{"id":1846,"date":"2015-10-01T15:41:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T04:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2015-10-03T17:26:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T06:26:56","slug":"nine-more-sleeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/nine-more-sleeps\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine more sleeps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 1st October here and the Road to Kona is getting shorter and shorter as the Ironman World Championships approach. I just wanted to check in and give you a quick update on how my preparations for the World Champs are going.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the rundown:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physically, I\u2019m feeling good! Definitely fitter than I was at the same time last year. The fact that I haven\u2019t done as many IMs as I had to do last year has certainly helped &#8211; physically and mentally I\u2019m much fresher this time around. I\u2019m feeling at the top of my game.<\/li>\n<li>Well and truly on the taper now after a big final week. Hit all my key sessions and they all felt good. The last build run felt very smooth. I guess the thing is that when you do big sessions like that and back up from them okay, you know you\u2019re doing alright. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/400216309\">180km on the bike last Saturday<\/a>\u2026 it was good to get that last long ride out of the way.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve been back in Port Macquarie for the last few days, which always feels comfortable and it\u2019s nice to be enjoying Mum\u2019s cooking!<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s one day before I jump on the plane for Hawaii and I\u2019ve been doing my least favourite activity &#8211; getting organised to travel. Still it\u2019s got to be done and even that, in it\u2019s own way, is part of the mental preparation for Kona.<\/li>\n<li>After the exploratory expedition to Kona last year, I\u2019ve got a pretty good idea of how things work there. I\u2019m looking forward to the vibe, meeting the fans and doing some work with my sponsor Giant as they release the new bike. Exciting stuff!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ll keep you posted as the last week unfolds and make sure you keep an eye out for a great article from my Strength &amp; Conditioning coach, Kriss Hendy, which is coming up on the website soon.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it from me\u2026 next stop, Kona! In the meantime, as they say on the Big Island, \u201cMahalo!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Tim<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PS. If you haven&#8217;t already done so,\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/subscribe\/\">sign up now<\/a>\u00a0for some great little insights delivered free into your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[253,276],"tags":[323],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1846"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1860,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions\/1860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}