2012 done and dusted, roll on 2013

What a Year it has been, I really think that this was one of the best Years I ever had the fun to experience.
I have learned so much , my health has been amazing I have found a sport I have utterly fallen in love with so yes 2012 was truly amazing.
Lets put some Details into 2012, firstly had the huge Honor of meeting Chrissie Wellington , have even a smiling picture of her and myself ;o)
Health wise : NOT A SINGLE COLD all Year long , that's really nice what makes it even nicer is that I'm a Alpha1 Carrier and I have been rather sick in the past ,in previous Years my Diet existed out of Antibiotics for many wees of the Year also I didn't get a single injury even though my Training has gone up quite a bit.
That brings me nicely to my next good part , Training , I have done this Year ( so far ) 2130 KM in Cycling ( mostly ) running, swimming and Hiking , that combines to 220 hrs of Exercise.

In comparison  in 2011 I managed to do 953 km ( cycling, running etc) which was 126 hrs .
I have done 4 Sprint Triathlons and 15 Running Races ( all short distance 5-10 km ) .All this was made possible because I finally took my Weight loss seriously , funnily enough I don't think I did all the exercise to loose weight , no it was the other way around , I enjoy doing exercise which made it possible to loose all this weight.

I have learned a very important lesson , loosing weight for the sake of loosing weight without a purpose doesn't work for me , I have to have a goal and archiving that Goal also means loosing weight.
So what about 2013 and Goals ....
Oh yes big time, I will do my Triathlons ,at least Olympic distance, however I will not exclude to get ready for a half Ironman  distance in 2013, all this must mean that I have to shed the last 10-12 extra Kilo's I'm carrying.
Additionally i just have been voted into the Committee of my Triathlon Club , I think that is a ad on incentive to get 2013 right .
I do not expect 2013 to run all the way smoothly , I have planned in certain hiccups which might cause problems , would be stupid to expect that everything is plain sailing.

But back to the Training's data from the beginning, I looked into my Training's Details nearly with a Microscope and found my biggest problem, it's called consistence , or rather lack of it. In one week I might have done 5 hrs of training , in the next week just 1 hr and the following week 8 Hrs of Training.
If I can level that out that it will nearly be plain Sailing but for now I just will look forward to the new Year and the new lessons I will learn.

Overview of 2012 ... 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!

10km Santa Run's and what else ?

Haven't blogged in a while , just because not much did happen lately, however I did yesterday another 10km Santa run. The Run was on the Beach and we were all running , walking in Santa suits.
Imagine to see over 1100 People ( Grown ups and kids )  all dressed in Red Santa Suits on a Beach. Doing these kind of Events, that's what it is all about for me, I don't want to win Races,I just love the buzz of these Events.
The Weather on top of it was perfect ,the Day had started out rather miserably but in the afternoon when the Run started the Sun came out and it was just perfect.
As just mentioned ans stated in many previous Blogs, I don't want to win Races I never will be fast, however , yesterday I was defiantly too slow.
I need to get some more speed under my belt because I want to do in March a half Marathon , which I know I will be able to manage the Distaste with pure stubbornness, however that can't be my goal .
 I want to be able to run that event and enjoy it and not dreading the last 8 km of the Event and i want to manage it in 2 hrs 20 min ( Slow for other people , blazing fast for me )
Which means again back to basics , regular running training ( boring but necessary ) .
I have put some measures into place to make sure that I will do my regular running Training , more about this later.
I also have put together my Racing plan for 2013 , I'm so looking forward to the next triathlon Season. I will decide after the Half Marathon in March what my longest Triathlon distance in 2013 will be, little voice in my Head still hopes for the half Iron Distance .
Swimming is going great ,again I'm slow but I don't fear a 2km Swim as such, i know with  regular training i can manage that easily enough, i have dropped off a bit on the Cycling, weather has just turned a bit nasty, hope to replace that with Spinning, haven't done that in a while either.
Running yep hope my secret plan works and lastly Core Training , I know i have to do it, otherwise  I get injured, so once a week back to the Gym doing Body Balance. that's a great mix out of Yoga , Pilate's and Thai Chi.

Great Sunset after the Santa Run