for several days and was not fully recovered for a couple of weeks. This broke my heart as I felt I had missed a couple of important weeks training for my  A race: the 2015 standard distance European duathlon championships in Alcobendas, Spain, on 26th April. Still, it is what it is, I need to look forward now and do what I can over the next few weeks and forget about the 2 missing weeks of my life. Even if it did mean me missing out on a small local duathlon that again was going to be a nice benchmark race.

On a much healthier note I am thrilled to be able to say that I have secured some sponsorship money for the Europeans from a local accountancy firm, Charles Hinitt and associates. This, together with the money I received from Nelson training in advance for this year has once again made the trip to the championships far more achievable for me. I am over the moon with their contribution and once again thank Chaz from Charles Hinitt and associates and Viv from Nelson training for their generosity and encouragement.

Today I managed my first brick session of this training block... It was hard work! Like Jonny brownlee I messed up, not quite everything,  but I did realise that I have some work to do to be where I would like to be. But this is only to be expected and as the song goes 'things can only get better!'
Onwards.