Training Review - Week 46 - Nov 13 to 19

Monday I woke with a horrible pain in my neck and no ability to look to the right. That made for an interesting pair of commutes as every manoeuvre required a compete sit up and a big body twist in order to look behind me for traffic. Some hefty doses of ibuprofen made little difference but were enough to get me through work.

I hated the completely pointless planned swim session, so I ignored it and just fitted in a recovery session around it. Not being able to breathe properly to my right side, and not at all to my left side did not make for much recovering. I will need to structure my other swims this week to ensure I get something useful out of them. 

Tuesday I had another terrible run to work. 

Wednesday and Thursday commutes were no better. I dragged myself to the pool on Thursday evening with a plan to simply pile on the miles with a 45-minute steady swim. That was going fine, but not fantastically, until I turned at 1-mile and 30 minutes and my goggles decided to spontaneously split down the middle. 

The pain in my neck is not improving. 

Friday I had another holiday. I had to reshuffle the day to fit in an interview in the morning. That meant moving my run until after a lunchtime swim. For my swim I went for a set of 10 x 200m reps starting every 4:30. Another session of solid, consistent but not spectacular swimming. Averaging about 3:30 each and getting a minute recovery each. That is a chunk slower than my 200m reps from earlier in the year (3:10s-3:18s) but I was only doing 5 or 6 reps in those sessions rather than a block of 10.

In the afternoon I went to Kirkhill for what I had planned as an easy 4 mile jog. Instead it turned into 6 miles of exploring the mud at a decent pace. 

Saturday I dragged myself to the pool again in the morning but the tank was empty and everything was aching. I paddled up and down doing every third 50m as breast stroke for about 20 minutes. In the afternoon I dragged myself out for a jog round the block and some pokemon. When I got home I did a proper stretching session.

Sunday morning I went out with the Kintore beginners ride. The icy road conditions meant we settled on a slightly shorter and safer route than planned. Still managed a solid ride and a bit quicker than previous weeks.

A big chunk out of my swim stretch target, but it was hard work.


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 to office  7.1 miles in 31 mins.
Commute ride from office 7.1 miles in 38 mins.
Swim with TPT 1,400m in 51 mins. 

Tuesday - Commute run to office 6.9 miles in 75 mins.

Wednesday - Commute ride to office  7.1 miles in 32 mins.
Commute ride from office 7.1 miles in 42 mins.

Thursday - Commute ride to office  7.1 miles in 31 mins.
Commute ride from office 7.1 miles in 37 mins.
Swim at bucksburn 1,650m in 30 mins. 

Friday - Swim at bucksburn 2,100m in 47 mins. 
Run at Kirkhill 5.8 miles in 67 mins.

Saturday - Swim at bucksburn 1,050m in 21 mins.
Jog 2.8 miles in 35 mins.
Stretching and rollering.

Sunday - Kintore Sunday Beginners 24.3 miles in 1 hour 42 mins. 


Actuals - Swim 3.9 miles (6,300m). Bike 66.9 miles. Run 15.5 miles. 
0 short core, 0 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 0 mins of yoga.

Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 122.3 (113.0) [130.0], 
B 2,237.6 (1,996.0) [2,395.2], 
R 766.9 (725.0) [819.3].