2012 Starts here.  

It has been some time since I posted a triathlon related Blog. I decided, as I noted late in 2011 to take a break and re focus my training over the winter. I have enjoyed working at a gym on core work and have found it very odd, with a fair period of time getting used to training very differently. Instead of fitting in so many miles in the pool each week, miles on the bike and miles for my running there has been almost none of the above. I have been focusing on flexibility and core work primarily with limited CV work at all. I have also focused on my eating habits. As a result I am eating a far healthier diet and feel much better for it, my weight has dropped about a stone (or just over) and my body fat has dropped about 5/6%. Last weekend I decided I needed a run. I wanted some fresh air and to see how my legs coped with a run of more than a few hundred meters. After an initial desire to...