Monday I started the morning with a fraction of a core session. I should have been on these months ago but since I have skipped them for so long I have now resorted to breaking them into smaller more frequent sections. After work I had to rescue the fiancee from a breakdown of her car. That dented my running plans but I did still manage to get out for an easy half hour before dinner. Swimming was nothing spectacular. Some speed work mixed in but I was struggling by about half way through and it just dragged from there.
The second day and my 'bit of core every day' plan almost collapsed. My kidney decided to play up again and sit-ups are definitely not compatible with kidney stones. I did get through it though, and felt better for getting it out of the way. In the evening I gave my TT bike a quick check over and then took it out for a spin round Dyce to test it out before Sunday's race. Feels really comfortable and fast. Good confidence builder for race day.
I finally made the definitive decision to leave my current job. It has been damaging my mental health for a while now and having accepted a one-month extension on the promise of positive changes I have now reached the end of that month with things continuing to worsen.
Having made that decision I tried to go out for a run but was in no mood for it. I managed a lazy loop of Dyce.
Thursday, I didn't sleep well and was up an hour early, but instead of getting a whole core session in I In the evening we had a trip to do more wedding invitations. After that I went for a short run just to get out of the house and do something.
Friday was my last day at work, and then a trip to the cinema to watch Eye in the Sky. Then when I got home Predator and the Terminator 2 were on. I did at least manage to get in some rollering during the ad breaks.
Saturday I did a yoga and stretching session in the morning. As I am back to full-time athlete-ing while I search for a new job the yoga is back in as close to a daily feature as I can make it.
Sunday was Turriff Sprint Triathlon which will get a post to itself.
Not a great week for miles. Rescued somewhat by a decent race at Turriff. Next week comes with a job interview, a massage and a whole lot of time to train, so hopefully a difference in miles might come with all the additional free time.
Target totals - Swim 1.9 miles. Bike 45.5 miles. Run 15.3 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 0 short stretching sessions. 60 mins of yoga.
Monday - Core session - partial.
Easy jog 3.3 miles in 31 mins.
Swim with TPT 2,100m in 52 mins.
Tuesday - Core session - partial.
TT bike check 10 miles in 33 mins.
Wednesday - Core session - partial.
Slow Dyce loop 3.6 miles in 31 mins.
Thursday - Steady run 3.8 miles in 31 mins.
Friday - Rest day
Saturday - Rollering session.
Yoga 12 mins.
Sunday - Rollering session.
Yoga session 30 mins.
Turriff Triathlon
Swim 760m in 12:36.
Bike 12.5 miles in 42:31.
Run 3.1 miles in 20:46.
Actuals - Swim 1.8 miles (2,940 m). Bike 22.5 miles. Run 13.9 miles. 1 short core, 0 short light weights and 2 stretching/rollering session. 42 mins of yoga.
Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 30.6 (28.8) [33.1],
B 545.5 (683.2) [854.0],
R 258.9 (236.0) [266.6].
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