I have my focus

Met with my coach this afternoon to go over my training plan for Lanzarote Ironman.  Ignoring Sundays duathlon the "base level" training starts on Monday.  It's 9.5 hours per week of swim, bike, run, gym & core work!  This is just to get my body used to "regular" exercise before the really hard stuff!
Having been through Ironman training before I know that this is only going to increase.  What is great is having this plan to focus on.  It will determine my life / work pattern for the next 7 months and there will be a lot of changes going on in my body during that time especially with the gym and core work.  I'm not going to put on a lot of muscle as that would mean I have to carry it around but I will certainly "shape up"!
However tonight I am going to forget my training regime and enjoy quite a few beers at the Piping Hot Charity Ball as this will be a rarity in the coming months.  Remember my motto that "a goal without a plan is just a wish" so now I have my plan I just need to execute it and enjoy the journey.

The early bird gets the worm!

On my own in the pool today as the rest of my pals made all sorts of excuses - understandable in a way as they have no event ot focus on.  So 2,000m of drills and sprints and back to the office for 8.45 to enjoy my chocolate milk and banana - great way of helping the body recover.
It will be a long day with a charity dinner tonight raising money for my favourite charity (Maggie's Cancer caring Centres) so won't be doing much tomorrow before the duathlon on Sunday.
In the meantime, back to work as I've a busy day ahead but its amazing what you can achieve if you just get up an hour earlier.