Monday was the usual simple start to the week with a swim session. Slightly longer than usual but still a solid start to the week again. Surprisingly no real after effects from the weekend. Expected to suffer a bit with cramp but no real problems.
Tuesday I had to get a chunk of my run miles in. This week is tight for getting sessions into as I want to take a more sensible approach to racing this Sunday. Working backwards it looks like I get about 5 miles of racing on Sunday, and probably another mile or so of warming up. That leaves me looking for 6 miles before. the simple solution was just to put them into one run on the Tuesday night, but I didn't think about this till after I got back from doing 5 miles with a friend at Kirkhill. So now I am going to have to take a mile off my TT bike test later in the week.
On a brighter note I did finally get a response from the insurance company on my stolen mountain bike and it looks like they are going to pay out enough that I can get a relatively close spec replacement from Wiggle in a sale.
Wednesday's cinema trip was cancelled as my flatmate / cinema buddy wasn't feeling well. I dropped my road bike at the shop to get my new bottom bracket fitted. Then I took the opportunity to test ride my TT bike for the first time this year. Everything was going ok, but then I had a puncture about 10k in. Better than to have it during a race I suppose.
Thursday I seem to have caught the bug from my flatmate. Picked the right day for it though. The weather wasn't good enough to go out on the TT bike, and the road bike is still being worked on. My new road bike wheels arrived, I have tyres and a cassette to fit, but no tubes.
Friday I picked up my bike and went for a couple of drinks with people from work. But a lot of lemsip later and I was struggling to get off the sofa. I was hoping it was just a little sniffle or something but it has turned out to be a bit more severe.
Saturday, still sick. :(. Prepped both bikes for racing on Sunday, Road bike in case it is cold and wet, TT bike in case it is clean and dry. Looked out all my race gear. But was still on the lemsip and paracetamol right up until bed time. I have done this race twice before so I would normally be looking up my previous results to give myself some guide targets to ace against. I have purposefully not looked this time. If I do decide I am fit to race on Sunday I will just take each leg as it comes.
Knockburn Duathlon on Sunday was too soon for the bug. Started the first half a mile or so at a decent run and then just got gradually slower to the point where I walked in about 3rd last by the end of the first run section. Decided it wasn't worth even rolling round the bike so packed up and went home.
Disappointing week with the bug pretty much taking out everything from Wednesday onwards and stopping me from being able to race on Sunday.
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. (2,250m) in 56 mins.
Tuesday - Run at Kirkhill, 5.0 miles in 46 mins.
Wednesday - TT bike test, 6.6 miles in 27mins.
Thursday - Off day - bug?
Friday - Sick.
Saturday - Sick.
Sunday - Knockburn duathlon - DNF. Warm-up then 4k jog in 23mins. Sick.
Actual totals - Swim 1.4 miles (2,250 m). Bike 6.6 miles. Run 8.1 miles. 0 short core, 0 short light weights and 0 short stretching sessions. 0 mins of wii yoga.
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