Pete Jacobs: Professional Triathlete

Sorry it has been a while since I last updated. Things weren’t going great but the last 7 days have been my best ever!

Now you can follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/petejjacobs    I’ll update most days training, travels, racing and business.

After Philipines 70.3 I stayed 8 days in Singapore and coached my butt off. Thank you so much to Nicole from Beats Per Minute for lining up some great work for me. I coached about 18 one on one swim sessions and learnt even more about what most people are doing wrong and how to correct it. My underwater camera was a big help, as was having a beautiful 50 or 40m pool for free! Finding a pool in Sydney to do my coaching in is the hardest part.

I flew from there to France for a hill half ironman race in Gerardmere, but I had been tired all week in Singapore (different food/hours/etc.) so when I got to France and it was cold, wet and miserable I knew I was going to feel ordinary on race day, and I did. I froze on the bike, and stopped for 10mins to get a jacket to finish 3rd lap. I ran well off the bike though, but that was the only training in the 5 day trip!

By the time I got back to Singapore I had hardly trained in months and was starting to worry about how far behind Hawaii prep I was. But my worry’s never run too deep, as I had to be happy with the learning experiences, rest, and motivation the trip gave me. I also feel that you can only do what you can do, and that will be the best you can do. I trained less, but come race day in Hawaii, I’ll still be in the best possible shape for the day (I also prefer to be fresh and not overtrained).

My training briefly – Since Roth in mid July I rested and eased back into it. 3 weeks after Roth I had a great week training, but then I took the next week off to taper for the City to Surf! What was I thinking!? It’s just a fun run! I got caught up in it and should have trained through it. The week after I was smashed from the run and did no running, and 1 good ride. I got sick that weekend, so rested, and travelled to Philipines on Wednesday. Obviously didn’t train before the 70.3, then afterwards did little good training in Singapore, then flew to France. After France I had 2 nights in Singapore and did a good run session, before flying to manila for 1 night and a good swim session, then flying home on Thursday.

Since getting home 10 days ago I have had the best 10 days training ever!
Friday – easy 1hr ride
Saturday – easy 45mins run
Sunday – 150km tempo ride TT bike, harder up 4 big climbs – 75min run off bike was very ugly but good race day mental strength building.
Monday – work landscaping 5 hrs
Tuesday –Run 3k, 2k, 1k, 800m efforts. 500m easy between. Easy 2k swim in afternoon.
Wednesday – swim 1k warm up. 5 x 400 on 5:30 cycle, last 2 in on 4:35.
Thursday – 150km tempo ride TT bike, harder up 4 big climbs. Rest. Afternoon run 2 x 7k run efforts (3min easy between). 3:30/km pace felt easy!
Friday – easy 10min jog to pool, 1k swim, 10min jog home.
Saturday – 38km run – 4 – 4:15/km felt easy. Plenty of hills along the Northern beaches.

And now you’re up to date! You’ll see there is not a lot of hours in the week, but those that I did were of the best quality, with my best technique yet.

Train easy.
PJ