Sunday, September 13
Rolling on from last week, this week has been a good solid block of training as well. I went over to Hatta and did some hill training. There is a great route from Hatta Fort Hotel to Kalba and back. My main aim on this session was to fatigue the legs early and then see what they had on the return - the response was good. I came away from the ride happy with the work done.
I have done some monster sessions in the pool with some sets being over 5km long. All my sessions are all in the pool currently as the sea is still too warm. A great thing about some swim sessions is I can use them as a tool for "active recovery" as it is low impact and great way to get some fresh blood pumping round the body, as long as you take the easy sessions easy!
I went over to see Dr Tamara at Diversified Integrated Sports Clinic in Healthcare City for some physio work. Dr Tamara and her team have been helping me out a great deal with any sporting injuries this season and doing their bit to get me to Kona in top form. Check out my Instagram (@trihardluke) for what treatment she used on me this week! It involved a metal stick! She always likes to inflict some pain in a good way and it's highly beneficial - so I am ok with that! She really knows what's she is doing and talking about. I know I am in safe hands.
Before
After
Recovery is key in the sport of Ironman and often neglected as we become obsessed with getting so much training in that we sometimes forget an important element "sleep"! This week I made sure to try and do some later morning sessions to get the extra few hours in bed to help repair and rejuvenate my body.
It's not just training, eating, working and sleeping all of the time. I did make it for my house mate's birthday, but I was drinking water on the rocks and still home by 9:30. I know ... wild right!
All is well in the world of Luke...
