Training Review - Week 20 - May 13 to 19
Monday was hard work. My legs are still very heavy from racing on Saturday and my sunburn is very painful. I took a pair of easy rides but the weight of my backpack was pretty intense on the burns. In the evening I went to swimming. The first 30 minutes or so was fine but beyond that I started to run in to a wall of fatigue and the pace dropped off.
Tuesday I did an easy ride in to the office and then an easy run home. Only neither were easy. It still feels like I am using someone else legs. That didn't improve when I went to the pool in the evening. I started a reps session, struggled through 4 x 50m and then bailed out for an easy recovery swim.
Wednesday I abandoned my plan to run to work and instead just jogged round to the train. I am still not in the shape to run two 7 milers for consecutive commutes. After work I went to see the Detective Pikachu movie before riding home. The lack of traffic on that ride took the best part of 3 minutes off the time.
Thursday I had to take the car to work and that almost turned in to a lazy day. When I got home at night I decided to clean up my mountain bike and do a mini service on it for the weekend. That turned in to a chunk of mechanical repair as I found a sheared bolt on my new front derailleur which should have been holding the cable in place. That meant a rushed trip to Evans for a new derailleur and then having to install it myself.
Having done so I figured it would be safer to test it on the short ride to the pool for my swim session rather than find out I had done something wrong whilst on the far side of Kirkhill.
Friday I had an easy jog to the train. With a heavy weekend ahead and some significant fatigue I knew I had to at least try and do something from the recovery list. I managed to spend 20 minutes on the roller.
Saturday morning I slept through my planned swim session. When I did get up the weather was terrible, but I had a planned mountain bike session to do so I headed out through the rain. Turns out my mechanical interventions on Thursday were imperfect and I had some minor shifting problems in the lower gears, but I got round safely and managed a good recce of the race course for later in the summer.
Knowing that we were out in the evening I decided to do my weights session in the afternoon.
Sunday I planned swimming and cycling in the morning but my depression was too bad. Seems an appropriate way to finish mental health week.
Mrs M has decided that we are not going to Romania for the European Chamionships. If I am not going to be racing then there is no point in training.
Targets - Swim 2.5 miles, Bike 36.0 miles, Run 11.0 miles.
Stretching session x2, Core session x1, Weights session x1.
Yoga session x1.
Fast run target pace 6:40 / mile.
Monday - Ride to office 7.1 miles in 28 mins.
Ride from office 7.1 miles in 33 mins.
Swim with TPT 2,250m in 49 mins.
Tuesday - Ride to office 7.1 miles in 28 mins.
Run from office 6.9 miles in 64 mins.
Swim at bucksburn 850 mins.
Wednesday - Run to office (via train) 2.5 miles in 26 mins.
Ride from office 7.1 miles in 31 mins.
Thursday - Mtb to pool 2.5 miles in 16 mins.
Swim reps 1,000m in 20 mins.
Mtb from pool 2.5 miles in 11 mins.
Friday - Run to office (via train) 2.5 miles in 22 mins.
Stretching and rolling session.
Saturday - Mtb at Kirkhill 5.9 miles in 37 mins.
Weights session.
Sunday - Nothing
Actuals - Swim 2.5 miles (4,100m). Bike 39.3 miles. Run 11.9 miles.
1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session.
0 mins of yoga.
Physio exercises x 0.
Cumulative actual, (Cumulative target), [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 48.4, (52.0), [57.2],
B 763.6, (650.0), [715.0],
R 258.0, (260.0), [286.0].
Core - 13, (19),
Weights - 14, (19),
Stretching - 17, (22),
Yoga - 27, (35).
Fast run sessions - 15, (>20)
Tuesday I did an easy ride in to the office and then an easy run home. Only neither were easy. It still feels like I am using someone else legs. That didn't improve when I went to the pool in the evening. I started a reps session, struggled through 4 x 50m and then bailed out for an easy recovery swim.
Wednesday I abandoned my plan to run to work and instead just jogged round to the train. I am still not in the shape to run two 7 milers for consecutive commutes. After work I went to see the Detective Pikachu movie before riding home. The lack of traffic on that ride took the best part of 3 minutes off the time.
Thursday I had to take the car to work and that almost turned in to a lazy day. When I got home at night I decided to clean up my mountain bike and do a mini service on it for the weekend. That turned in to a chunk of mechanical repair as I found a sheared bolt on my new front derailleur which should have been holding the cable in place. That meant a rushed trip to Evans for a new derailleur and then having to install it myself.
Having done so I figured it would be safer to test it on the short ride to the pool for my swim session rather than find out I had done something wrong whilst on the far side of Kirkhill.
Friday I had an easy jog to the train. With a heavy weekend ahead and some significant fatigue I knew I had to at least try and do something from the recovery list. I managed to spend 20 minutes on the roller.
Saturday morning I slept through my planned swim session. When I did get up the weather was terrible, but I had a planned mountain bike session to do so I headed out through the rain. Turns out my mechanical interventions on Thursday were imperfect and I had some minor shifting problems in the lower gears, but I got round safely and managed a good recce of the race course for later in the summer.
Knowing that we were out in the evening I decided to do my weights session in the afternoon.
Sunday I planned swimming and cycling in the morning but my depression was too bad. Seems an appropriate way to finish mental health week.
Mrs M has decided that we are not going to Romania for the European Chamionships. If I am not going to be racing then there is no point in training.
Targets - Swim 2.5 miles, Bike 36.0 miles, Run 11.0 miles.
Stretching session x2, Core session x1, Weights session x1.
Yoga session x1.
Fast run target pace 6:40 / mile.
Monday - Ride to office 7.1 miles in 28 mins.
Ride from office 7.1 miles in 33 mins.
Swim with TPT 2,250m in 49 mins.
Tuesday - Ride to office 7.1 miles in 28 mins.
Run from office 6.9 miles in 64 mins.
Swim at bucksburn 850 mins.
Wednesday - Run to office (via train) 2.5 miles in 26 mins.
Ride from office 7.1 miles in 31 mins.
Thursday - Mtb to pool 2.5 miles in 16 mins.
Swim reps 1,000m in 20 mins.
Mtb from pool 2.5 miles in 11 mins.
Friday - Run to office (via train) 2.5 miles in 22 mins.
Stretching and rolling session.
Saturday - Mtb at Kirkhill 5.9 miles in 37 mins.
Weights session.
Sunday - Nothing
Actuals - Swim 2.5 miles (4,100m). Bike 39.3 miles. Run 11.9 miles.
1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session.
0 mins of yoga.
Physio exercises x 0.
Cumulative actual, (Cumulative target), [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 48.4, (52.0), [57.2],
B 763.6, (650.0), [715.0],
R 258.0, (260.0), [286.0].
Core - 13, (19),
Weights - 14, (19),
Stretching - 17, (22),
Yoga - 27, (35).
Fast run sessions - 15, (>20)
Junk swim sessions - 13, (<20)
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