IM70.3-MEL-2026 · ST KILDA, AU

Daily training journal — building toward IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne.

RACE START
2026-11-08 · 07:00 AEDT
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DAYS
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HOURS
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MINUTES
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SECONDS
SWIM
Port Phillip Bay, St Kilda
1.9km
BIKE
Beach Road · 2 laps
90km
RUN
Catani Gardens · half marathon
21.1km

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On mornings borrowed from last night

Another late night, another early morning.

Finished the family wedding last night, reached home at 12:30. Got up, I missed the 5 a.m. alarm today, so woke up at 5:30 a.m. Woke my daughter up, dropped her to school for her own swimming lesson.

I did another normal drills with the kickboard, with the pool boy, breathing exercises, single arm, and then freestyle smoke. There was no momentum today as I was a bit groggy due to lack of sleep, but I think the more in my head, everything is getting into my muscle memory. Eventually I'm hoping I will become a smooth swimmer, that is what the aim is.

Today was a rest day, so I converted the rest day to an active recovery swimming lesson day. No more exercises today, no more workouts today, just reaching. Came back home after the swim and had another hour of nap before heading to work.

I am so truly grateful for this goal that I have is pushing me, pushing me in my work, in my sleep, in my eating. Today's goal is just to take rest, eat clean, and sleep early.

Sahil Mehta triathlon training image from Sat Jun 27 2026 00:00:00 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
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RUN · 21.13km ↗

Training log

Training log — last 14 days

VOLUME · 14D
109.5km
-17%
DURATION · 14D
13:58hrs
ROLLING
STREAK
7days
ACTIVE
WEEKLY VOLUME · 12W SWIM 5.3km BIKE 63km RUN 41km
W-11W-10W-09W-08W-07W-06W-05W-04W-03W-02W-01THIS

Why I'm doing this

I am not training to finish my race in November. I am training to be the best version of myself.

This is a public ledger. Every workout — the good, the boring, the ones I would rather not remember — gets logged here automatically from Strava. No filtering. No retroactive story arc.

I am 40-something, working a real job, training around it. The interesting stuff is not the race day. It is the ordinary morning before work. The lap before the rhythm clicks. The kilometre where the mind stops narrating and the body just gets on with it.

Melbourne is the deadline. Showing up is the point.

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