Posted by Tom on Monday, September 26, 2011,
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2011 Season
Once again this year my domestic season's racing has been focused around the fantastic Castle Triathlon Series; 4 races in 4 stunning locations....and quite a bit of prize money on hand too which was nice!
Cholmondeley Castle
The first event in Cholmondeley Castle near Crewe. This came the week after a middle distance event in China - needless to say, I was a little bit tired and sore. But the nature of the series competition was that it was your best 3 from 4 races to count for the series so I... Continue reading ...
Another wonderful day was
enjoyed by all at the beautiful National Trust property Dyrham Park.
With 10km, 3km, relay and 300m races there was fun for all levels of
experience.  Runners set off up Neptune's Hill for the first time!
The 10km was run over a challenging yet stunning course, with winner
Will Christofi leading the field in a rapid time of 37.50 minutes. Lead
woman Georgia Wood defended her victory from the inaugural race by an
impressive two minutes. The runners enjoyed breath... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Friday, June 17, 2011,
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2011 Season
Going to make this a two parter, one of the race, one about China. 40 minutes before the race I was all ready to go with my transition laid out so I thought I would top up my tyres with air. I saw the mechanic put on the valve of the pump and then the next second he had taken the wheel valves apart. My deep section front wheels has a couple of valve extenders which apparently intrigued him so he thought he would have a look. I couldn't get the threads to re-align, and he continued to take more... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Sunday, June 5, 2011,
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Coaching
This is what I always tell all my athletes, and I do listen to own advice, thankfully... Monday the bike goes in for a post winter service, no problems, just want it to be running in tip top (best) condition for China. That evening I have a voicemail, "Tom, I don't know how to say this, so I wont, you needed to come into the shop". A tad dramatic but this clearly is not good. To cut a long story short, and through many ups and downs, I was on the look out for a new bike with 2 weeks to go befo... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Saturday, May 28, 2011,
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2011 Season
Over the last few weeks I have been packing in even more warm up races and it is really starting to come through in the results; 17th May - Corsham 5km. I arrived with less than 5mins before the start......at least it made for a good brick session. My legs didn't feel super but I ran 17:13 on a hilly course to win the race 22nd May - Bradford on Avon Sprint Tri. I really enjoy this race. An open water swim in the Avon, a very hilly bike and fast and flat run. I was neck and neck with Paul Horsf... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Friday, May 6, 2011,
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Coaching
Over the last couple of weeks I have been getting in as much racing as possible. My weakness last season was run speed so I wanted to set about addressing this as soon as possible; by racing as many foot races between now and when my full triathlon season starts. It has highlighted to me again just how useful these training races are as after each race my legs seemed to have found another gear; April 19th - Frenchay 10km - 10th (or so) I didn't really check the results after this race. It was ... Continue reading ...
I have been reflecting a lot recently about where I am going with my career - the one other than triathlon ;-) I have been doing a lot of work with students with learning difficulties for the last few years and it has been very enjoyable work. However, the routes for progression are very limited. And much like my triathlon career, it is only worth doing if I feel like it is going somewhere. The solution I have decided upon, is to amalgamate the two. Or rather, I have decided to expand the horiz... Continue reading ...
The new tirathlon organisation ICAN Triathlon which currently produces long distance races in Marbella and Malllorca ois offering a fanstastic service to athletes when out on the bike course - neutral service motor bikes providing wheel replacement for punctures. Given that most athletes take part in triathlon for the challenge of competing rather than competing this small gesture will have a massive impact on those athletes unfortunate enough to puncture and at the same time extend a very po... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Thursday, March 31, 2011,
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Thoughts
I felt good about the blog I wrote a while back about How to Plan a Season / The Problem with being SMART but when it came to plan my own season it became clear that I was missing something as much to my frustration I was struggling to enact my own philosophy; S = Suffering
W = Wild Ambition
E = Exceeding Limits
A = Achievable (still important, just not that important) T = Time Frame
E = Exciting
D = DaringI found that my own season plans were not exciting, nor daring and they did not strike me as a... Continue reading ...
