On 15th May 2009, Steve Haywood will be competing solo in the
Enduroman Deca Iron UK. A 24 mile swim, followed by 1120 mile bike ride
along the rugged coastal roads from Fowey to Lands End in Cornwall, then
a 262 mile run along the extremely demanding and undulating South West
Coast path. Follow Steve's training blog along his journey to be the first person in history complete
the 'Toughest Deca on the Planet!

This has been a great week for training.  Over the last 7 days and over the next 6 days, I am covering over one sixth of the Deca's distances using the same format of: 1 day swim, 6 days bike and 6 days run.  Last week was my first bike week.  It wasn't so much the distance I was training for,  but the times of day I have been training.  Up at 5am, on top of my bike for 5.15am.  A full day's work then bike back home.  The distances each day were a quarter of what I will be doing each day come the actual event, and I started the week off with a 6.4K swim (also 1/6th of the Deca).

I managed to get a rest day in on Friday (which involved driving 160 miles to Dorset), then it was out on the bike again Saturday and Sunday.  I had a great ride on Saturday morning.  Joining a local club is great way of discovering new routes and meeting other triathletes.  I haven't got a clue about the local area yet so it was good to sit in a group and watch the world go by.  Having to navigate around wild horses and bulls was very different to the streets of Birmingham, although navigating around robbers and drug addicts does increase your speed!  I joined 'Zoom Tri', the local Tri club to Christchurch so I may pop down to one of their swim sessions next weekend.