Training Review - Week 19 - May 5 to 11

Monday I tried the same double session as last week. The run was fairly quick but then the swim session was heavy on leg work and I was struggling a little bit. I did manage to throw in  20 tumble turns though, and several of them were not completely terrible. 

Tuesday my legs were pretty heavy from the double session but I stuck with my plan to run again. I went for a new route to check out a few Strava segments that are near my house. Then I got on the roller when I got home to try and work out some really tight knots.

Wednesday was a cinema trip to see Bad Neighbours. not the best film, but not the worst. It is fairly dull and predictable but a couple of hilarious sections near the end mean you leave with happy. I did a quick weights session once I got home.

Thursday was back to logging the miles. My plan this week was to up the run miles a little so I went for my third run of the week. I decided to put in a time for this months Strava 10k challenge so I just went straight out the railway line and back. Was steady to start with but came upped the pace a little every mile till I was up to a decent speed on the way back.

Friday I sacrificed my brick session for a nap. I seem to be struggling a bit to get through a work and training week at the minute and Friday evenings seem to be taking the hit as I once again binned the session and collapsed in front of the TV and fell asleep. 

Saturday I had agreed to help out at Cults Junior triathlon and then had arranged to meet someone and cycle there and back. The weather was a bit muggy in the morning and she decided to drive across instead. I decided to stick with the bike and rode over in the rain. I had a bit of an unintended detour going through Hazlehead park and had to practice a bit of cyclocross-ing. The bonus effect of this was that I am now more confident that I can get my road bike around the Forres triathlon course easily enough. 

I did my core session and another turn on the rollers and stretching in the evening.

Sunday I did a brick to finish off my remaining miles for the week. The weather forecast was for intermittent light showers. What it forgot to say was that in between the light showers would be heavy downpours. I just took an easy pedal out to Kintore and back over Kirkhill, then a very short run just a mile around Dyce to get my legs going.

Over targets for everything except the wii yoga this week. And with the extra stretching and rollering I have done the wii yoga is probably the least beneficial session on my plan.

Target totals - Swim >1 miles. Bike >35 miles. Run >15 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 30mins of wii yoga.

Monday - Run 3.7 miles in 27 mins.
Swim with TPT 2,250m in 56 mins.

Tuesday -  Run 4.1 miles in 33 mins.

Wednesday - Cinema - Bad Neighbours.

Thursday - Run 6.4 miles in 50 mins.

Friday -  Rest day

Saturday - Ride to Cults tri 12.3 miles in 57mins.
Ride from Cults tri 9.5 miles in 40 mins.
Core session.

Sunday - Ride 20.7 miles in 1 hour 29mins.
Run 1.3 miles in 11 mins.

Actual totals - Swim 1.4 miles (2,250 m). Bike 42.5 miles. Run 15.5 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions.  mins of wii yoga.