Another decent swim session. Struggled a bit with the pace this week, but pretty sure that the toll of a heavy January is still adding up to cause that.
Or not.
I have the flu. And a particularly bad dose at that. Resting heart rate is about double what it should be, not managing to sleep more than a couple of hours a night and struggling to breathe. I am aching everywhere, even my eyelids hurt.
The last time I had 4 days in a row completely off training was October 2012. And since I was less than 3 weeks out of surgery for a broken collar bone, I had a decent excuse for that. The flu this week has been completely debilitating.
I have an app, Pactapp, which effectively pays me 15-20p a day for training. The deal is that I predict how many days in the coming week that I am going to manage to train for at least 30 mins or do 10,000 steps. The flip side of that being that if I fail to meet my target I get a £12 penalty for each day missed. I automatically sign it up for 6 days a week (just in case I have a completely lazy rest day) and then pretty much forget about it. This week that app has been an absolute nightmare.
Tuesday it took me two attempts walking on the treadmill to get to my 10,000 steps. Wednesday I didn't get anywhere close. So having failed that day I had to score on every remaining day. Thursday afternoon a walk round to Asda and a detour home just got me over the 30 minute counter. Friday the same trick of taking a walk to Asda for 30 minutes. Saturday I thought I might manage to get up and go for a jog, but after managing the getting up part of that plan I had to resort to the Asda trick yet again.
Sunday I decided to try and jog/run round Dyce just to see how I felt. First mile I was coughing, sneezing, snorting, waddling... and it just went downhill from there. By mile 2 it felt like someone was sandpapering the inside of my throat and hitting my lungs with a hammer. And by the end of mile 3 I was reduced to walking home. I was definitely not quite ready to be back out.
So this week has been an all round disaster.
Target totals - Swim 1.4 miles. Bike 50 miles. Run 14 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 20 mins of yoga.
Monday - Swim with TPT 2,150m in 60 mins.
Tuesday - Sick
Wednesday - Very sick
Friday - Very sick
Saturday - Mildly sick
Sunday - Jog 3.0 miles in 32mins.
Actuals - Swim 1.3 miles (2,150m). Bike miles. Run 3.0 miles. short core, short light weights and short stretching sessions. mins of yoga.
Cumulative (Cumulative target)
S 7.5 (7.8) , B 280.4 (322.9), R 70.1 (82.4).
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