The first hard week in a 3 week block;
Monday
am - 1hr aerobic run
am - aerobic swim set, though I am swimming a little rubbish so it turned out to be a little harder than it shoudl have been;
400 off 6mins; 4x100 off 1:30
300 off 4:30; 3x100 off 1:25
200 off 3:00, 2x100 off 1:20 (went a little wrong around here)
2x100 off 1:20, 1:30; 200 off 3:00
3x100 off 1:25, 300 of 4:30
4x100 off 1:30, 400 off 6mins
Total 5.2km
Tuesday
am - 4.4km Strength Set
pm - 4x10min hill rep loop with uni club - Steady along th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Sunday, January 23, 2011,
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Thoughts
There are a few key phrases associated with goal setting; process goals, outcome goals and SMART goals. The 3 are interlinked in that you first decide upon outcome goals for the season. You then put in process goals (training/coaching and race tactics) to achieve this. All the time, you are told to make sure that these goals are SMART to ensure that they are achieved. SMART Goals Are described as; S = Specific
M = Measurable
A = Achievable
R = Realistic
T = Time frameThe premise being that if y... Continue reading ...
Recovery Week It's been a very busy week work rise and I have been organising the Bath Run Series which has had it's last event on Sunday which was a great success. Consequently I have been too busy/tired to do the training I had planned. But in recovery weeks especially it is more important to actual recover somewhat than just becoming progressively more tired. Especially as I am going to Lanzarote on Tuesday for 11 days to get some high quality training in, it didn't make sense to go there t... Continue reading ...
Another good volume week this week. I was particularly knackered Wednesday night after two 6 hour days but after a lighter day Thursday I was able to finish the week off well on Friday/Sunday3hrs 15min ride on powercranks......double puncture = long walk home :-(45min run - had meant to be a brick session but I'm not sure you can count it was an hour walk in the middle, and dinner. Monday6km swim 8x600 alt swim, pull + 30secs1hr 45min run2hrs on powercranks, one outside, one on the rollersTue... Continue reading ...
After having a somewhat longer end of season break due to a mystery illness and jamming my foot down a rabbit hole, my build up in winter training has been progressive, yet very steady. This last week I was able to enjoy a good week of high volume base endurance work; Sunday
1hr 50min run (on my 2hr loop which apparently needs renaming) before breakfast 1hr 15min ride on powercranks Monday
3hr ride on powercranks 3hr hike 1hr run Tuesday
5.5km swim, aerobic mixed strokes 1hr 30min ride on powercranks ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Tuesday, January 4, 2011,
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Season Review
At the beginning of the 2010 season I resolved to take a fresh approach to being a Professional Triathlete. In short, in 2008 & 2009 I had raced the Pro World Championships but triathlon remained far from being a profession - I was spending far more money chasing qualifying spots around the world than I was gaining in prize money. Competing in triathlon professionally was losing me money. There were two options; keep doing what I was doing and become bankrupt or revaluate my priorites so I ca... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Thursday, November 11, 2010,
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Thoughts
Following the recent announcement and prompt rescinding of the Ironman Access Program, which invited athletes to pay $1,000 for early registration to all Ironman events (entry fee not included), budget cuts have followed... Below is a picture of the sandcastle at the 70.3 Ironman World Championships in Clearwater in 2008;  and the 2009 sandcastle.....  and the 2010 sandcastle....... (photo copyright Ramon Serrano)  A statement from the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), owners of Ironman, explained... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Tuesday, November 2, 2010,
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Thoughts
What I DecidedRace 3
was a target race for the year being a half ironman. The added incentive
was that my wetsuit sponsor TRI 11 is a German company. I fancied my
chances of leading out the swim in the race, Challenge Walchsee, just
over the boarder. Getting this relatively new company good TV coverage
was a priority as they have been very good to me and I wanted to justify
their investment.....and help retain it for next year. So race 3 is a
definite. Race 2 was part of a series I was ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Wednesday, October 6, 2010,
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Thoughts
What is worth more - winning money in a smaller race VS finishing position in a big race ?Well, obviously they are both important. Money is important, 'it can be exchanged for good or services' (H. Simpson) which most people, myself have included have need of....cakes and keeping Isaac in working order. A good finish (top 10) in a big race - Challenge Series or 70.3 looks more impressive but when costs are taken into account, you may often still finish the race with a deficit in your wallet. T... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Thursday, September 16, 2010,
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2010 Campaign
For the first time ever I have lead out a Pro Swim and it was fantastic race to do it at - in a prestine lake surrounded by snow capped mountains in Austria. I had a good start and togther with another guy who started in the middle, we made our way over to a tri who started on the right. Once in that lead group I made every effort on conserve my energy (yes, I drafted off them!), slowly working my way into second position by the half way point. The way back to shore was less than obvious as we... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Monday, August 30, 2010,
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Thoughts
Entrepreneurship - Have a look here(i) A friend of mine, Alex Lewis, pitched on Dragon's Den a few weeks ago and successfully in obtaining the money he needed to get his awesome idea up to speed. A couple of years ago I raced the British National Championships, in March, in torrential rain and gales on a Welsh hillside. Out of the 25 or so athletes I think everyone started the ten lap bike. Alex was one of the smart ones who dropped out after a lap or two. I was too stubborn and rode on for 7... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Friday, July 2, 2010,
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WTC
One year after introducing the new Pro License for WTC owned Ironman and 70.3 events, a drastic revision is being made to the policy, so much so it unrecognisable. Having written about the orginal pro license extensively already, I wanted to share my thoughts again.  The full text of the proposal an be found here, but I have pulled out the relative lines where necessary. In brief, the top ranked athletes come 1st September are invited to the Championships. Ranking points are acrewed from a max... Continue reading ...
