Training Plan - Week 39 - September 19 to 25

Huntly Standard Triathlon is this weekend. Normally I would have treated this as quite a serious race as it is the only Standard race I have regular history at, and the only one I am taking part in this year. However, since this season has gone generally a bit rubbish since June I don't expect to get any sort of decent result. I am still going to go and take part, but if I have one decent leg out of the three I will be happy enough with that. I have contacted the organisers and asked them to bump me to a slower swim time as there is no way I am going to find a PB swim on current form. 

The rest of the week is just going to be the usual commuting as I still try to settle into a plan at my new job. The last 3 months have been messy and I really need to stabilise my commutes in a way that will allow me to use them for bulk miles, whilst still leaving me with time and energy to do some smarter sessions and all the stretching etc that I have been missing. 

I also need to do some investigation into how my 'degenerative bone disease' is going to affect me long term and whether that means making changes short term. I really need to understand how it will affect my future life plans as well as any impact on training and racing. If I can adapt my training to minimise the future damage I almost certainly have to take that option regardless of any effect it has on my form.  


Target totals - Swim 1.9 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.