One Month To Go!

So with one month to go, it's time for another update!

Despite best intentions, my training has been more sporadic than I would have liked but I'm looking forward to the day and still intending to beat last year's time.

May was a good month on the bike, and according to Strava I clocked up 320km and 20 hours in the saddle. This can be mostly attributed to a week's holiday in Wales, exploring the back roads of the Llyn Peninsula at opportunity. We had a surprisingly sunny and dry weather and a lovely time with the in-laws so all in all and fantastic week!

My running regime has been a little lax, once a week if that!

But, all is not lost, I got my final month's training off to a flying start with a swim/run Aquathon last night with the Sheffield Triathlon club. 400m swim in the Hathersage Lido in record time (for me, that is!) followed by a 6km run along part of the Hilly route.

It was a good to do things back to back and practice the transition, I should be able to shave a few minutes off last year's time by improving my transition times alone!

It was a perfect evening for it, if a little warm, but great practice if the weather continues! The route ran along the river towards Grindleford, through the woods then heading back over the railway and up the track to Hathersage Booths, before descending back down the main road into Hathersage. All in all in was an enjoyable hour or so in a friendly and relaxed environment.

It's certain spurred me on into getting my running game stronger for the day. Bring it on!

The Road To Hathersage

Hello and welcome to my blog!

Over the course of the next 3 months I will be detailing my progress towards the Hathersage Hilly Triathlon, and the trials and tribulations that come along with it.

A few weeks ago, I was delighted to receive an email telling me I had won a competition I entered online to run the Hathersage Hilly Triathlon in support of the Cathedral Archer Project.

Last week I was shown around the project by Emily, along with Adam from the Sheffield Triathlon Club at the Project. It was great to meet them both and talk about fundraising possibilities (click the button at the top of the page to donate!), it was eye-opening to get a look first hand at the important work they do.

We arrived towards the end of breakfast service, so the place was a hive of activity. We were shown around the facilities which include a medical room (for regular drop-in sessions with NHS doctors and dentists), canteen, activity room and common area. There are a range of activities on offer, for example yoga and guitar lessons, with a discount received on lunch for anybody signing up to encourage participation.

The centre is open during the day, providing very important facilities for people living on the streets such as secure storage of possessions, telephone and internet access and an address to receive post. There are also laundry and shower facilities.

More information about this amazing charity can be found here.

And so, with the motivation to raise money for such a good cause it's time to get training. Tri-hard and tri-umph!

(Apologies, hopefully that's all the 'tri' related puns out of the way...)