The lack of parking gives me a chance to use my commutes as training. Every day on my first week I have a different commuting option to test out to see which ones work.
Tuesday's weather was beyond terrible, so it worked out well that this was the day I was taking the train both ways so that I could get home in time to go to the Deeside TT. I only just got home in time to change quickly and grab a quick snack before I had to leave. When I left home the weather was wet and looked 'a bit dodgy', by the time I was half-way there I couldn't see far enough through the fog to see dodgy. I turned for home rather than head out and wait for someone else to cancel it officially.
When I got home I took a very grumpy Dexter out for a short run, but he was being an utter dick and I didn't even manage 5k with him. I was then treated to another dose of disappointing family health news. I am not superstitious normally but I am now a bit more stressed than I should be about my next CT scan on my kidney purely based on the idea that bad news comes in threes.
Wednesday I was relying on a friend to drive me out to Knockburn but she didn't fancy the cold weather conditions so we went to swim at ASV instead. That didn't go particularly well as my right shoulder and back all tensed up within the first 750m. I switched to breast stroke for a while, and managed another 500m and then just did a 250m freestyle warm down.
Then I spent a good half hour on the roller just trying to work out some of the worst bits in that shoulder.
Thursday I stuck with my plan to commute to and from work, despite the terrible weather. it wasn't as bad as I had feared and the actual distance is about right. The bike does beat the train, even with the frustration of red lights and other morning commuters. And back on the roller as my whole right side is still locked up.
Friday I thought about commuting on the bike again but the weather was just too nasty. Then I thought abbot an easy run in the evening instead but was just too tired from work. At least that meant I was home when my fiancee got the call to tell her that her grandad had passed. It has been expected for a week or so, but was still heartbreaking news for her so close to our wedding.
Saturday I was awake early as my new sleep pattern for work seems to have settled in. That gave me a chance to get out for a short run in the morning. I got home to the sound of snoring still so I nipped out for a quick spin on the mountain bike to test out the new brakes and pedals. By the time I got home from that she was awake but still not really going so I managed to sneak in a bit of yoga before our day was taken over by having to start on funeral arrangements and such.
Having skipped Speysdide duathlon on Sunday, she then decided she wanted a couple of hours to herself so I headed out on the bike for a while. I just did an easy 20 miles to Kintore and back to tidy up my numbers for the week. I then did a quick weights session just because the numbers at the bottom of this page had too much red on them.
Not a bad week considering I now have 40 hours of work interrupting my training plans.
Target totals - Swim 2.4 miles. Bike 36.4 miles. Run 13.9 miles. 1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 short stretching sessions. 30 mins of yoga.
Monday - Commuter run 7.3 miles in 64 mins.
Swim with TPT 2,000m in 48 mins.
Tuesday - Slow run with Dexter 2.8 miles in 30 mins.
Wednesday - Swim at ASV. 1,500m in 35 mins.
Rollering session.
Thursday - Commuter ride to work 7.3 miles in 35 mins.
Commuter ride from work 7.1 miles in 36 mins.
Friday - Rest day
Saturday - Quick jog 4.5 miles in 38 mins.
MTB loop 4.6 miles in 26 mins.
Yoga session.
Sunday - Easy ride 20.0 miles in 1 hour 21 mins.
Light weights session.
Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 53.4 (47.3) [54.4],
B 1063.2 (1073.6) [1342.0],
R 404.6 (365.7) [413.2].
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