‘Motivation has been hard at times as I am sure it has been for many of us but I tried to keep to some form of schedule hitting the pool several times a week and changing to drills and a weekly long swim rather than just getting in and swimming which is how I have worked up until now. I’m doing Sports Relief 5km swim in March which giving me something to focus on with my long swims.        

 

I have had a bit of a breakthrough with my run over the winter in that I actually started to enjoying it. Then in my excitement went and overdid it and have had to take a bit of a break! I’m learning the importance of stretching the hard way…   

 

Cycling has been hard with the lack of light and excessive rain but I am forcing myself to do a few turbo sessions which are just pure evil! I have a lot of time to make up on my cycle so need to step it up, luckily my 7 year old daughter is a great personal trainer shouting “faster mummy, faster!” and passing me my towel.   

 

So far I have entered the Garmin Super Sprint at Dorney on the 18th May, this was my first ever Tri last year and remember being super nervous. I wanted to give it another go to see how I fair against last years time. I also have a few friends that have never tired one before and are coming along to give it a go too, so it should be a giggle.  

 

I’ve decided to focus of Sprint this year and have entered Nottingham so far and am thinking about Ashford (Kent), Vachery and of course the Club Champs at Thorpe.

 

Looking forward to sunny days back down at the lake!’