Tuesday was Deeside 10-mile Time Trial. I did some yoga in the morning, then we went out to Haddo House for a walk and some lunch. I had a very lazy nap in the afternoon and then did some rollering and stretching and got changed into my aero gear. I will write a separate, but short, report for it.
Wednesday I had an appointment in town in the morning so I didn't get a chance to get a session in until the afternoon. I managed a short and easy run before heading out to Knockburn. The loch is still too cold to be really comfortable but I did manage to stay in for a third lap this week. Slightly slower laps than last week but considering the extra lap distance I will take that.
Thursday I did a light weights session and a core session in the morning. Then had a lazy afternoon catching up on studying before going out in the evening with the Kintore Thursday group. I warmed up comfortably enough but half way round our first lap of a planned six I thought someone behind me was pulling on my jersey. It was honestly like I was suddenly towing someone. I dropped right off the group and was struggling so bad I even started looking around to check I didn't have a puncture or stuck brakes or some similar mechanical. No such luck, just empty legs from doing too much this week.
Friday my legs were still pretty empty. I let common sense take over and decided to have a proper rest day. A bit of gentle stretching in the morning and then nothing else. Then I worked out the maths that I would have to do over 9 miles in an already busy Saturday and then a long ride on Sunday. So I decided to go out and do half of those miles. Then once I was out and running I realised that if I only did half I still wouldn't be getting a rest day in anywhere, so I should go to 6 and then a really easy 3 on Saturday will be as good as a rest. But by the time I got to the turn point at 3 miles I was actually feeling quite good so I decided just to do the whole 9 miles and then I can have a proper not-training Saturday. This also had a bonus effect of being my longest run of the year so far and picking up the pace near the end gave me a bit of a confidence boost before trying to run 14 miles at Ming the Merciless next weekend.
Saturday, I stuck with the plan for a non-training day, but still it was busy enough. I did some yoga in the morning to try and ease off some aches.
Sunday I couldn't make it out for the group ride because of problems with my car. And the weather was much too crap to go for a reasonable distance solo. I did drag myself out for a very slow run loop round the block.
Another solid but uninspiring week. Struggled a bit with recovery, not helped by squeezing in so many races recently. They are a bit more spaced out over the next few weeks so hopefully a bit more chance to recover between them. I should have doubled or even trebled my bike miles by getting out on Sunday and instead I was just a little bit over everything again.
Disappointed that I got to Friday on course for a being back to 8-9 hours of the three major sports and instead a poor weekend meant that I ended up with just over 6 again.
Target totals - Swim 2.4 miles. Bike 35.0 miles. Run 13.0 miles. 2 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 60 mins of yoga.
Monday - Swim with TPT 1,950m in 51mins.
Tuesday - Yoga 30 mins.
Stretching session.
Deeside 10-mile TT 27 mins.
Bike warm-up/down 3.5 miles in 14 mins.
Wednesday - Run 3.7 miles in 32 mins.
Swim 3 laps at Knockburn (2,130m) in 43 mins.
Core session.
Kintore Thursday 28.1 miles in 1 hr 53 mins.
Friday - Stretching session.
Long run 9.3 miles in 1 hour 18mins.
Saturday - Rest day
Yoga 20 mins
Sunday - Slow jog 3.4 miles in 31mins.
Yoga 13 mins.
Actuals - Swim 2.5 miles (4,080m). Bike 41.6 miles. Run 16.4 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 63 mins of yoga.
Cumulative (Cumulative target)
S 37.8 (34.8) , B
S 37.8 (34.8) , B 1143.8 (999.3), R 358.6 (295.1). Corrected.
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