Part II It's a cunning plan.........

As I may or may not have said last time, part of the reason for this blog is to crystallise my planning more than i have recently (past few years). with this in mind i first need to set some goals; my goals are pretty simple to start with then once you get into it they kind of become quite complex and multifaceted. Initially my goal is to complete an Ironman Triathlon by the end of 2015 (that would be next year as i write). that is all well and good but its not like signing up for a 10k jog round york. this is going to be messy. So to complete said race I need to train, fuel & generally give up on having a life outside of work or training for the next year or so.

My planning starts with looking at what time i have between now and then, basically I have a full year to get ready. My plan for the up coming year sees 2014-15 decided into a few blocks each with their own goals October 2014  to January 2015 is off season, February to April is prep, April to July is training for the 70.4 then august to October if focused solely on the big 140.6

I will go into the other parts of the year when i have a better idea of what i want to achieve and what the plan is looking like, i do however have a plan for the off season already in place with a few goals and ideas of what i want to achieve.

So Off season:

• Get weight & fat % to acceptable levels for the main goal (10% and 85kg)
• get to 1:45/100m in the pool
• plan structure and training for 2015
• focus on the transition from bike to run (achieve a time on the run that reflects my running ability)
• work on flexibility for bike leg
• Focus on holistic training
• Get diet right

All sounds quite smile really. I also put in place some more general goals for the season

• Stay focused on the details (once big picture is sorted)
• Get to know my body
• Be positive about goals and achievements.
• reflect on races and events to learn from what i did right or wrong.

Finally around my big race I want to complete a couple of others for training or fine tuning specific skills etc, so race goals for the season:

• sprints - 2
• Olympic - 1
• 1/2 Iron -1 
• Ironman - 1

OK so I think that's is about it for the day. I will be putting up a couple of race reviews from October and November and also a look at Challenge Weymouth (1/2) to see where i am and what i need to do next.

Thanks for reading