On the Couch

So, I'm sitting here stewing on the couch, and all I can think about is training. I guess one (and the only) good thing about being broken is that I'm more likely to buckle down to my training plan when I'm whole again. I've rewritten my plan to take my downtime into consideration. Lots of turbo work (which I normally hate) in the next few weeks and then it'll be running, cycling and weights/flexibility work three times a week (each). This is quite a lot of training but I think I should be able to manage ok. I've also written a first draft of my plan for next year. It's pretty busy - I'm not sure if I'll do all of the main events I want to get done but I'm aiming big. My season looks like this right now:

New Year Triathlon (on New Year's Day in Edinburgh)
A spring marathon (London if I can get in or Paris maybe)
Ironman 70.3 UK
L'Etape (a mountainous stage of the Tour de France, probably in the Pyrenees next year)
The Helvellyn Triathlon (perhaps equivalent to a half ironman)
An autumn marathon (maybe Snowdonia or Loch Ness again)

A big year! Maybe it's over ambitious but since in all of the events that I want to participate in, I only have to complete rather than race, I only really have to work on endurance and economy. I think the swimming is going to be an issue, so I'll have to come up with a plan to (vastly) improve my technique.