Training Review - Week 51 - Dec 14 to 20

Monday I considered skipping swimming. After bailing out on so many swim sessions lately I want to get out of that habit. I either have to finish this session or skip it completely and just go to Bucksburn for an easy swim myself. I decided to go with the club session and take it carefully and aim to finish. About half way through I was feeling really good and managed to push on and clock some decent times on the faster reps. Only one club swim session left this year, and only half a mile to go to break through the 100 miles in a year. 

Tuesday I went for an easy run round Dyce in the rain. I accidentally turned this into a progression run by chopping 20 seconds off the pace each mile. 

Wednesday the club training session was cancelled so I went out for a run on my own. Having had my flu jab during the day and with a bit of a toothache I decided to just cruise round a steady run to bring my miles up to a point where a weekend run can finish out my 15 for the week. 

Thursday was meant to be spin class, but the gym I have been going to has revamped their programme so that is now spin and tone class. This meant half a spin session and half a circuit session. Which actually suits me fine since I have let go of the bike numbers. I am going to claim 5 miles against the 20 minutes on the spin bike. Mainly because that leaves me still a couple of miles short of my longest bike year ever so I still have to go out again on the bike before the end of the year. I am going to claim the circuit session against weights and core.

Friday was a rest day and a trip to the new Star Wars movie.

Saturday I went out for a long easy run, purely with the intention of getting past this weeks 15 miles and my annual 800 miles. I went out the old railway line, past another set of the AWPR roadworks and a new detour from the original path. It was a slog to even trudge along on tired legs but I managed to survive it. I did a very short yoga session in the evening. 

Sunday I went out for  the Kintore Sunday ride. I was really empty and struggling in parts but managed to get round 31 miles in 2 hours. 

Sunday's ride takes me past last year's 2230 miles and while I am behind my cycling targets I have passed my longest cycling year ever. Running ticked through 800 miles for the first time ever. I didn't get to 100 swimming miles yet as I couldn't fit in a second swim this week. Monday night will clear that one up, if the dentist doesn't do anything that prevents me from swimming. 

Target totals - Swim 1.5 miles. Bike 55.0 miles. Run 15.0 miles. 2 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 30 mins of yoga.

Monday - TPT Swim 2,150m in 57 mins.

Tuesday - Easy run 4.0 miles in 30 mins. 

Wednesday - Dyce park loops plus 4.6 miles in 37 mins.

Thursday - Spin and tone class. 5 miles in 20 mins, plus core and weights. 

Friday - Rest day

Saturday - Long run 6.6 miles in 61 mins.
Yoga session 10 mins. 

Sunday - Kintore Sunday Lite ride 31.1 miles in 2 hrs 01 mins.


Actuals - Swim 1.3 miles (2,150 m). Bike 36.1 miles. Run 15.2 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 10 mins of yoga.

Cumulative (Original cumulative target) [New cumulative target]
S 99.5  (90.2)  [95.9], 
B 2154.3  (2182.9)  [2375.0],
R 802.0  (665.1)  [753.2].