The year so far

April
14 weeks to go so the next 12 are critical. Still building base and distance endurance. Targets for the month 100 mile bike ride, 4k swim and to consolidate progress made with the running

March
Back running again now albeit slowly and steadily. Training ramping up to about 17 hours a week in total. Which includes 3 swims, 3 runs and 4/5 bike sessions. Maximum bike ride to date has been 80 miles and towards the end of the month managed a very gentle 15m run without any problems.
Going into April full of confidence although tired

Jan – Feb
Having suffered with plantar fasciitis through the winter, run training has taken a severe hit. Therefore I concentrated on the cycling and building my swim endurance. The swimming is definitely my weak area and so I’m concentrating on being good enough to complete the swim and not get timed out. Biking was in 5 sessions a week with the max distance being about 3 hours. (Not bad for this time of year)

The PLAN! - I will not follow a specific training programme as from experience I have found these are hard to maintain, the training I will do will be based loosely around a 4 week cycle of 3 hard weeks which incrementally increases followed by a rest week. This is then followed by another 4 week cycle starting at the midpoint of the previous one. This will be fitted in and around work and family commitments. Personal Target is to finish in under 12 hours