Good French wines get better with age!
I am not sure if it applies to French men as well. Last year I completed the Singapore half-Ironman in 5h22, this year in 5h09. Extra training, experience, luck or reverse aging process? I let you decide:.
I was aiming to break the 5 hour mark which is a big landmark for an aging amateur triathlete but it was just too hot and I had a slow run. OK no more excuses, I was just not good enough.
A friend of mine sent me this article recently:
How true! The 40-44 age group is incredibly competitive with many of us going through a mid-life crisis that involves abusing your body like if you were 19.
The 40-44 category was the most popular in Singapore with 300 competitors in that category alone - I finished 15th in the category so there is some margin for progress and almost 4 years left.
The challenge is not to train longer hours but improve on the quality of training. That what I profess to my triathlon buddies so now has come the time to lead by example.
My next race will be a 5 stage- bike race in Thailand (750 km in total) early May (The “Tour of Thailand”). The undulating terrain in Thailand will provide an ideal training ground for Nice Ironman at the end of June.
Completing Nice Ironman in a reasonable time will be my main goal this year. It will be very special to race on these roads so much ridden when I grew up in Nice and took up cycling as my main sport.
All the Best and “Vive le Sport”
