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February has been a great month for me on the training front and the diet from, I've lost 22lbs since eating cleans and getting back into training. I'm still on 3 sessions a week, but trying to get that 4th one in when and where ever possible. My official training plan started this month for my main race of the year, Long Course Weekend (LCW) raced on the Ironman Wales course over 3 days. I must say I'm really looking forward to the race in July, It takes me that step closer to becoming an Ironman. Session Reviews 04/02/14 - Spin Session I've been a member of the gym for about 6 months now so I have decided to take up some of the free classes I get with the membership. One of them was intermediate spin so I thought I'd give it a go. Its up to you how hard you work but the instructor does shout at the class a lot to work hard so I do find myself getting a good work out. Its only 55 minutes but I get a cracking sweat on and I do feel it in the legs the follo...

21/01/13 - Rest Day 22/01/13 - Turbo Intervals Starting to appreciate the bike again, the turbo trainer seems to giving my legs some more depth and I've definitely noticed some muscle change. I'm really enjoying it too so its definitely helping! Simple interval session, which I will be completing over February so I thought I'd give it a try tonight and see what my progress is made by the end of the month. 15 minutes warm up 15 minutes (1min @ 100 Cadence, 1 min @ 80 Recovery Cadence) 15 minutes warm down I may look to make the interval session to 30 minutes the better my bike fitness gets. Great to see the peaks, I am only on level 1 on the resistance on the turbo trainer but its a start in the right direction. I managed to get the 100 RPM cadence on most intervals and keep it there (or around 97 - 105) On another plus side I was dripping in sweat so I know I must of worked hard... Session Details Duration 00:45:21 Di...

06/02/12 - 5KM Time Trial  The last time trial is completed was 2 months ago, outside with the tri club. This time I had to complete the session inside on the treadmill.  I new my fitness will have taken some backward movement due the amount of time I have had off since my son was born, so I was expecting a slower time, not very positive I know. I started with a 0.5km warm up and then straight into the time trial. I managed to clock in a respectable time of 00 21 27, slower than last time but only by 6 seconds. I was really happy that im not that far behind on my time, I know its different on the treadmill but it shows my fitness is coming back. I will do another TT next month to measure my progress then. I have compare the HR to this TT and the one I did in December and im happy to say there isn't that much difference in heart rates, but I suppose its down to how quick I can recover. 06/02/12 - MAX HR 190 BPM 01/12/11 -MAX HR 188 BPM Sess...

30/01/12 - Interval Training   Back in the gym and back on the treadmill, and to blow the rest day blues away. Its the first time I've been back in the treadmill in some time so I was looking forward to a proper flat run so I could work on my foot landing technique. Its the first time I have run on a treadmill with my Newtons too, and it felt great, no knee pain, no hot feet, no distractions so I could just concentrate on the session. If your after a new pair of trainers Newtons are the ones to have a look at. I decided to copy the same intervals as I do on the Spin bike, as I could remember them and it was simple. 3 Warm Up 1 min HARD 1 min RECOVERY 2 min HARD 1 min RECOVERY 3 min HARD 1 min RECOVERY 4 min HARD 1 min RECOVERY 5 min HARD 1 min RECOVERY 4 min HARD 1 min RECOVERY 3 min HARD 1 min RECOVERY 2 min HARD 1 min RECOVERY 1 min HARD 3 Warm Down I thought this session was hard on the bike, well the treadmill wins this battle, it was a killer session, a ...