Well, it’s another year and this blog is still pretty empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve got some events planned this year, so got the data dialled into TrainingPeaks to try and get myself organised. Despite having completed the half-distance Ironman last year, I didn’t feel like I could give it my all due to an achilles problem I picked up in training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After 10 weeks of rest, I managed to successfully complete all the hikes we did on our Honeymoon to Peru\/Colombia without any further achilles pain. I also managed 3 of the 4 seasonal parkruns, and only missed NYD due to a cold, rather than being the incredibly hungover Andy I was on the 1st Jan 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year I completed dry Jan, and spent the year with a significantly lower alcohol consumption rate than previous years – definitely a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So this year, I’m already committed to a 25k Canal path<\/a> run on the 29th March, and a Olympic Triathlon in Belvoir Castle on the 29th July<\/a>. Between then we’re also looking at a 25k trail run in the Aosta valley<\/a>, to fit in with a pre-summer holiday this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I need to take more breaks, relax a little bit and get the balance right between work, rest, and exercise. I’m also going to focus on my nutrition; whilst I don’t intend to calorie count or track my regular meals (I’m terrible at monotony) – I will be doing weekly reflections on how I’m doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n