Monday I took the train to work with the plan to ride home in the evening on the winter bike that I left at work on Friday. That all looked to be going well until I reached Westburn Park and found that while the pedals spun, and the chain rolled and the sprockets turned, for some reason the rear wheel didn't feel that it needed to be part of the general attitude of 'moving'.
A quick inspection at the roadside led to it being diagnosed as a rear ratchet issue which was going to require a complete rear wheel service rather than anything I could fix at the roadside. Somewhat more frustratingly, this would be the day that the Mrs had decided to go to the pub so couldn't come to rescue me. So I had to walk a mile in my cycling shoes to leave the bike at my granny's house and to get a taxi home from there.
In the evening I went to swimming but had terrible problems with cramp. My warm-up was patchy and the main session I had to keep stopping to try and stretch. Nothing I tried made any difference and I eventually had to give up.
Tuesday I took my summer bike to work and back through some horrible rain. Fortunately the TT I was meant to be marshalling at was cancelled so I avoided a 20-mile detour and 2 hours or so of standing in the rain. A week after my holiday I have still not managed to settle in to my normal routine. My sleeping pattern is still affected and I can't seem to get back in to my training plan properly.
Wednesday morning promised to be a wet but hugely wind-assisted jog to work. The predicted storm seemed to blow itself out through the night and it was actually dry and just lightly breezy instead. My calf strain has still not healed completely and that resulted in a slight imbalance on my run and a whole set of new problems as my hamstring, hip flexors, and back all tightened up to try and protect my calf. It wasn't actually painful at jogging pace though.
In the evening I went to bucksburn with a plan to swim 4x400m. Towards the end of my first rep a breast-stroker decided to move in to the fast lane and hold us all up. I managed to work around her for most of my second rep but then emboldened by her behaviour another paddler moved up after my second rep and that meant there was no way to get more than 2 lengths at a time without running in to an obstacle. I gave up my plan and just did a bit of a warm-down to get me to 1,000m.
Thursday I cycled to the office in beautiful sunshine, and 4 degree temperatures. Then in the afternoon had to ride home in a horrendous rain storm. Once I thawed out and had some dinner I did some stretching and rollering in the evening. The problem with my calf is still there but the roller was enough to clear out the hamstring and hip tightness. I am at least managing to get back into a bit more of a settled training regime again.
Friday I took another leisurely jog to work. The calf problem is definitely easing but still too slowly.
Saturday morning I took a jog to the pool, it was very slow and once I was there I had no intent for a swim session so I just paddled up and down for half an hour. The jog back was even worse. I stopped a couple of times to walk and try to ease of some of the stiffness that is back on my right side. I then spent the afternoon curled up on the sofa with a massive headache.
Sunday I still had a headache in the morning. I managed a bit of yoga before lunch and then went for a bit of a walk before crashing out on the sofa to watch the Leeds triathlon in the afternoon. Reminded me once again that draft-legal triathlon racing is terrible. I did also get a chance to do some assessment of my winter bike rear wheel to see if it was salvageable after Monday's drive issues.
In the evening I did a short weights session and a core session just to tick off some numbers.
I have still not settled back in to training properly after my holiday. Most of the planned sessions were at least partly there this week but I don't think there was a single good session amongst them. There are a few weeks from now until race season really starts in earnest. Hopefully I can settle back in this week and then have a couple of good weeks training before I have to start reshuffling each week around races.
Through 70 swim miles. In my best previous year that was an end-of-August number.
Target totals - Swim 2.0 miles. Bike 56.0 miles. Run 14.0 miles.
1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 30 mins of yoga.
Monday - Commute ride (or part thereof) 1.7 miles in 11 mins.
Swim with TPT (or part thereof) 850m in 40 mins.
Tuesday - Commute ride to office 7.1 miles in 33 mins.
Commute ride to office 7.0 miles in 38 mins.
Wednesday - Commute run 6.9 miles in 62 mins.
Swim at bucksburn 1,000m in 21 mins.
Thursday - Commute ride to office 7.1 miles in 29 mins.
Commute ride from office 7.0 miles in 34 mins.
Stretching and rollering session.
Commute ride from office 7.0 miles in 34 mins.
Stretching and rollering session.
Friday - Commute run 6.9 miles in 62 mins.
Saturday - Jog to pool 2.5 miles in 24 mins.
Swim 1,500m in 30 mins.
Jog from pool 2.5 miles in 35 mins.
Sunday - Yoga session 17 mins.
Light weights session.
Core session.
Actuals - Swim 2.1 miles (3,350 m). Bike 29.9 miles. Run 18.8 miles.
1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 17 mins of yoga.
Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 70.0 (67.0) [77.1],
B 880.4 (708.0) [849.6],
R 450.5 (403.0) [455.4].
Saturday - Jog to pool 2.5 miles in 24 mins.
Swim 1,500m in 30 mins.
Jog from pool 2.5 miles in 35 mins.
Sunday - Yoga session 17 mins.
Light weights session.
Core session.
Actuals - Swim 2.1 miles (3,350 m). Bike 29.9 miles. Run 18.8 miles.
1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 17 mins of yoga.
Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 70.0 (67.0) [77.1],
B 880.4 (708.0) [849.6],
R 450.5 (403.0) [455.4].
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