Training Review - Week 17 - April 21 to 27

Monday I went for my normal swim session. My swimming seems to have stalled a bit recently. This session was similar. No matter how hard I worked I was doing within a second on every rep. Also I have stopped doing any work on my tumble turns. Hopefully once outdoor swimming starts the second swim every week will start to help with my general swim fitness and then I can just use Monday sessions to work on top-end speed and turns.

Tuesday was a simple run round Dyce.  

Wednesday was a cinema trip to see The Other Woman. Pretty poor, very predictable.

Thursday I went for a long run. My plan was 6 miles but it was a nice day so I did my 8-mile route from a few weeks ago. Having finally recovered from my cold it was back to a decent pace. That puts me over my miles for the week with Saturday's race still to come. Then I did a full set of rollering and stretching. 

Friday I took a rest day before Saturday's race. I got the roller out again to work on some of the worst bits.

Saturday's race will get a report to itself. I had hoped to ride to and from but the rain was too nasty in the morning and I didn't want to turn up for the race already cold and wet. Post race I got back on the roller again. 

Sunday was just about getting bike miles for the week. One of my training partners had a new bike to try out so we just went out for an easy spin with a couple of stops to tweak things. 

Nothing too severe this week. Still missing the wii yoga, for the 5th week in a row, but did a lot of rollering and stretching which are having a similar but more targeted effect.


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 2,150m in 53mins.
Light weights.

Tuesday - Run 4.5 miles in 38 mins.

Wednesday - Cinema - The Other Woman.

Thursday - Run 8 miles, in 64mins.

Friday - Rest Day.

Saturday - Kings Aquathon
Swim 750m - 13mins 21.
Run 5,000m(?) - 25mins 10.

Sunday - Bike 35.7 miles in 2 hours 43.

Actual totals - Swim 1.9 miles (3,000m). Bike 35.7 miles. Run 16.2 miles. short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. mins of wii yoga.