Robin Dale

Reflecting on the last time ... 

It had been about 7 years since I last did the York Triathlon Super Sprint, so the aim was to beat the time it took me last time. With the challenge date set all that was left to do was the training.

My swimming speed has not improved much but my stroke now saves more energy. On the bike my power output is better than 7 years ago and also my ability to pace in a race has improved massively thanks to having a power meter on the bike.

Using the Rockliffe Hall gym equipment

Those of you now using the new spin bikes know the benefits of doing a power test and being able to pace yourself in spin class by using your individual power percentage, this kind of training can help you improve much like how it has helped me improve as I get older.

Many people are aware that I am not a fan of running, so to train for this part of the race I used a feature on the treadmill which links to the Strava app. On the Strava app is all my completed runs so I used to race against the previous runs trying to increase the distance. This helped me as each time I would do a virtual run I would beat my previous time.