the season is over... what's up next year?

[punkdISCO]

Wow! Super cool and well done..

Tough schedule..

Paul
London 
www.punkdisco.co.uk

> On 17 Sep 2017, at 20:46, tom adam <tom.adam at thebigear.be> wrote:
> 
> I survived the triathlon season ;-) No injuries, lot's of personal bests (not so hard for a first year;-), met some crazy people and again learned a lot about myself.
> 
> I was training 10h/week, swimming 5km/week, biking 120km/week, running 40km/week. 
> I had to change a lot of habits to be able to do this; 
> wake up at 6,00 (instead of 7,30) and bike to work (40km) or going for a 1hr run or even worst go swimming in an outdoor (freezing) pool.
> work less hours (but still do the same amount of work) so I had to improve my productivity and delegate more stuff (I'm a production manager of a Cu smelter) My focus has improved, and my vision for       my team also.
> Increase the quality of the wife / children time
> Increased food care. I followed a strict diet, but allowed for some chocolate and chips from time to time.
> No more TV, you tube or www nights as I wanted to keep making music. 
> Abandoned local politics as this serves no purpose.
> I spend over 5k€ on material (bike, watch, ...) so bey bey bonus!
> Why?
> I quit smoking some years ago and picked up running (and last year swimming) to make it all visual for me. 
> But I was getting bored of running around in the forests here, I needed a purpose.
> Results?
> This weekend was my last race, a 1/4 team triathlon, I was the swimmer (1,1km), my sister did the bike ride (40km) and a friend was running (10k). We ended on position 20 of 177, not so bad after all.
> 
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> 
> Best 1/8: 0:58
> Best 1/4: 2:28
> And I feel so much better! I really get a kick out of the trainings. I like having a 6 pack too! ;-)
> What's up next year?
> I'll be doing more races. Lot's of 1/8 and 1/4. In 2019 I hope to do a couple of 1/2 and in 2020 I'll be doing my first whole triathlon
> I need to get my swimming start better, need to be more aggressive. 
> I need to increase my biking power.
> I need to increase my running speed.
> I don't want to be one of the pack, I want to be in front!
> 
> Apparently now that the season is over, I can have a short break, but I think I'll pass that one. I'll be taking it easy for a couple of weeks, but I need my endorphins ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> ToAd
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