Tuesday 17th May
Last week I left NZ for the US where I plan to spend the next two months. The main purpose of the trip is race but to put some solid training in also. The first part of May and the remainder is all about training I am specifically focusing on base/strength training rather than out and out race specific training as I plan to race 5 Half Ironman distance races from june 5th – July 17th so I figured I won’t be trying to peak for the early ones but hopefully will build on each one and will be hitting some top form towards the end of the racing period. This is something I haven’t really done before as I have generally done fairly long build ups to one race then repeated the process for the next race which has been great but left me possibly a little under raced. So the next 8weeks or so will be very interesting it could quite possibly not work out but I am more than willing to give it a go, only time will tell.
Right now I am staying in the Talbert family home in Calabasas, California with the Talbert’s (Julie, Lloyd and son Ryan) and Terenzo and Kelly. It is a beautiful home in the gated community of Hidden hills. The house’s are amazing and the celebrity neighbors which include Jenifer Lopez, Britney Spears, the Kardashain family, John Mayer, Denise Richards and a whole host of others is pretty impressive if your in to that sort of thing although I must admit I am more interested checking out the homes and getting ideas for my dream home.
The next two and a bit weeks before Rev 3 (half ironman distance triathlon) is all about the training. I am doing 80-90% of my training with Terenzo which is great as we get on great, have a laugh and equally we no when one of us is having and a bad day and need space, we also both like to trash the hell out of our bodies so it really is a win win!!
I will check in again before Rev3 or straight after to keep you up to date.
James
