January and February are always the hardest training months to endure , during preparation for the international season triathlon . Normally the season starts in the month of March.

November and December are usually the month’s when I train my technical skills as if in January and February I turn in to increasing volumes of intense training.

During the preparation stage I decided to make only one altitude training in January in Font-Romeu (France). I always respond positively to the altitude and during this training I appeased my mileage for the following 3 weeks .
The social isolation is sometimes hard, however by meeting other athletes during the preparation stage it mitigates the burden.
All went well in the following 3 weeks , and what I saw was a lot of snow and sun. After this stage it was time to go back home .

After a few days I left again for two weeks towards sunny Spain with my regular training group and coach. I’ve trained hard the first week and the presence of my training partners makes the intense workouts even a lot harder. But for the long bike stages it’s very helpful to crawl into the wheel of somebody else and sit out of the wind…

At the moment it is still unclear for me whether I will be on the list for the World Triathlon Series race in Abu Dhabi on 5th March but certainly you can see my at the start of the World Cup in Mooloolaba (Australia) on the 12th of March.
Sincerely I hope to be able to test my condition in one of those races.

Kind regards,
Simon