Posts Tagged ‘Swiss Ironman’

Stephen is a client that I have been working with for sometime. He is an active and talented runner, cyclist and adventure sports enthusiast. We have focused primarily on injury prevention by using a variety of massage techniques to compliment his intense training. This year his main goal is the imposing challenge of completing his first Ironman event, the Swiss Ironman in July. We met at the start of the year to discuss a preventative treatment plan that would support the increased and varied endurance training he has planned to support his sub-10 hour goal. To achieve this he is leaving no stone unturned, having undergone various physical assessment tests and working to an individually tailored training plan to work around his work and personal commitments.

He has recognised he needs to maintain the ‘tools’ of his ambition (ie his body) and we agreed a 6-month contract at a discounted rate. This consists a bi-weekly treatment plan that fits in with his rest days or supports particularly intense training weeks. Further to the fixed appointments is the flexibility to add in extra dates so that we can respond to any injury or strain at the same discounted price.

Just a quick note of congratulations to Stephen and Paula [I do have to declare a very close personal interest in Paula - we are married!] who I have worked with and continue to do so through a programme of regular maintenance and injury prevention. They both successfully completed the Leith Hill Half Marathon http://www.trionium.com/  and achieved personal best times for the off-road, hilly event. Although for Stephen that was a little easy – he had never run it before!

I can directly vouch for how well they both ran as Paula had persuaded me to join them. It is an excellent event, very tough.

Both Stephen and Paula have a number of targets for the forthcoming year: for Paula the London Marathon in April and the Atlantic Coast Challenge (3 marathons in 3 days) http://www.votwo.co.uk/votwo2007/events-and-adventure/race_view.php?i=73 at the end of September 2009.

Stephen is building for the Swiss Ironman http://ironman.com/events/ironman/switzerland event in July and we have put together a specific package for him that compliments his training programme.