Training Review - Week 15 - April 7 to 13

Monday's swim session was tough. I managed to finish it but it was hard work and I was struggling with breathing through my cold still. 

Tuesday was a slow loop around Dyce. Still struggling with the cold so we cut it short of the normal loop.

Wednesday was a night off and a trip to the cinema. Divergent is a terrible movie. Much like Hunger Games it is based on the backdrop of a ridiculous future society with such obvious holes in it that everything then built on that structure becomes equally stupid.

Thursday my new mountain bike arrived. Wiggle's definition of "shop soiled" with "VERY minimal wear"  and my definition of 'ridden to the point that half the parts need replacing' appear to be fairly similar. After the disappointment of opening, checking and repacking it to send back I was not in the best mood. I am still carrying the tail end of my cold as well. But I had agreed to go out for a run. The weather was pretty warm and we took a very easy 4 mile loop around Dyce. Basically a slightly more scenic version of my normal loop. Was in a much better mood by the time we got back but still struggling to run and was coughing for the rest of the evening.

Friday the cold was still hanging around but I had agreed to a road ride in the evening. Was a fairly leisurely pedal to check out the new bottom bracket on my road bike.

Saturday I was struggling again with the cold and decided to drop my session and try to recover enough to ride on Sunday instead. 

Sunday I went for a ride with the Kintore Sunday group. I was the only rider for the Lite group so basically had my choice of when to drop the Full-bodied group and cut back (I wasn't even considering going 76 including Cairn O' Mount). The initial plan was to go to Banchory and back via the Learney for about 40miles, but I was still suffering with the cold a bit so when we got to 12 I swung off and headed back for 23 miles. Problems with the gear alignment and my new wheels which need some work. 

Again a lot of the ancillary sessions fell out of this week. And dropped saturday's run as well. But considering the cold is still hanging about it was good to get as much as I did. 



Target totals - Swim > 1 miles. Bike > 45 miles. Run > 15 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 30mins of wii yoga.

Monday - Swim with TPT.  (2,050m) in 54 mins.

Tuesday -  Run 2.6 miles, in 22 mins.

Wednesday - Cinema - Divergent. 

Thursday - Easy run 4.1miles in 35mins.

Friday -  Road ride 22.7 miles in 1 hour 35mins.

Saturday - Rest day.

Sunday - Road ride 23 miles in 1 hour 23mins.

Actual totals - Swim 1.3 miles (2,050 m). Bike 45.7 miles. Run 6.7 miles. 0 short core, 0 short light weights and 0 short stretching sessions. 0 mins of wii yoga.