This Sunday is the first race of the year, well strictly it's the second race as the first was the Mayhill Massacre in February. That was a run this is a triathlon. The race is the Mazda Blenheim Triathlon a sprint distance race. This will be followed a week later by the Nokia Royal Windsor triathlon which is Olympic distance.
As the first tri approaches i have been checking my data. I guess when it comes to data i am geeky! I have spreadsheets that track a lot of data, date and time, distance, avg. per mile and avg. per kilometre. Cumulative distances and times by month, blood sugars pre and post and heart rate data. What can i say i am an IT Project Manager!!
What i have been doing is trying to establish what shape i am in. So using data for the past 3 years (this is my third year in tri) i have looked at the training i have done.
In the year to date (January - end of May 2009) i have swam 14km, cycled 890km and run 496km. Not huge figures but considering that i have a life and commitments not to mention lengthy commute and family i am pretty pleased with that.
Compared against the same period in 2008 i have swum 0.8km less, cycled 218.8km more and run 60.9km more. Not a huge increase but from my point of view the fact that i have cycled more is a huge plus as in previous races i generally suffered with cramp getting off the bike - particularly a Olympic distance. The increase in cycling this year and more brick sessions should have resolved that. With the nuun that is now the staple in my water bottle i hope it is well and truly consigned to history.
Going back a further year to 2007, told you i was geeky, my 2009 numbers in comparison see less swimming to the tune of 9km but an increase of 547km on the bike and 60km less running.
Again the increase in cycling is significant, i have always run and been reasonable at it.
This year i think i should be in better shape i have done more training hours and more training kilometres than the previous years and generally feel stronger. I have not dropped any weight though which i hope is due to more muscle (yeah right!!) and not because i am a year older!! Race weight is normally around 11 stone and i am currently around 11stone 4lbs.
I have plenty more stats that i will save for an insomnia night - Sunday cannot come soon enough now.....the Shurdington Tri Club will be there in force with 3 entrants and Le Fassett acting as photographer! The time for reviewing statistics is gone! Bring it on!!
