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Last time I checked into a Bexters blog, I was more or less lamenting at the state of competitive sport under new COVID lockdowns, but I was also at ease with the lack of training structure that the uncertainty provided. A lot has changed since then as the waves of the pandemic have eased or worsened, and we might definitely be in a ‘new normal’, but here I am in race week for only the 2nd full distance Ironman to take place in 2020, and first Ironman race post-global lockdowns. I honestly thought this week would never come, racing seemed...

COVID-19 has disrupted life as we know it, including the sports and athletic lifestyle we love. As a professional triathlete, I’m out of work for the time being. Events have been cancelled and training has become difficult, both practically and emotionally. As it became obvious how serious this pandemic was and continues to be, and events for the foreseeable future were called off, my motivation to train fell flat. Swimming pools were closed, squad environments banned; for some only safe and permitted options are indoor trainer and treadmill sessions. Fortunately in Australia, we can still move around outside pretty freely,...

I’ve given myself 5 weeks rest in between races. 4 weeks ago, I raced 70.3 World Champs in Nice, and in one week, I’ll start the Ironman World Champs in Kona Hawaii. By rest though, I don’t really mean actual rest. What I mean to say is, it’s a period where I train the hardest, I have all year to get ready for the toughest competition of the year. The rest past just means there’s no racing. Let’s label that ‘triathlete speak’…