{"id":10394,"date":"2012-06-14T09:28:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T08:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10394"},"modified":"2012-06-14T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T08:28:50","slug":"back-to-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/06\/back-to-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having qualified for the ITU Age-Group World Championships<\/a> on my first attempt, this years training\u00a0schedule has changed a little. I was expecting to still be pushing hard and aiming to peak again for a second\u00a0chance\u00a0at qualifying at the the Bristol Harbourside Triathlon on July 15th. That is no longer necessary it’s back to base level training<\/a> for me.<\/p>\n

I’m currently following a similar plan to the one I was doing back in February. In fact, this weeks\u00a0schedule is exactly the same as the one I followed on the week beginning\u00a0February\u00a013th (week 16). I therefore thought it would be a good idea to follow the same routes on my run and bike sessions too, just to see how I compared.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s session was a 60 minute hilly run, pushing harder up and over the hills. I ran from Borth, up over the ‘Rhyd y Garreg’ climb and down into the recently flooded Dolybont<\/a>. From here it was back up the Tannery Climb past the radio mast and then down and around towards Talybont. I take a sharp right here up the steep Pentrebach climb before making my way back over and down to Dolybont and follow my outward path in the opposite direction back up and over the Rhyd y Garreg climb. It’s a 7.5 mile run with around 1,300 feet of climbing, followed by a little cool down jog.<\/p>\n