Training Plan - Week 8 - Feb 18 to 24

This is my last week of planned long run miles. From next week I cut the targets so that I can aim for fewer but faster run sessions. 

However this week I also have a mess of commutes as I have to take the car in to work twice. At least one of those is so I can go to the hospital and get a check-in and some x-rays on my ankle to confirm progress. 

 I am not going to chase the missing sessions from last week. As the targets drop in the near future the run number will almost certainly come back to me. I am still in my swimming target window and high on bike miles. It would be good to pick up some of the other sessions but I don't want to just binge them all in to one week so I will try and take them gradually over the next month.

 I have kept my run target pace at 7:40 since I missed so much running last week and didn't even attempt a fast session.
Targets - Swim 3.0 miles, Bike 36.0 miles, Run 17.0 miles.
Stretching session x1, Core session x1, Weights session x1.

Yoga session x2.

Fast run target 7:40 / mile.

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