Training Review - Week 40 - Sept 29 to Oct 5

Monday's swim felt pretty terrible. But the turns in the deep end were pretty good and I tried a couple in the shallow end which weren't complete disasters. 

Tuesday I stuck to just biking in the gym to get some time and miles in.

Wednesday was massage day.

Thursday was my first trip outside this week with an easy run at Kirkhill. Stretched it out to do an hour and that crosses the October Strava 10k challenge off the list. A few small niggly bits from massage the night before but nothing too severe. 

Friday I wanted to try and round off some of my number for the week but without doing anything that would damage my race changes. Decided to do a brick and to take the run as just an easy warm up and then sit on the bike for an hour. 

Saturday I had though about taking the bike out for half an hour but it was pouring rain in the morning and I spent the afternoon sitting in A&E (not for me this time)  so it turned accidentally into almost a proper pre-race rest day. 

Sunday was Peterhead Traithlon which, as always, will get a report to itself.

Not a great week, but not a bad week. Peterhead being such a short race and taking Saturday off to fit it in both hurt my totals for this week. And missing wednesday for a massage was all it then took to make me fall short for the week. 


Target totals - Swim > 2 miles. Bike > 40 miles. Run > 12 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 short stretching sessions. 30 mins of yoga.

Health Challenge targets - Walk 300, Swim 60, Cycle 200, Run 120, Yoga 30, Core 30.

Monday - Swim with TPT 1.5 miles (2,300 m) in 57 mins.

Tuesday - Gym bike 18.6 miles in 63 mins.

Wednesday - Massage.

Thursday - Run at Kirkhill 6.4 miles in 61 mins.
Core session.

Friday - Gym brick. Treadmill 2 miles in 20 mins. 
Bike 17 miles in 55 mins.

Saturday - Rest day
Stretching session.

Sunday - Peterhead Sprint Triathlon
Swim 700m in 12:28 (plus 100m warm-up)
Bike 14 miles in 41:10. 
Run 2.9 miles in 20:16.


Actuals - Swim 2.0 miles. Bike 49.6 miles. Run 11.3 miles. 1 short core, 0 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 0 mins of yoga.

Health Challenge  - Walk loads, Swim 72, Cycle 160, Run 101, Yoga , Core 10.