I last completed in the Allerthorpe Triathlon in 2008 when I had a stress fracture in my foot. I didn't know it at the time though, and I was hoping the 2010 edition would be slightly less uncomfortable. Swim I was really pleased with my swim. I broke away early on and on a technical course I managed to come out in 8:23! I have to confess this sounds too fast, but it was 30 seconds quicker than 2 years ago so I would like to think it is not too far off. Either way it set me up nicely for the r... Continue reading ...
After Challenge Barcelona I had been looking forward to racing ITU Asian Long Distance Championships in South Korea, but due to what the organiser described as "local issues", the race has been postponed...indefinitely! This has mucked up my season somewhat. I had been intending to race 3 ITU Long Distance races; Korea, China and Ibiza and thus qualify for the ITU Series prize. But without Korea, I can't justify going to China just for giggles and racing Ibiza which is an 03 distance, also los... Continue reading ...
Saturday- 2hr easy long run Sunday- 3hr Cheddar group ride, 15 mile and 18 mile section attacking riding, trying to drop the group - 1hr temp run Monday- 5km - 1500, 800, 400, 200, 100 descending within each rep Tuesday- 2.5hr ride, was aiming for 4hrs but had really tight hip flexors which were starting to bother me - 5x1 mile (ish) Weston reps - 4:56, 4:54. 4:54, 4:49, 4:40 - Brilliant run. First 3 reps my hip flexors were tight, my stride length short and as a result my whole body was tight. Re... Continue reading ...
I took the disappointment of Barcelona pretty hard, as my recent write ups may have suggested. Possibly I was a bit harsh on myself, but the point is that it is only the result that counts, the number next to your name. There is no room for conditional clauses in results at a high level (or any level if you want to be honest with yourself)....I raced well "given that" [insert excuse] etc. Sometimes there is an element of truth, I am sure I would have raced better in Barcelona had I not been s... Continue reading ...
Pre-Race
I was really looking forward to doing this race. I haven't done a sprint in a couple of years and Bradford on Avon presented the perfect opportunity to do a local, open-water race, in a beautiful setting. My body was still a little bit sore from Challenge Barcelona the weekend before, the ride to the race necessatated a rest in itself, but a race is a race, and you've just got to work with what you've got on race day.
Swim
I managed to get a gap after 30 or so metres and tried to put as... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Monday, May 24, 2010,
Bit smashed...not so much training Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Wednesday, May 19, 2010,
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2010 Campaign
Pre-Race
I was excited in the run up to the race, I felt like I was resting up quite well and I felt like the course would work well to my strengths. I was looking for a minimum of top 10, but really top 7 was what I was aiming for.
