Training Review - Week 10 - Mar 3 to 9

Monday was my usual swim session. In lane 4 again as everyone was squeezed up. The aim for the session was to do a 400m rep, then 4x100m, 2x200m, 1x400m, all at the same pace as the original 400m. Mis-paced the first one slightly though and started with another 400m PB. 6mins 45. Made the rest of the session really tough. By the final 400m I was down to 6mins 58. But that in itself is as fast as I have ever raced.

Tuesday I went for a supposedly easy run around Dyce. Since doing the same run last week though I seem to have crashed into a sudden streak of form. It didn't actually feel all that fast but came in averaging just over 7 minute miles rather than 9s. Did my weights session afterwards as well.

Wednesday I took my planned rest day. Went to the cinema to see Ride Along. Pretty funny, but most of the best bits are in the trailer.

Thursday. Depression breeds apathy. Crappy day at work resulting in another rest day.

Friday I still wasn't in much of a mood for doing anything. I had to pick up my parents from the airport so I cunningly took their car and handed them the keys, so that I had to run home. Wasn't a great run but got a couple miles in my legs and at least made me feel like I had done something. As with Tuesday, seem to accidentally have found a faster gear than I have had for a few months.

Saturday I went out for a very slow run. Felt like I was carrying another person around as I struggled to stay under 9 min/mile pace. No idea why, after the two much faster runs this week feeling so easy I thought I was into some sort of running form. I did some of my stretching session in the evening.

Sunday was a ride with the Kintore Sunday group. No other obvious leaders available this week so I volunteered to take the Lite group. Four of us rolled out for 45 miles. Everyone survived, no mechanicals, no crashes. Couple of minor detours from the planned route but nothing massive and the end result was less than half a mile out. Averaged 14 mph and was feeling fairly comfortable at that. The bike definitely needs some new parts though the crunching and grinding noises were getting quite bad on the climbs.

After getting off the bike I did a short run to finish off my week. Had to go slightly further than normal to make up my weekly mileage but managed to put in a pretty quick 1.5 miles despite being tired off the bike. This just makes Saturday's slow run even more confusing though.

Good week all round. All miles done and some extra bike miles to clear the backlog. Speed on most of the run miles has been a good surprise. 


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. 2,150m in 53mins. (Including 400m in 6:45).

Tuesday -  Run 3.7 miles in 27mins.
Light weights and stretching sessions.

Wednesday - Rest Day.
Cinema - Ride Along.

Thursday - Depressed. Day off.

Friday -  Easy run. 2.8 miles in 22mins.

Saturday - Slow run. 4.0 miles in 34 mins.

Sunday - Ride 45 miles in 3 hours 21mins. 
Run 1.5 miles in 11mins.

Actual totals - Swim 1.3 miles (2,150 m). Bike 45 miles. Run 12 miles.  short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions.  mins of wii yoga.