Training Review - Week 26 - Jun 23 to 29

Monday I had planned a swim session only but I let myself get talked into going for a run first. Another double session day was a bit too much. I really struggled through both sessions. 

Tuesday I had to take a rest day. I need to try and recover from 3 heavy days in time to do Wednesday's long ride.

Wednesday I went for a long bike ride with my flexi day. The two girls I went with were doing a 100 mile ride and I just went with them for their second 50. I spent the first 40 miles / 3 hours of that on the front and the pace reflected that. Also they changed their route plans at the last second so we were having to do a bit of guesswork about how far we were going to cover as we adapted the route on the move. From 40 onwards I really started to suffer just from not having done anything in this sort of range for so long. The last 10 miles were a real slog. 

Thursday and Friday I had no motivation to do anything. Friday I got home from a training course and fell asleep on the sofa. 

Saturday, having slept for the best part of 11 hours I dragged myself out for my run in the morning but had to cut it short. Despite two rest days I was still exhausted and really struggled to jog back in. I did put a very short yoga session in. The main outcome of that was to show me how long it had been since I last did the full set. My back was really tight. This may have had some effect on the run and how terrible I feel in general. 

Sunday I slept in again and when I did get up it was raining. I still don't like to ride my TT bike in the wet so I decided to skip that and my legs still didn't feel great after Saturday so I decided to leave my run till at least the evening. When evening came round I was back to being exhausted and empty and decided to be sensible and miss it in favour of a nap. Later in the evening I was feeling a lot better so I did do my weights and stretching sessions.  

Not sure if I am ill, or fatigued, or if it is just tension in my back but definitely there is something not quite right. I was also having problems with not having any appetite on Sunday at dinner time but later in the evening after a short nap I had my dinner and added crisps, ice cream and a chocolate biscuit.

This also brings me round to talking about my weight. Whenever I do wii yoga it does a weight check and tells me what I am at. This has been fluctuating about a kilo or so either side of 78kg all year. I am currently back down at 77.5 kg, which feels quite light. Yet this is nearly 10% heavier than I was a couple of years back. Part of me still things I should be lighter for cycling, but a more realistic part of me thinks I am actually about right with what weight I am carrying and how much I like cake. 



Target totals - Swim > 1.5 miles. Bike > 60 miles. Run > 12 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 10mins of wii yoga.

Monday - Run 3.2 in 27 mins.
Swim with TPT. 2,100m in 53 mins.

Tuesday - Rest day

Wednesday - Bike 50 miles in 3 hours 38 mins.

Thursday - Rest day

Friday - Rest day

Saturday - Long run 5.6 miles in 48 mins.
Cinema - Chef 6/10.

Sunday -  Rest day. 
Stretching, rollering, weights.


Actual totals - Swim 1.3 miles (2,100m). Bike 50 miles. Run 8.8 miles. 0 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 10 mins of wii yoga.