Monday I started with commutes to and from the office on the mountain bike. Despite the quiet traffic for the holidays they were pretty average in both directions. A bunch of aches and pains nearly put me off swimming but I decided to drag myself along and try to take it easy. I also found out that I had somehow missed out on registering for a slot in the Tuesday TT.
Tuesday I managed to get a late space in the TT. I felt ok for the first 3 miles and then my minute-man went whizzing by and I realised that I was actually working hard but making little progress. I couldn't get my heart rate up over 160bpm and I was sitting three gears below where I should be in order to keep my cadence up in the 90's. I tried an upshift and a bit more pressure on the pedals but my cadence dropped down to 70 and all I was doing was burning my legs without actually going any faster. At the turn my time wasn't horrible, but I was already a minute behind where I wanted to be with a headwind to come on the return leg. Really disappointed to only clock 27:50. Missing my target for the year by nearly 2 minutes.
Wednesday I woke up planning to run to work but was just too knackered and opted for the train instead. I then convinced myself that I would run in the evening but I ended up canning that in favour of a rest day. I did take the time to enter Westhill sprint try on Sunday.
Thursday I took the mountain bike to commute but it was tough going. Especially on the way home. It feels like something is dragging all the time. The brakes seem to be ok and the new rear wheel bearings are definitely smoother but there is still something not right about it. I tried a bit of stretching and rollering to take away the worst of the tight muscles that are still hanging around from Tuesday's TT.
Friday I just took an easy run to work in the morning. And somehow I am back again to just being exhausted. Carrying the rucksack and stopping for traffic lights doesn't help my pace but struggling to stay under 10 min/mile is pretty terrible.
Saturday I started with a bit of yoga and took an easy jog around Dyce. Took the opportunity to visit some pokegyms and just move my miles for the week so that Sunday's triathlon will get me over the target for the week.
Sunday's Westhill Triathlon will get a post to itself.
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 - Commute to office mtb 7.1 miles in 32 mins.
Commute from office 7.3 miles in 38 mins.
Swim with TPT 1,800m in 54 mins.
Tuesday - DTCC TT 10 miles in 27:50.
Warm-up and cool down 5.3 miles in 22 mins.
Wednesday - Rest day.
Thursday - Commute to office mtb 6.9 miles in 31 mins.
Commute from office 7.1 miles in 44 mins.
Stretching and rollering.
Friday - Run commute 6.9 miles in 68 mins.
Saturday - Easy jog 3.2 miles in 51 mins.
Yoga 12 mins.
Rollering session.
Sunday - Westhill Sprint Triathlon
Swim 750m in 13:12.
Bike 4.8 miles in 22 mins.
Run nothing.
Actuals - Swim 1.7 miles (2,600 m). Bike 48.5 miles. Run 10.1 miles. 0 short core, 0 short light weights and 2 stretching / rollering session. 12 mins of yoga
Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 62.7 (63.8) [73.3],
B 1394.2 (1323.5) [1654.4],
R 489.0 (461.0) [521.0].
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