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18/06/12 - Rest Day 19/06/12 - Rest Day 20/06/12 - Rest Day 21/06/12 - Free Ride (Spin Bike) As this was taper week before race day I just wanted to keep loose and spin my legs out on the bike, so a simple 45 minute session. I'll copy this session once more before the half ironman and that will be it, nothing else I can do and I'm going to be at the start line. Session Details Duration 00 45 00 Distance 15 Miles 22/06/12 - Free Ride (Spin Bike) Easy session on the spin bike before the race, this was the penultimate session before race day so I decided to take it easy with a gentle spin on the bike. That's it, 15 weeks of my life,  all completed for 1 day.. Roll on Sunday. Session Details Duration 00 45 00 Distance 15 Miles 23/06/12 - Rest Day 24/06/12 - Cotswolds 113 Middle Distance (half Ironman) Triathlon - Race Report HERE Week 25 Totals Cycling - 86 Miles Running - 13.1 Miles Swimming - 2000 Meters

Winter is definitely here, this session was the first hat run for the year. I didn't wear the hat to stop the sun, it was to keep the heat in as it was blowing a gale outside and the temperature has dropped considerably in the past week. I did stay warm on my run thanks to the hat but I dont think im ready for the gloves just yet. As im racing on Sunday I decided to do a taper run, my normal route just take it slow and drop my pace to over 8 minute mile pace. I averaged out 151 BPM on my heart rate which is low for me and this is what I wanted to achieve on this run. After having the weekend off from training I was keen to get a good set in and this was just the ticket, the road was all mine apart from the cars but im in high viz now as its now dusk so im looking for anew route again because there are too many nutters out there oblivious to us runners. I want to be in the best shape possible for the race on Sunday, so im not over training. I've got a sport massage arrang...

This is my final session with Celtic Tri before race day on Sunday, I didn't want to miss this session as I really enjoy them. We did the normal warm up session and work on our explosive muscle groups in our legs with some sprints, and some drills to work on our calf muscles. The session was 6 x 3 mins 80% 2 mins 70% (Recovery) - The percentages were low due to the tapering. I definitely took the foot off the gas for this session and at eh end of the session I had plenty left in the tank which was great as normally im nearly maxed out. After doing some light jogging and stretches we do some explosive work, which involved sprints im really happy that I still have my sprinting left in my legs and in the drill at this session you have 6 seconds to get up as far as you can up a hill on the roadside, the only bad thing is if there is only a small group the further you go the less time you have to recover and get back down the bottom before its your go again. As this was a light ses...