Training Review - Week 20 - May 12 to 18

Monday I had planned to just swim but it was another great weather night so I got talked into going for a couple of hours on the bike first. A third 20-mile day in a row turned out to be a bit much when it came to swimming though. I moved up into lane 4 as it was a sprint session that suited me. I took the opportunity to do some more work on my turns as well. 

Tuesday I went for a jog around Dyce. Legs were suffering from the last few heavy days and it was just enough to get round. 

Wednesday I just went for an easy roll around Dyce. Just needed to turn my legs over for half an hour and then do a bit of stretching and rollering on the achey bits that were piling up. 

Thursday was a cinema trip to Godzilla. It was as good as I had hoped for. 
And a quick weights session in the evening.

Friday I stayed on my plan to do a brick session. I took the road bike round my 10-mile Dyce loop in 5 minutes faster than I have before, despite some breezy conditions. Then straight out for my new short loop in as close to a real transition as I could muster. As with last week I felt fairly heavy on the run but the clock wasn't showing it.

Saturday I found a list of DIY excuses to do instead of training. And my back was hurting. It has been a while since it has been problematic and a bit of rollering in the evening seems to have helped ease it off a lot.

Sunday was a long run. It was planned at 13 miles, but hot weather, hangover and time constraints cut my training partners plans to about 8miles. That still suited me to get a long relaxed run in. 

Technically short of targets for both bike and run this week but only because I had increased them by ~25% from a normal week. I was well over my normal weekly targets for both. I should have done something on Saturday but just couldn't find anyone with plans that fitted, and had used all of my solo motivation on taking Friday night's brick session pretty much at race pace.

I am gradually nibbling at the miles behind my annual targets. At one point I was over 100 bike miles down and that is now less than 50 miles which equates to about 10 days behind my plan. Running and swimming are both within a few days of my target for this point in the year and a trip to Knockburn will eat up those losses within the next week. 


Target totals - Swim > 1 mile. Bike > 45 miles. Run > 15 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 30mins of wii yoga.

Monday - Ride 26.2 miles in 1 hour 45 mins.
Swim with TPT 2,000m in 57 mins.

Tuesday -  Run 3.6 miles in 31 mins.

Wednesday - Ride 8.3 miles in 35mins.

Thursday - Cinema - Godzilla.

Friday -  Brick Ride 10 miles in 35 mins. 
Brick run 1.3 miles in 10mins.

Saturday - Rest day.

Sunday - Long run 8.4 miles in 1 hr 13.

Actual totals - Swim 1.25 miles (2,000 m). Bike 44.5 miles. Run 13.3 miles.  short core, 1 short light weights and 3 short stretching sessions.  mins of wii yoga.