22/02/2026
Quick update on my own training 💪🏼
I picked up my Ribble bike this past weekend. Triathlon training slowly ramping up.
Swimming and running have been a weekly fixture for some time now. The cycling I haven’t pushed as much, maybe too over confident in my cycling abilities 😅
I got a steady 30km’s in yesterday and Christ, that seat is as uncomfortable as it looks! Thank god for padded bib shorts.
Great to finally have my own bike to train on though. This is very much an entry level road bike. In fact it’s known as an ‘All Road’ bike for cycling on gravel occasionally.
It’ll certainly get me round a triathlon course and maybe, dare I say, a half or full iron man.
Endurance training certainly taking up the bulk of my week at the moment. Factoring in approx 40km of running, 2.5km of swimming and 30km of cycling.
Swimming still the one I’m finding really difficult. Small improvements but nowhere near the standard needed for triathlon. Swimming coach looking like the next step.
Weight training has been reduced to measly upper and lower sessions in the week. But I’m not mad about it.
I’ve found maintaining muscle mass relatively easy on this weekly split. Research concludes that for maintaining muscle, 6 sets per muscle, per week, is what’s required, so that’s what I’m aiming for.
So far so good 💪🏼
