2010 Goodbye! 2011 Hello!!

So it is that time for my final blog of the old year before the first of the new......so.....what has 2010 been like.....?

From a non triathlon perspective it has been a mixed bag.....

• Lizzie, Anja, Jules and I moved to the Cambridge area in the middle of they year and what a difference it has made...no negatives at all (well apart from the lack of hills ;-) )
• I changed jobs from a mad life of flying around the world to an equally mad life of driving around the UK....hmmm....
• Been to one wedding (my cousin) and one funeral (my PhD supervisor, RIP)

But what about triathlon....how has 2010 been?

• I am an IRONMAN, it was a hard journey but I completely agree with their tag line "Anything is possible" - if a short tubby bloke like me can do it from scratch in three years anyone can....never listen to criticism about whether you can do it - YES YOU CAN!
• I improved my Olympic/Standard PB to 2:41 and my Half IM to 6:54
• I still have big GI issues in anything longer than oly distances...I know I don't have coeliac's or gluten intolerance as I have been tested so it must just be down to ischaemia in the gut during the race....need to work on that I think - I can deal with race pace pain but GI bloating, vomiting, etc...hmmmmm
• My weight has not gone down enough....still holding steady at 89kgs however at this point last year I was 102kg :-O on the plus side I have dropped a fair amount of body fat however I am waiting for my skin to stop sagging :-(.....nice.....
• On the plus side my Cooper 12 min test has improved by >400m and my VO2max has gone up, my running has improved dramatically as has my swimming so 2011 looks promising!!

So what does 2011 and the future hold? I am focusing on half IM distance this year. I have still to confirm my final race selection, I will definitely race Wimbleball at the UK 70.3 in June but I am currently seriously considering Ireland's 70.3 race in September too, which only leaves an early season race...probably the Marshman (again a 70.3 distance race) and the future? 2012....Roth...we shall see :-)