I am not sleeping well again and this is resulting in me being tired a lot. I think I also have broken a filling which may have been the reason I was waking up every 20-30 minutes on sunday night. It was ok during the day but toothache was bugging me before and during swimming. Also the session didn't suit me with lots of one-armed reps included. These mess up my back so I adapted the session to just swim and focus on trying a few things out. I did some work on my breathing and my catch. I also got a few practice turns in and tried a few 100m timed efforts to test my tumble turns against my touch turns. There is very little between them in time now. But the tumbles do use more energy and are still really hit and miss.
OK, so the filling was definitely broken. £313 later I have had an xray, half a root canal treatment and a temporary filling. Still two appointments and £700 to go before I will have the other half of the root done and a crown fitted. That also meant no training today, and no dinner.
Wednesday I was back on it, although struggling still with an achey jaw. I stuck with a short loop around Dyce. Taking it fairly easy I am finally managing to get under 8 minute mile pace. For easy runs I am doing quicker pace than about half of my races last year. This is probably a good sign, but need to see if it is sustainable for longer distance, and coming off the bike.
I also took the opportunity to make up a couple of the extra sessions. Did my light weights and my core session.
Thursday was Date Night. No movie this week though.
Friday was meant to be a quick double with a run and mountain bike trip planned. But the weather wasn't great so we decided just to run instead. Put in a fairly steady 5 mile hill run at Kirkhill.
Saturday I did my reps session. Having a few more miles in during the week meant I could just go straight to and from the hill without a detour. That also meant I could push a bit harder on the reps because I wouldn't have another 3 miles to do afterwards. This did mean that they were slightly quicker again than the previous attempts.
Sunday was another crappy weather day. So I used that as an excuse to skip cycling again. I had convinced myself that I would turbo instead. But I really couldnt be bothered, so as soon as I had a problem with the garmin sensor not measuring distance that was all the excuse I needed to quit. This needs to stop soon before it becomes a habit. Next week looks like the weather is going to be too wet to race Westhill Duathlon. So I can't get round it by signing up to a race. I can put an evening ride into Tuesday or Friday, but it is still too dark by the time I get home so that is likely to be a short turn on the mountain bike rather than proper miles on the road bike. Not having the gym at work is suddenly a lot more of a problem.
I did do my stretching session before bed time.
Up until Sunday it was another good week. I really need to do something about the bike miles though.
Target totals - Swim >1 miles. Bike >35 miles. Run >12 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 30mins of wii yoga.
Monday - Swim with TPT. 1,950m in 58mins.
Tuesday - Dentist.
Wednesday - Run 3.6 miles, 28mins.
Weights and core.
Thursday - Date Night.
Friday - Hill run 5 miles, 50mins.
Saturday - 8 x Hill Reps. 3.9 miles, 38mins.
Sunday - Nothing.
Stretching.
Actual totals - Swim 1.2 miles (1,950m). Bike miles. Run 12.5 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 0 mins of wii yoga.
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