Jessica Bray is a secondary school triathlete building her skills, fitness and experience. This is her story.
This week I attended a school camp on an island as a leader for the younger year groups, this camp already had some high physical activities and lots of movement but I knew that I needed to try get my scheduled runs in if I wanted to stay consistent with my training and being my best for my race in the next 2 weeks.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 35] – Camp Leader
Over the past 2 weeks I have been training the majority of days leading up to a assessment and first aid course to become a fully qualified pool lifeguard, this training required both in and out of water training consisting different rescue techniques and tows, pool and facility maintenance and lots of reading on safety and procedures.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 34] – When Magpies Attack
I’m now in the month of my next race, and I am already feeling like a stronger and faster running from the increase in pace and power I have been using in the past 2 weeks. The pace at first felt less sustainable for a long period of time as I was so used to the old pace, but with the consistent use of the pace it has allowed my body to adapt and feel more efficient at the new pace.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 33] – Train the Gains
This week was the start of my new training block. Back from my foot recovery, new training zones and new shoes.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 32] – New Shoes and New Training Zones
This week has been different to usual as I wasn’t running as I had gained a foot injury the day after my recent 5km time trial. I made sure to look after it as I knew if I keep pushing through I wouldn’t heal as fast making it worse in the long run.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 31] – Qwik Recovery
This week I had just come off a solid week of training and continuing into another. I had a 5km time trial to complete, going into the run I didn’t know what to expect as I haven’t really done a specific time trial for the 5km distance, and didn’t know where I thought my levels were at from them dropping sightly in previous weeks.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 30] – Fast then Blast
This week I got my restricted driving license, this is going to give me much more freedom with my training as I will be able to travel to different areas to train and be able to go when the time suits me.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 29] – Driven
Moving into training that is focused on running and using biking and swimming as cross training, I am now working towards 2 events one at the end of October and one at the start of December.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 28] – Race Plans
This week I decided to change my focus of training from overall triathlon and am trying a focus on running with cross trainings of swimming and cycling.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 27] – Change of Direction
Every week I have a football game on Saturdays but this week I had to play 2 as my sisters team needed a extra player, doing this meant that both days of the weekend where taken which is when my long trainings are planned for, this makes it difficult to try fit in as many as possible to get the best results out of it.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 27] – Big Weekend of Football