Week 3

Not much happening, same as previous weeks. Biked for about 40 mins and 2 hours in the gym. Swam for about hour and a half. Found a way of combining a dog walk with the run and killed 2 birds with one stone.

The bike consisted of cycling to the swimming pool, doing a 600m swim. Then biking back. When I checked the computer I had hit 40mph at one stage, obviously that was one of the down hill sections.

Week 2

A bit of a slower week on the training front. Two sessions in the gym working on strength, plus some swimming again. This time just practicing technique, in the words of Bart at the moment my swimming 'both sucks and blows at the same time'

Finished the week with an easy bike ride around the course where the triathlon is being held nice flat and smooth, 10 miles in all. But looking at the lake I will have to swim fills be with fear.

Week 1 - Bike maintenance

Normally I ride a mountain bike. I have decided to dust off my road bike which I have n't ridden for about 10 years. It's still in a good condition but a few things need to be replaced. The brake and cables have all rusted and siezed up.

So far I have ordered a load of parts online to replace parts and upgrade others.
So far new pedals, new cables and I have also decided to upgrade the down tube gear shifters to some intergrated STI levers. It would have probably been cheaper to buy a new road bike from ebay with what I appear to have spent so far.