02 mercredi: Cycle 40km (TT-DU), CàP 5km (DU)
04 vendredi: Nager 2km (PU)
05 samedi: Cycle 60km (Le Touvet), CàP 10km (DU)
06 dimanche: Nager 500m (Bois Français)
En totale: Nager 4km, Cycle 100km, CàP 15km
Last week of training. Finally. Can't really say that I am feeling on top form now but I hope to be somewhere there on Sunday!
In any case, this year's training so far has been pretty disorganised, due to my many other commitments. Not being with my team and having a coach to map out my training has also contributed to my lack of discipline at times.
Its not easy training alone. Never is. The responsibility of mapping out the week's workouts, the determination to see them through, and the resilience to repeat them day after day, week in week out. And the mental strength to resist the 1001 other temptations of life which never fail to distract me. This year has really been a watershed one for me.
I can't say that I have succeeded totally, but I do not think that I am that much a failure either. I came to France last year thinking that I would be taking a gap year from triathlon, but look at what happened. I guess things do not change. At least not that easily. I have always loved the outdoors, and I have the tan lines to show for it. At this point in time, I cannot see myself doing anything else or being anywhere else in the world. Triathlon is more than a sport for me. It is my passion. It is my life. It is me.
So as I finally arrive at week 0 of my Ironman Swiss training plan, I do feel a sense of relief, but at the same time, I realise that it was the journey, and not the destination, which mattered more to me. Along the way, I managed to swim in the Mediterranean, cycle the many legendary cols of the Tour de France, and run to the ends of the Earth.
By comparison, Ironman is only a very long day of exercise.
So, come what may, I have nothing to regret. I have fought the good fight, I have kept the faith, and I hope to complete the race.
See you at the starting line. =)
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