Training Review - Week 16 - April 14 to 20

Monday was the usual swim session. Struggled a bit for pace and the cold was severely affecting my breathing throughout. 

Tuesday I went for an easy hill run at Kirkhill and Wednesday did an easy run loop around Dyce. Both were slow and easy and struggling to breathe still. 
Thursday was a disappointing bike ride. I had hoped to get a lot of this week's miles into an evening ride. 2 minutes into it and there was no way it would be happening. The weather was squally all day and even in between the rain showers the cold and wind were too much for an easy evening spin. I then planned to do some stretching and rollering but was hit by a migraine and spent most of the evening curled up on the sofa in the dark. 

Friday was a much better bike ride. Went for the aborted plan from Thursday, but got a bit carried away. The idea was 7 miles out, 10 in a small group, 7 miles home, for an easy 24. As the weather was really nice I took the TT bike as a test ride for racing at the weekend. But it turned into 7 out, 18 in a group, and 7 back making it into a quick 32. A lot more than I needed to be doing 2 days before a race, and a lot faster than I needed to do as well. But it was good to clear my legs out and check the bike over.

Saturday I got up in time to go for an easy run, but I had too much to do in the morning and by the time I got clear it was too late in the afternoon and too close to Sunday's race. I did to a stretching and rollering session.

Sunday I went to Turriff Triathlon, that will get a race report to itself.

Happy enough with the week as a whole. My cold is still hanging about and hayfever season has definitely started now but managing to do more than a full week of miles with a good race at the end was more than I expected.

Target totals - Swim >1.5 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 53 mins.

Tuesday -  Run at Kirkhill, 5.1 miles in 50mins.

Wednesday - Dyce loop run, 3.4 miles in 27mins.

Thursday - Road bike. 3.2 miles in 15mins.

Friday -  TT bike 32.1 miles in 1 hour 57mins.

Saturday - Rest day. 
Stretching session.

Sunday - Turriff Triathlon - Race Report separately.
Swim 760m in 13 mins 12.
Bike 12.6 miles in 43 mins 14.
Run 3.0 miles in 21mins 12.
Plus warm-ups and transitions.


Actual totals - Swim 1.8 miles (2,950 m). Bike 47.9 miles. Run 12 miles.  short core,  short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions.  mins of wii yoga.