So let us start purely by the numbers. As well as green for success and red for failure, I am going to add in pink for things that were cancelled by Covid. Analysis and general rambling at the bottom.
Targets by numbers
Represent GBR age-group at an international event.
Finish top-20 at European Aquathlon Champs. - Event cancelled.
Finish top-30 at World Aquathlon Champs. - Event cancelled.
Take part in a GBR age-group qualifying race for a 2021 European Champs.
Take part in a GBR age-group qualifying race for a 2021 World Champs.
Swim 150 miles. - I am going to call this a fail as I think I could possibly have made it work with outdoor swimming and the pool in my back garden despite Covid closing the pools.
Q1 45 miles. - Actual 32.5 (and only 10 days of that is down to Covid pool closures).
Swim under 6:15 minutes for 400m.
Swim under 11:45 minutes for 750m.
Swim under 25:30 minutes for 1,500m.
Ride 1,500 miles. - Actual 1,639 miles
Q1 400 miles. - Actual 402.3 miles
Run 750 miles. - Actual 1,559.4 miles. WTF?!
Q1 200 miles - Actual 374.3 miles. WTF?!
Run a 5k in under 20 mins or 10k in under 43 mins. - 10k in 42:06 (Scottish Champs virtual 10k). [Fastest 5k was 20:15 in another virtual race].
'Run my age' for 10k. - I did 3 more virtual 10k events under my age.
'Run my age' for 10k. - I did 3 more virtual 10k events under my age.
>52 Yoga sessions - Actual 26.
>52 Stretching and rollering sessions. - Actual 48.
>40 Core sessions. - Actual 43.
>40 Weights sessions. - Actual 41.
>50 Run reps or ‘fast’ sessions. - I was on course for this for a long time but it got away during Q4.
<50 ‘Junk’ swim session. - Technically I made this, but not taking credit as so many sessions that were lost could easily have become junk.
Stretch Targets
Qualify for the GBR Age-group team for a 2021 European Championships. - Got a rollover place from 2020.
Qualify for the GBR Age-group team for a 2021 World Championships.
Medal at the Scottish Aquathlon Champs. - Event cancelled
Finish top-20 at World Aquathlon Champs. - Event cancelled.
Swim 157.5 miles. - I am going to call this a fail as I think I could possibly have made it work with outdoor swimming and the pool in my back garden despite Covid closing the pools.
Swim under 6:00 minutes for 400m. - No races.
Swim under 11:30 minutes for 750m. - No races.
Swim under 24:59 for 1,500m. - No races.
Ride 1,575 miles. - Actual 1,639 miles.
Run 787.5 miles. - Actual 1,559.4 miles. WTF?!
Run a 5k in under 19:20 or 10k in under 40 mins.
Run another 5k in under 19:40 or 10k in under 42 mins.
>78 Yoga sessions
>78 Stretching and rollering sessions.
>52 Core sessions.
>52 Weights sessions.
Rambling
So basically it has been a bit of a crap year on the whole.
My Dad died.
My 100 year old granny broke her hip and then has been put into a care home where I haven't been able to visit her for months.
Covid happened.
I got a job I have been chasing for years and between Covid, and them being absolutely incompetent, and stuck in their terrible systems, I only lasted 3 months.
All my races were cancelled.
Focusing on the positives;
I have a new girlfriend. She is awesome, and so is her kid.
I did run an absolute shit-ton of miles. (1,559 miles / 2,509km).
I got another job, that I don't hate. They are also bordering on incompetent, but at least they are listening and learning and trying to improve when I tell them things.
I have been going regularly to spinning classes which is definitely improving my bike fitness.
I managed to get selected for two more International events in 2021.
There isn't really much more to add about 2020. I could write a whole essay about the running numbers and what running every day for a leap year did for me. But it would mostly be about what it didn't do for me. I am no fitter, no lighter, no stronger, mostly I am just more fatigued and constantly in pain from my never-healing ankle and my degrading hip.
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