ROG'S TRIATHLON & SPORTS DIARY

Not much time to write today but it’s time to get back into it again!

I went to Kurnell this morning for my first sprint race in over 5 years and what a great day we had!

I was actually quite impressed with the result, finishing in 1:09:15 which is not bad for an overweight slow bastard with my current level of fitness.

Haven’t worn a watch, speedo or heart rate monitor and just loved it! This is how it is going to be from now on – commando race.

I’ll work up a plan in the next few days but the next goal apart from continuing to do the short stuff is to race in Huskinsson LD and then Ironman Australia again!

What about you, what are your plans for this season?

Hi all,

I’ve noticed there’ still a bit of traffic coming through here so I just thought I’d post a quick note to let you know the reason I haven’t really been updating this blog is because I don’t have much to say!!!!

Training has been fairly inconsistent while I focus on other areas of my life. Triathlon is still a passion and I am not completely retired and will make a come back (hopefully) soon.

Thanks for checking.

Cheers,

Rogerio

I’ve been doing great with my swimming and have seen constant improvement day after day.

This morning, for instance, was a 100m PB in the water at 1m19s a couple of times. Gotta be happy with that considering I never ever swam that fast and it was in the middle of a hard interval set so I know I can definitely go faster than that if fresh.

I have joined a few other guys on Transitions and am challenging myself on a 1km TT. I will record the benchmark time this week and set myself a goal to be achieved by the 3rd of October. I will make sure I add another tab to the fitness tracker above so I can measure progress every 3-4 weeks as well.

Running wise it is not so good. I have a niggling pain on my right knee since IM Brasil and it doesn’t want to go away even after quite a bit of rest. I must admit I haven’t been looking after it as I should but will start icing it at night and see if it gets any better otherwise I will have to see a physio about it. That leg has been the source of a couple of different problems for me now including the achilles pain which seems to be controlled now but you never know! All my runs have been really slow (i.e. 6min/km) as I am trying not to makes things worse.

I just remembered I haven’t posted in a while and never mentioned that I ended up running the GC marathon with my girlfriend on the 6th of July. She did quite well considering her longest run in 6 months prior was 6km! We ran up until the 21-22km mark but then started to walk/run all the way to the end finishing in just over 5 hours. She was ecstatic!!!!

I went for my first longer than 1hr ride since IM Brasil on the weekend. Did 3,5hrs of very slow riding but felt better than I thought even on the climbs considering the ‘couple’ of extra kilos.

For the last few weeks I have been doing 8-10hrs of exercise/week which is good to keep me going for a while. I will ramp it up once I start riding a bit more but will keep running to a minimum at this stage.

All good as I am loving the hurt in the pool like never before and it is good to feel fast for a change! I expect to come to the other end of this swim block with a different perception of my swimming abilities.

By the way I have been trying the Elagen stuff and even though it is too early to report I can say it seems to be making a positive difference in my recovery specially after the harder swim sets.

Long time no post, I know!

But there’s isn’t much to write about these days as I am taking it easy and being very casual about my training through winter. I needed a freshen up and to concentrate on a few different things as well so it is doing me good.

That is not to say I am slacking off though as I continue to ride & run to work a few times a week. The best part of it is that I am now able to put a bit of effort in my swimming which seems to be going quite well despite only a couple of weeks of squad sessions so far.

I am pretty happy with how things are at the moment but before I start losing too much fitness I need to put myself into some sort of structured training. I did a benchmark run on Sunday to assess running fitness and it is not that bad considering the time I took off.

I managed to run my 6,5km loop at 5:30min/km at about 63% HR (137aveHR) which is pretty good. I mean even to manage a run at that low a HR is a good sign. I’m happy to say it is slow but sure and it can only get better from here.

Lastly, I’ve just received a batch of Elagen products to try (thanks James!) and will be sure to post some feedback after a few weeks. James recommended that I take a couple of capsules before my training sessions and even during some long rides if I wanted to.

I’m off to the Gold Coast with Ange this weekend but we won’t be racing either the half or the full marathon. Will definitely be there to watch though and enjoy what will hopefully be a nice sunny weekend

And that’s all for now. Until next time!

I’m back in Sydney and already working today!

There’s not much to report from last week’s training (or lack thereof). I managed 3 or 4 runs during the week and that was about it.

This week is all about getting back into some sort of routine and we’ll kick off some basic structured training from next week ownwards. There will be lots of commuting rides and I am already consulting with different swimming squads to decide which one will suit me.

Ange and I have also registered for the Minimosmarathon 10K run this weekend so it will be a good benchmark for the winter months along with the Gold Coast Half Marathon (or perhaps the marathon? I haven’t decided yet).

And I’ll finish off with a quote from chukiev on athletic potential

“What is my potential and how will I know when I’m close?”

Indeed a tough one! I propose that if we were all born without worries of survival (financial and emotional stability and such) and all we had to do all day—indeed, WANTED to do all day—was train, only then might we start to reach our ATHLETIC potential. Potential is impossible to measure, of course. At the Olympic Training Center, the physiologists try to measure it through a series of tests: VO2 max, muscle biopsies, and the like. But yet we know that such tests don’t really do the trick. No numbers can. Heart-rate monitors cannot measure heart. Power meters cannot measure will power. Potential is what you make of it. You’re close when you believe you are.

Until next week,
Rog