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September 12, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Training

A word about coaches

I was going to save this until after the race, but it will be true whatever the outcome at the weekend, so it seems appropriate to post now.  A year ago, when Paul and I signed up for Ironman Wales, I think  we could have best been described as ‘enthusiastic joiners’ in the world of … Continue reading A word about coaches

September 11, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Kit

Lists, lists, lists, lists…….

Now that we are in full taper mode (we have less than four hours of exercise to do this week!) I seem to have rather a lot of time for panicking and weeping. Having never really properly trained for anything before, and therefore never really properly tapered, I have discovered that although we were very … Continue reading Lists, lists, lists, lists…….

September 4, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Training

Tapering. Yippeee!!

For a couple of weeks, my Training Peaks plan has had a very enticing entry for this week stating 'Taper - woop!'. I can't tell you how excited I have been about this, although no further details were forthcoming until the very last second. Indeed we'd resorted to bribery by having Crawford and his lovely … Continue reading Tapering. Yippeee!!

August 21, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Races, Training

Very Much Not Tapering

Perhaps we were a little optimistic hoping the taper would start a month before the race. I was quite exhausted last week and may have come across a teensy bit grumpy in my blog. Indeed Crawford texted me after reading it to apologise lol. Not that it in any way persuaded him to go easy … Continue reading Very Much Not Tapering

August 16, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Training

Peak Training (I hope)

It is four weeks and two days to Ironman Wales. I have a dreadful lurch of anxiety/nausea every time I think about it at the moment and am torn between being so ready for this all to be over, and panicking that time is galloping by too quickly. We are essentially in our peak training … Continue reading Peak Training (I hope)

July 21, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Pictures, Races, Training

Where is the time going?

Eek. It is the middle of July and today is 8 weeks to Ironman Wales. I'm not sure how this could possibly have happened, but at the same time, it feels like we have been training for a decade. I also can't quite believe the length of time it's been since I posted my last … Continue reading Where is the time going?

May 4, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Kit, Training

Training Apps

I've mentioned a variety of Apps in previous blogs so I thought it might be useful to dedicate a wee post to describing which Apps I find useful. Interestingly this list has grown steadily over the last few months and I wonder if I'm a little bit addicted to them. I think people are either … Continue reading Training Apps

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Pictures, Training

Fabulous La Santa

Once again it has been rather a long time since my last post. As always, any time between working and training is mostly taken up by sleeping or eating, so the writing has very much taken a back seat. Also, we were off for the Easter holidays, and we were very lucky to return to … Continue reading Fabulous La Santa

March 13, 2019May 4, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Training

New Coach

As I mentioned before, I've been working over the winter with the most marvellous Fiona, who has overseen predominantly my strength and conditioning plan, but also helped me with the early stages of my overall training plan. A more inspirational person you will struggle to find, and I can't begin to put into words how … Continue reading New Coach

February 18, 2019 Hilary Glen General, Training

Out of Town Training

We are just about clinging on to our training plans during our normal working weeks, but this can prove difficult as soon as there is a break to our normal routine. Last week threw up all sorts of barriers to normal training - the first half of the week was half term and we were … Continue reading Out of Town Training

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