I was very glad to have Tim come along for a bit of a holiday, as well as being official photographer and bag man. After playing hide the overweight giant bike box from everyone with a name badge (in your face Ryan Air), and a bus journey longer than the flight, we... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Wednesday, May 19, 2010,
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Training Week
Aim:- Taper Week Saturday 8th 90min run Sunday 9th Strength Bike 2x{8mile over-gear, 4 miles hard, 4 miles easy} 15min run hill reps off the bike Monday 10th 5km swim Tuesday 4x1mile (ish) Weston reps off 6:30 in 4:54. 4:48, 4:47. 4:46 Av 4:49 Castle Combe Bike 3x{2laps hard, 1 lap easy} 8:30, 8:45. 8:40 Wednesday Race prep swim 6x200 off 2:30 aiming for 2:24, + 1min recovery, 8x100 off 1:20 aiming for <1:10 Thursday Day off Friday Travel Day Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Thursday, May 13, 2010,
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Coaching
Last Sunday was the University Triathlon Championships, or BUCS, if you like talking in acronyms no-one understands. Bath had a really good turn out, from our more experienced athletes and quite a few first time racers too. The race started with a 750m pool swim (messy), a 25km fairly flat bike, and a 5km run. Conditions can only be described as bloody cold and windy. For once, I was glad not to be racing.  Ole seemed happy enough though! We were missing a few of our faster athletes for vari... Continue reading ...
Aim - Hard Week: I have just come off a rest week and I am racing Challenge Half Barcelona on May 16th. This means this is my last hard weeks training before the race with a one week recovery going into the race. I need to recognise if I am starting to push too hard and do sessions that are going to effect how well I recover the following week, so basically I will start to back off at the end of the week to ensure I am sufficiently rested to ensure the race is worth the trip.
Saturday 1st2hr ... Continue reading ...
Aim - Recovery Week. Was looking for another strength week but after Sunday it became apparent this wasn't going to happen so it turned into a recovery week. Keep the longer sessions in place where possible and recovery around them Saturday 24th2hr run Sunday 25thDay Off - Woke up and felt terrible so ride got cancelled and led to this week turning from strength week into a recovery week Monday 26th5km swim Tuesday 27th90min run 2hr ride Wednesday 28th4km swim 90min ride Thursday 29thDay Off Friday 30... Continue reading ...
Aim - Strength Week. Focus on bike strength Saturday 17th2hr run Sunday 18th3hr 45min Strength Ride as 3x{8mile over gear, 4mile hard, 4 mile easy} Straight into 15min hill reps 1hr recovery run Monday 19thGym (Strength) 6km swim Tuesday 20th4hrs 45min aerobic 75min x-country run Wednesday 21st5km swim 2hrs powercranks 90min very painful run and a 20min walk home...blown Thursday 22ndDay Off Friday 23rdBike - Powercranks hill reps 4 x Widcombe, 1 x North Rd seated. In hindsight, this screwed my legs over ... Continue reading ...
Aim - Strength Week. The will be week 1 of 2 or 3 depending on how well I take to strength work and after nearly exclusively aerobic work up until this point. Saturday 10th3hr 45min Strength Ride as 3x{8 miles over gear, 4 miles, 4 miles easy} Straight into 15min hill reps 1hr recovery run Sunday 11thCoaching swim day for www.driventotri.com Monday 12thGym (Strength) 6km swim Tuesday 13th4hr 45min aerobic ride 75min x-country run Wednesday 14th5km swim 90min powercranks, including 40mins solid effort 9... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Sunday, April 25, 2010,
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Coaching
As I have just come to the end of the volume phase of my training it was time to have a quick review of it. Volume - Pretty good, hit some "big numbers"............but so what Consistancy - Not strong....consistancy within the weeks was good (I could hold together a planned weeks training) but I found myself getting mysterious illnesses too often for my liking (more about that later). Ask a triathlete about training and they will doubtless tell you some number relating to volume. My longest ru... Continue reading ...
"You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it" Arnold H.
Glasgow I was aiming for the same as the previous week, giving me a two week block of the big volume before returning to work after Easter, unfortunately it didn't go entirly to plan. Saturday 3rd2hr ride working the hills 2km easy swim 2.5hr ride introducing over gearing in long blocks - After a very nice meal out I ended up being sick a few hours later. Possibly due to the food, possibly because my body hates me, either way... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Thursday, April 8, 2010,
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Sponsor
 Yes, I am now, thanks for asking :-) It is not every day that you get to feel like a kid in a sweet shop (apart from when I go shopping for sweets, everyday) but that is how I can best describe the feeling when I visited Spiuk last week. This is because Spiuk is a company I have been looking to work with for some time, a company I have long admired, who make quality products and whose kit I have used before. I was very excited when they agreed to sponsor me and I have been fortunate enough to ... Continue reading ...
