It’s been a week now since the Mid Wales Ultra. I started last the week with some light training to let the body recover and by mid week I was back to full training. There has not been much excitement this week on the training front but the highlight has to be the unexpected summer sunshine.
It must be said the sunshine does help to softness the blow of having to wake up at 6am on Saturday and Sunday to get down to my local lake, which is now at 15.5 degrees (that’s warm!), for a 2hr session.
Now that the “summer season” opening times have kicked in and all the lakes around London and outdoor lido are open later the aim is to swim up to 8 times a week with some double session. This is should really help getting use to my new BlueSeventy Helix suit before I head into the open sea next month.
At the moment I’m still working a lot with my nutritionist regarding my carb requirements and liquid intake during my long training swims and I have to thank Infinit (www.infinitnutrition.eu) who make my personalised sports drinks and it’s available to you too! It’s rather simple and makes so much sense. There are up to 7 components to a sports drink (flavour, carbs, calories, electrolytes, protein, aminos and our new love caffeine) you simply can adjust these to fit your requirements on screen and then you can order it by the tub in 3 flavour Orange, Fruit Punch and my favourite Lemon and Lime. The tub will then turn up on your doorstep a few days later … it’s a simple as that. I’m currently using 6 different customised mixes across the 3 disciplines and I haven’t had any of the usual issues I’ve experienced before with off the self products.
Right got to get some sleep, 5:30 wake up tomorrow so I can be in the lake by 6am!
Cheers
Nino
It must be said the sunshine does help to softness the blow of having to wake up at 6am on Saturday and Sunday to get down to my local lake, which is now at 15.5 degrees (that’s warm!), for a 2hr session.
Now that the “summer season” opening times have kicked in and all the lakes around London and outdoor lido are open later the aim is to swim up to 8 times a week with some double session. This is should really help getting use to my new BlueSeventy Helix suit before I head into the open sea next month.
At the moment I’m still working a lot with my nutritionist regarding my carb requirements and liquid intake during my long training swims and I have to thank Infinit (www.infinitnutrition.eu) who make my personalised sports drinks and it’s available to you too! It’s rather simple and makes so much sense. There are up to 7 components to a sports drink (flavour, carbs, calories, electrolytes, protein, aminos and our new love caffeine) you simply can adjust these to fit your requirements on screen and then you can order it by the tub in 3 flavour Orange, Fruit Punch and my favourite Lemon and Lime. The tub will then turn up on your doorstep a few days later … it’s a simple as that. I’m currently using 6 different customised mixes across the 3 disciplines and I haven’t had any of the usual issues I’ve experienced before with off the self products.
Right got to get some sleep, 5:30 wake up tomorrow so I can be in the lake by 6am!
Cheers
Nino
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