The year in numbers
It’s been a year of two halves. January to May – training really hard for Ironman Lanzarote. June to December with a chest infection, then with a torn calf, then with extra home duties because of Wifey’s broken foot.
I did a brilliant Ironman. I was really chuffed, swimming was great, bike was good and running was good. I had an (almost) perfect race.
January to May was 41% of the year. And in those five months, I did 65% of the year’s swimming, 68% of my biking and 42% of my running.
Overall:
- Swim: 63:16
- Bike: 181:15
- Run: 166:44
- Total: 446:09
That compares to around 419 hours in 2008.
The big difference is the split between the first five months and the last seven. If I carried on like I did the first bit then I would have done well over 600 hours in the year.
The saving grace of the last part is my running. In November I did over 25 hours of running. That’s more than 10 hours more than I did in my peak ironman training month in March. Pretty good!
In weight term, I’ve put on just over 10 pounds since May. Oh dear.
| Swim | Bike | Run | Total | |
| Jan-09 | 14:45:00 | 21:11:48 | 11:09:47 | 47:06:35 |
| Feb-09 | 14:28:00 | 18:56:58 | 14:01:37 | 47:26:35 |
| Mar-09 | 10:22:00 | 23:37:23 | 15:41:17 | 49:40:40 |
| Apr-09 | 14:03:00 | 31:25:20 | 15:26:21 | 60:54:41 |
| May-09 | 9:38:37 | 28:30:15 | 14:07:27 | 52:16:19 |
| Jun-09 | 4:05:16 | 6:09:20 | 6:06:36 | 16:21:12 |
| Jul-09 | 1:55:00 | 5:28:05 | 9:32:45 | 16:55:50 |
| Aug-09 | 10:43:18 | 18:36:23 | 7:31:55 | 37:51:02 |
| Sep-09 | 4:57:41 | 14:20:38 | 17:12:23 | 36:30:42 |
| Oct-09 | 4:05:09 | 3:35:44 | 18:20:01 | 26:00:54 |
| Nov-09 | 3:24:00 | 2:55:05 | 25:27:57 | 31:47:02 |
| Dec-09 | 4:43:00 | 6:28:25 | 12:06:25 | 23:17:50 |
| Total | 97:10:01 | 181:15:24 | 166:44:31 | 446:09:22 |