Tuesday 30th December

Nice run along the banks of Lake Geneva. 7 miles in 64 minutes. Bit cold and a few flakes of snow but beats the towpath any day!

Sunday 28th December

No training today - fighting off the dreaded flu lurgy going round at the moment. Off to Geneva tomorrow for a week for some cold weather training!!

Boxing Day 26th December

Took part in a charity 5 mile race this morning to work off yesterday's turkey and champagne! Legs felt strong but speed is not there at the moment - time 41.54. I really need to crank up the miles in the coming weeks. Good wee race though.

Christmas Day 25th December

Half an hour tinsel turbo session this morning. Off now for champagne and turkey!!

Christmas Eve 24th December

1200m swim in 22 minutes - getting quicker... Merry Christmas everyone!!

Tuesday 23rd December

Half hour early morning turbo - high resistance with standing climbs. Good session. Bike starting to creak a bit - time for the WD40!

Monday 22nd December

1200m fast paced early morning swim. Some back stiffness - really need to get the saddle positioning sorted for my bike.

Sunday 21st December

1.5 hours on turbo trainer. Good Christmas movie stopped me from getting too bored!! Nice to get back to normal...

Friday 19th December

Half hour early morning turbo session - high resistance - before the last (thank goodness) of four boozy Christmas lunches I have been to over the last couple of weeks! I can then get back to normal...

Wednesday 17th December

1000m early morning swim.

Tuesday 16th December

Bit of an effort to hoist myself onto the turbo this morning. Did half an hour on fairly high resistance. Felt a bit more awake by the end of the session!

7 mile easy run this evening in 65 minutes - enjoyed it - nice loop - no pressure...

Monday 15th December

1200m fast paced early morning swim

Sunday 14th December

18 mile cycle - cold but very nice. Good to get outside again. Can feel some of the benefits of the spinning and turbo but I have a long way to go to be ready for the 70.3...

Friday 12th December

Half hour turbo session - high cadence

Thursday 11th December

Half an hour on turbo - heavy resistance session

Wednesday 10th December

5.5 mile steady run - bitterly cold though

Monday 8th December

Half hour session on turbo trainer

Sunday 7th December

Finally back at it again! 50 minute heavy duty spin class and then a good 1600m swim afterwards in about 31 minutes. Slight ITB pain at moment. I am not a hypochondriac - honest!

Thursday 4th December

Half hour early morning turbo session on high resistance. Fighting off a bit of a cold/chest thing at moment.

Tuesday 2nd December

Early morning 1000m freestyle swim in 19 minutes. Bit of a niggle behind my right knee cap???

Evening yasso run session - 1 mile warm up, 6 yassos, 1 mile cool down - 6.5 miles in 57 minutes. Legs felt strong and I enjoyed it. Niggle gone!!

Saturday 28th November

First run of a Saturday morning running group I set up through my club, Up and Runners NI. We did a nice 8.4 mile steady paced run. Legs felt strong and good.

Friday 28th November

Did a 1600m freestyle swim. Need to really build up my endurance.

Thursday 27th November

Half hour early morning turbo session. Will have to develop a better programme for the turbo.

One hour evening run of 6.6 miles.

Monday 24th November

45 minute turbo session - new block for front wheel makes it all much more stable. Need to get some more running done this week. Hard to get the training balanced.

Sunday 23rd November

Did a 50 minute endurance spin class and then 800m swim in the pool. No fatigue in legs after race yesterday.

Saturday 22nd November

Decided to run the NIVAA 5 mile race after all. PB because this is my first 5 mile race! Ran it in 40.34 - reasonably pleased with time since I haven't done much speedwork. Breaking 40mins will be a goal for next year.

Friday 21st November

45 minute fairly brutal spin class. Tried to save my legs a little just in case I decide to run the NIVAA 5 mile race tomorrow.

Thursday 20th November

Half an hour early morning turbo bike session. Have to get the settings adjusted - wheel not running as smoothly as it should. Good though.

Wednesday 19th November

1000m freestyle early morning swim. 1st swim in a couple of weeks. Need to keep the distance going.

6.5 mile run on embankment in 57 minutes

Sunday 16th November

Well, training started today for blog logging - did 30min spin class (short due to lack of participants) and then 5k run in 26 mins on the treadmill. Came home with an awful tummy bug - least said...

Here's me in action

Taking part in my first triathlon

Just new to blogging

Hi - this is my first bloggy post. Hopefully you will enjoy following my progess into the world of half and full Ironmans. Winter training starting in earnest on Monday. I ran Berlin Marathon at the end of September 2008 in 4.10 with a 25 mins pb. Aiming next year for a 4 or sub-4 hour.