Tuesday I was exhausted after work and the wind and cold were enough to stop me going out for my run. I did eventually drag myself onto the treadmill just so I had done something and to make the rest of the week possible without having to put in a massive run somewhere.
Wednesday it suddenly clicked with me that I had forgotten to plan for racing on Saturday. This means that Tuesday's light jog on the treadmill is potentially going to give me a problem towards the end of the week. But I figured I would be fine because I had booked a later massage appointment than usual so I could spend about 90mins on the gym bike and get far enough ahead of my bike target that I could trade out a session next week if I had to. About 20mins into pedalling my masseuse called and asked if I could come earlier as she had a cancellation. I decided that might actually suit me better so I cut my bike session to just 45mins and went off to get prodded.
Thursday I was feeling pretty terrible. I decided to skip my run in favour of doing some bike upgrades on my road bike and maintenance on my friend's mountain bike. I did get on the treadmill, but only at walking pace to finish off my 10,000 steps for the day. This does mean that unless I do something completely radical I am going to miss my run target this week.
Friday was cinema night so I didn't have time to fit anything in. Was probably a good plan to rest up before racing on Saturday as well. I did do a little bit of stretching.
Saturday I went to Forres to run the North District Cross Country League race. That will get a report to itself, here. Then I got back to find that Sunday's long ride is cancelled. This is going to turn out to be a good thing though as it allows me to be more flexible about Sunday and I can at least adapt it to catch up on the missed run from this week and possibly still get all my bike miles by running to the gym rather than just getting even further ahead of my bike plan.
Sunday I decided to try and make back a lot of my lost miles from earlier in the week. Probably wasn't particularly smart to try and put in a big double session the day after racing but I wanted to make up for some of the losses earlier in the week. I jogged to the gym and then sat on the exercise bike for just over 30 miles.
The end of the week numbers don't look too bad but they are masking a major hole in the middle. Tuesday I did half a session, Wednesday I cut short, Thursday I skipped entirely. I can't afford to be taking those sort of losses early in the week and just make them up in big weekends. I also gave up all of the advantage I had built up on my bike miles, and more.
Target totals - Swim 1.4 miles. Bike 60 miles. Run 15 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 20 mins of yoga.
Monday - Swim with TPT 2,350m in 53 mins.
Tuesday - Treadmill 2.4 miles in 24 mins.
Wednesday - Gym bike 14.4 miles in 45 mins.
Massage
Friday - Rest day
Saturday - NDXCL Forres - 5.9miles in 52 mins
Warm up - 1.4 miles in 14mins.
Sunday - Run to Gym 5.8 miles in 55 mins
Gym bike 30.6 miles in 1hr 46 mins.
Actuals - Swim 1.4 miles (2,350m). Bike 45.0 miles. Run 15.5 miles. short core, short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. mins of yoga.
Cumulative (Cumulative target)
S 3.8 (3.6) , B 151.5 (154.3), R 40.6 (38.6).
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