Monday, 27 February 2017

Training Review - Week 8 - Feb 20 to 26

The first two commutes of the week I took fairly easy but the weather has improved enough that I am now in to my summer gloves and even shorts and sunglasses for the ride home. 

Swimming was utterly terrible. I didn't even make it half way through the warm-up before my shoulder was giving me trouble. From there I only managed to paddle up and down doing alternate breast stroke and front crawl while trying to stay out of everyone else's way for the rest of the session.

Tuesday I took a seemingly easy run in to work and ended up clocking a surprisingly fast time for the conditions.

Wednesday I took commutes on the road bike again but this time wind assisted on the way in and a headwind on the way home. 

My swim session was much better than Monday. I did 10x100m on 2 min starts again and managed to keep them 1:33 average and a more consistent 1:31-1:36.

Thursday I took a very slow run in to work and it seems like I have picked up a bug of some sort. It is probably just a cold but it was enough to affect my breathing on the run in.

Friday I had a holiday as I try to use up carry over days from last year. The cold was bugging me but I did my stretching and half a yoga session before jogging to the pool for an easy swim session.

Saturday started with a swim at bucksburn. 5 x 200m reps with 60 sec recovery. Average 3:26 despite the shoulder and the cold. But then the bug got hold and after coughing my way through a cinema trip I crashed out on the sofa and sniffled my way through the rest of the weekend. 

Missing Inverurie Duathlon wasn't a huge blow as I had never had it in my plan and I only considered it as a potential training day. The cold I had at the end of the week has affected my plan though, and shows again why I can't just leave a load of smaller sessions to Sunday. I also failed to take the opportunity of my day off to put in a faster run session. On Friday I decided I could take the easy runs to the pool and I would get my faster runs at Inverurie and ended up missing the opportunity. I also missed out on my bike target, and barely made my running target. I struggled to swim properly in 2 out of 4 sessions as well. 

Target totals - Swim 3.0 miles. Bike 30.0 miles. Run 18.0 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 30 mins of yoga.

Monday - Commute ride to office 7.1 miles in 31 mins.

Commute ride from office 7.1 miles in 41 mins.

Swim with TPT 1,900 m in 55 mins.

Tuesday - Commute run 6.9 miles in 59 mins. 


Wednesday - 
Commute ride to office 7.1 miles in 29 mins.
Commute ride from office 7.1 miles in 40 mins.
Swim at bucksburn 1,200m in 26 mins.

Thursday - 
Commute run 7.0 miles in 65 mins. 
 
Friday - Yoga session 10mins.

Stretching and rollering session.
Run to bucksburn 2.5 miles in 23 mins.
Swim 1,500m in 35 mins.
Run from bucksburn 2.5 miles in 22mins.

Saturday - Swim at bucksburn 1,600m in 51 mins. 


Sunday - Sick day.

Actuals - Swim 3.9 miles (6,200 m). Bike 28.4 miles. Run 18.9 miles. 0 short core, 0 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 10 mins of yoga. 

Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 27.0 (23.0) [26.5], 

B 303.0 (230.0) [276.0], 
R 187.9 (149.0) [168.4].

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