My time out in Lanzarote went extremely well and I completed 10 days of really focused, consistent training. It was great to be out in the sunshine again, especially after spending January and February here still yearning for the Aussie sun. I find training - even the really tough sessions - is so much easier in good weather.
My coach had set me a tough training schedule which I'd questioned whether I’d cope with but I can now quite happily say I did. I clocked up just shy of 600km on the bike, including my first 100-mile ride (which included more than 2500m of climbing!) and some top quality running sessions. Although I dislocated my right shoulder only a few days before heading out to the Canaries so swimming was out of the question, I have now recovered a lot of strength in it and hopefully won’t have lost too much fitness in the water. All in all, I’m really feeling strong and have this week enjoyed a well-deserved back-off week (where training volume and intensity is significantly lower than usual).
The triathlon season is now just around the corner - my first race, the Swindon Duathlon, is only three weeks away - and I’m genuinely excited about racing. My big race of the season - the Worlds in Vancouver - is less than three months away so I am more motivated than ever to make every session a good one.