Two weeks Easter holidays have just begun so it is time to focus on pushing the volume on, getting better recovery, and going home for the Easter weekend. I am hoping to make this either a 2 or 3 week block dependent on how well I recover and this is the first week. Saturday 27th- 2hr X-Country run - 90min powercranks - 1hr on Isaac (to check all is working smoothly) Sunday 28th- 4hr ride on Isaac - 1hr run Monday 29th- Gym - 6km swim; Main set change of pace 1.5km, 1.0km, 0.6km and band work Tuesda... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Friday, April 2, 2010,
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Sponsor
I am very excited to be sponsored by TRI
11 Wetsuits and Speedsuits for the new season.  - Having not
used a speedsuit
before, I was very excited to see just how fast they are. The short
answer, 5 secs per 100m! Or 75 seconds for a 1500m. I can see that
having a full length suit being a definite advantage over a shorter suit
as this really did feel effortless like a wetsuit. - The TRI 11
RED
Wetsuit sports an innovative cut which is very apparent from just
putting the suit on. The neo... Continue reading ...
Recovery Week - It was generally accepted that I looked like cr@p, and I did feel pretty terrible, so the aim was to do a little training as necessary so I would be ready for the next hard block Saturday 20th- 1hr X-Country Run - In the afternoon I promptly put myself in a food coma in front of a whole day's worth of 6 Nations Rugby - which was going well, only to be rudely awoken by Austin Healey's ridiculous comment, "It's only cheating when you get caught". What a complete  But that is the att... Continue reading ...
Week 3 of 3 in the first big(ger) volume training block;
Saturday 13th2hr X-Country run...may have got a little lost but well worth it 3hrs aerobic ride Sunday 14th3hr aerobic ride 75min x-country run 75min powercranks ride Monday 15thGym 5.5km swim - mainset 45x100 Tuesday 16th4hr ride 75min x-country run Wednesday 17th5.7km swim - mainset (i) 10x200 best pace; main set (ii) 2km aerobic 2hr powercranks ride - made it up 25% Prospect Place - take a look on google maps, I'll film it next time as this rea... Continue reading ...
Week 2 of 3... Saturday 6th3.5hrs ride aerobic Then for no apparent reason my body took it upon itself to be violently sick for the evening. Something which wouldn't normally bother me too much but I had some couchsurfers from Holland come stay for the Bath Half Marathon  Mairead & Helen and trying to be a good host I had cooked them tea...fortunately they were fine so who knows what brought on the sickness. Mairead and Helen both work for Asics so they brought me some cool kit for having them st... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Monday, March 8, 2010,
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WTC
This follows on from the earlier Ironman Pro License (I), but not part (II), or part (III), because they don't exist yet. Part (III) is about the winners and losers of the Pro License, but after reading this on xtri.com, I think it also worth examining the WTC's logic behind the license - will it infact improve the quality of the Pro racing field at Championship events? Ironman Pro License Part (IV) - Will it improve the quality of Triathlon?Firstly, I think it is necessary to define a few term... Continue reading ...
This was the first week of big(ger) volume training, not including Lanzarote. I really enjoyed it and have become considerably more tired (I napped in the bike shed at uni earlier in the week....damp) and more hairy as my "heavy training beard" starts to take hold. Saturday;90min hilly x-country taking in Bannerdown, St Catherine's and Solsbury Hill 3.5hr ride Sunday;3hr ride 2hr ride on the powercranks - blew up pretty hard Monday;Gym 5.0km swim Tuesday;3.5hr ride; Cheddar-Wells loop 1hr run Wednes... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Sunday, February 21, 2010,
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Training Week
8 Days in Lanzarote = 500 miles on the bikes, 5hrs jogging, 5hrs swimming, 1.6kg of biscuits, 1 mental receptionist threatening to call the police, £60 in hidden charges Inter-semester break could not have arrived at a better time. Whilst running in the snow was still fun,  ...riding the rollers for a couple of hours a day in the kitchen was starting to lose it's charm, so it was off to Lanzarote for 8 days of sunshine and riding. The trip incurred a few minor hiccups early on when Jack dislocat... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Thursday, January 14, 2010,
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WTC
This series of posts is concerning the new WTC's (World Triathlon Corperation) new Pro License for all official M-Dot branded Ironman and 70.3 events. I will try and present a balanced discussion over three parts. - The first part (which can be found here) looks at the official WTC line and the view of Graeme Stewart who tries to find the positives in the new scheme (though he clearly isn't a fan) - The second part will look at the aim of this initiative - to bring to life an Anti-Doping Progra... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Sunday, January 3, 2010,
In :
Home
