Having neglected my core and back I knew I’d have to double up last night. The thought of sitting in the tuck position on my bike, for 6.5 or 7 hours during my Ironman, means I’m going to need a good core and a very strong back.
Swim as usual was a 9pm start. So I thought, let’s get in early and hit the gym for 45 minutes before hand. The plan was dead lifts, seated row, swiss ball back extensions, weighted abdominal curls and finish off with a variety of sit ups, crunches, V-ups etc etc.
As Chris and Shane were also coming swimming, I thought I’d give them a text about meeting in the gym 1st. Both give me excuses and didn’t join me, swim was enough for them 😉
My gym session went very well, banged out my reps, and the sets sound passed by. It was time to hit the pool.
Into the pool good and sharp, got about 12 lengths done before our session started which I was happy with, like to get a few done early and get warmed up properly. The weather has been awful of late, and today saw a good snow fall. With most of our MAMIL group living in higher ground, they had too much snow to even attempt the roads down to Limavady. Our swim lane was quiet enough due to this, we did miss the banter with them I must say. Just means when we next meet up, it will be a double dose of slagging, banter and ‘craic’. Haha
Warm up completed, followed by a little speed work to get our heart rate up. Missing a few weeks swimming due to being sick and holidays definitely showed with me. It’s funny how quickly your pace drops and technique fades a little. I ploughed on non the less. Lots of drill sets were next, such as catch up, fists, left/right arm, kicks, head up, pull buoy etc etc. Then to finish with a strength and power set, using hand paddles and flippers. This was tough going, legs were burning and my shoulders were screaming out for help! Haha
Little cool down and we were done, I reckon 110 lengths (2750m) in total was achieved, very happy with this and it’s 2hours training in the bank. Good stuff, now let’s hope this snow clears today, as I’ve a run planned for tonight. 😉
Aaron
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