Monday, 23 March 2015

Training Review - Week 12 - March 16 to 22


Monday morning I started with a yoga session before my CV webinar. Then I went out to do my reps session. I changed to slightly longer reps this week, but still only did 6 of them, and at a more steady pace. Since I hadn't done too much damage I took a longer route back to get a couple of extra miles in. 

I went to the swim session with TPT but it had an option in it to do 2 or 3 sets. By the end of set two I was starting to cramp up so I called it a day. Leaves me slightly short of swim miles for the week, but I am still a mile ahead for the year. 

Tuesday I took my road bike out for a quick 10-mile loop around Dyce. I plan to repeat this loop regularly through the summer as a test. in hindsight I should have worn my heart rate monitor for future comparison. 

Wednesday we got Dexter for a holiday so I took him out for a steady run along the railway line. My legs were feeling pretty stiff from the last few days which have probably been a bit over the top in terms of volume and intensity. 

Thursday I had a longer ride planned with a friend who had holidays to use up. Her plan was to do 50 miles, so I took that as an opportunity to do an even longer ride and get a score in for Strava's March 100km challenge. We took it fairly easily and put in a half-hour cake stop so it took close to 5 hours for the 62 miles. I was struggling a bit by the end but I put that down to the distance, in hindsight it may have been that I was already carrying a bug.

By Thursday evening I was having trouble with a blocked nose and a headache and on Friday I woke up with a full-blown head cold. I did a quick stretching session and then went out for a jog around the block with Dexter during the eclipse. Didn't see much as it was too cloudy.

In the afternoon I went to see Insurgent.

Saturday I let common sense and my cold win over and had a rest day. I am way ahead of my mile targets for the week so I can afford to have a whole rest weekend if I don't feel any better tomorrow. 

Sunday I decided the cold still hadn't cleared enough to train over. The pissing rain may also have influenced that decision. I did take the opportunity to do almost all of the other missing sessions from earlier in the week though. 

Not a bad week altogether. Plenty of running and biking despite losing two days to a nasty cold.


Target totals - Swim 1.4 miles. Bike 50 miles. Run 13 miles. 2 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 60 mins of yoga.


Monday - Yoga session
Reps session 5.7 miles in 48 mins.
Swim with TPT 1.2 miles (1,800m) in 48 mins.

Tuesday - Bike 10 miles in 35 mins.

Wednesday - Run 6.6 miles in 1 hour

Thursday - Gran Fondo 100km bike ride. 62.7 in 4 hours 51 (including 30 min cake stop).

Friday - Stretching session.
Jog around Dyce 3.3 miles in 31 mins.

Saturday - Rest day.

Sunday - Light weights session.
Core session.
Yoga session 45 mins.
Stretching session.

Actuals - Swim 1.2 miles (1,800m). Bike 72.7 miles. Run 15.6 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 70 mins of yoga.




Cumulative (Cumulative target)
S 17.4 (16.4), B 679.3 (630.0), R 169.0 (165.1). 

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