...let it never be said the children of the North are not insightful (or very good at sledging) I have just returned from a great week at home in the North for Christmas. And there was snow, which excites any Northener. Tom and I polished up and hammered together his dad's 50 year old wooden sledge to great effect. Not only were we the envy of every kid on the hill, we almost garroted ourselves on the barbed wire fence at the bottom. Fortunately we had foreseen this happening and placed a sho... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Saturday, December 12, 2009,
In :
2010 Campaign
Old ApproachThe ambition of every newbie pro triathlete, including me, was to race the best in the world at the best races in the world -> Race at the World Championships (Done) For the last two years this has been my approach to being a professional triathlete, and I mistakenly thought that in itself was a means to an end. Well, I guess if I want to end my career early then it is true, for it is a fast track to bankruptcy and no more. There simply is not enough money in the sport to support a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Sunday, December 6, 2009,
In :
Season Review
Now, 1 week into the 2010 campaign, my thoughts are already wondering over to the far off race season. But if I am going to plan ahead properly, it is only right I look back at the year just gone. Did I achieve my objectives? 2009 Objectives(i) Get to the Pro 70.3 Ironman World Championships (ii) Break 4hrs for a 70.3 (iii) Finish in the top 25 at the Worlds (iv) Earn some money from the sport (v) Be more consistent - don't break myself (i) Be at the Pro 70.3 Ironman World Championships?Well I cer... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Wednesday, November 25, 2009,
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Thoughts
I came across this video and thought it was brilliant. At times I think we may have all played both these characters......? Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Monday, November 23, 2009,
In :
Pro Drafting
It is the density of riders that dooms the Pro World Championship where as the relatively poorly attended series events do not suffer the same problem.
If you assume the pros ride at modest 25mph that means they are travelling 11.2m/sec. That means they can come out the water/start the bike within a second of each other, and whilst still being technically draft legal, they are right on top of one another.
Looking at athletes exiting the water to find the greatest density (highest number of ath... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Tuesday, November 17, 2009,
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Pro Drafting
Going into the race I had two objectives; break 4hrs (targetting 3hrs57m) and to finish in the top 25, 30, 37 (A, B, C goals). I finished in 3hrs57m08sec (I attribute the lost 8 seconds to a scuffle with a motorbike and a fence) and placed 48th - which I attribute to cheating on the bike and weak refereeing and enforcement of the rules. I am aware that my words may seem harsh, and I know there were other clean riders out there, but in general, as a whole, the race was a joke.
Swim
Following h...
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Over the last few days I have put in my last long sessions; - 3.8km swim - 2hrs 45mins bike (should have been 3.5hrs but sometimes you have to know when enough is enough) - 1hr 45min run And it just gets shorter and faster from here on in... Today was my last day in Bath and I did a race pace swim which gave me a lot of confidence; 15x100m off 1:15 coming in 1:10. Admittedly it was in a wetsuit but I felt good and could have carried on. The rest of the day has been spent packing, which for a compl... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Tuesday, November 3, 2009,
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Thoughts
 .........TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER AND GO OUTSIDE Continue reading ...
Over the last few weeks training has been steadily improving, firstly getting back to where I was after Muskoka and Augusta, and then pushing forward towards Clearwater. For the first time in over a year I feel like I am running "okay", I have actually been running on the road in the last few weeks and haven't had an adverse reaction (last season and most of this one has been characterised by stress fracture issues). So I decided to put my running to the test with my first road race in 2 year... Continue reading ...
Six years ago Dan and I started university at Bath to explore the crazy notion of actually getting good at triathlon. Back in 2003 Bath was the place for triathlon in the UK, inspring athletes like Julie Dibens, and we even had TWO coaches. Through a lot of hard work Dan and I both managed to get along pretty well and have been racing elite for some years now, but today Dan moved to Leeds - why would he do that??  Triathlon 2003, Dan in the fetching gold helmet For 18 months we have had no on... Continue reading ...
With the 70.3 World Championships on the horizon I thought it was about time I finally got a blog/website up and running. After a very busy and exciting September racing in Muskoka 70.3 (Canada) and Augusta 70.3 it was time to get back to some serious training. The week started with a hot box session. People say there is a love hate relationship about running on a treadmill in a heat chamber (read plastic box with a bar heater) I am yet to experience the pleasant side. The aim being to start ... Continue reading ...
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