Training Review - Week 45 - Oct 31 to Nov 6

The start of the week I just stuck to standard commuting. The weather on Monday was a nightmare and the darkness from the change of clocks added to that. I made it to swimming in the evening and coped with the session. 

Tuesday the commute was slightly better as the sun made an appearance about half way in and it still wasn't quite darkness on the way home. 

Wednesday I ran in and despite the continuing fatigue I actually ran quite well, ducking in under an hour for the second week in a row. In the evening I went to swim and just did a steady 20 minutes. 

Thursday I was back on the bike and somehow came up with one of my fastest commutes despite the tired legs. Yet more evidence that the time is more dependent on traffic lights and headwind than on cycling effort. 

Having missed my 100-mile cycling week last calendar week, I have then gone on to do a 100-mile in a non-calendar week, or indeed within just 5 days. 66.5 miles on Sun and 42.8 Mon-Thurs. 

Friday I had a rest day before Saturday's race. Not enough of a rest day to really recover but it took a bit of the fatigue out of my legs.

Saturday was the Kings Aquathlon. (I have given up arguing about that additional 'l' that shouldn't be there). The swim was an unusual set-up, individuals on 15-second starts, swimming both lengths in a 50m pool and then ducking under the lane rope to the next lane, 8 times. The first couple of lengths I was pretty tidy and on pace but from there I started to tire and by the end of the swim I was nearly 2 minutes down on my swim target. 

Transition I faffed about a bit as I put socks on rather than risk blisters over 10k. And I added a jacket to try and deal with the 4 degree temperature. And then out onto possibly the most confusing run. With the leaders already coming round on their first of ten 1km laps it was impossible to tell who I was catching, who I was lapping, and even on the odd occasion who was passing me. Then the half distance race started and a swarm of them joined the same course, but with only half the distance to cover they were going a slightly different pace as well. This all made it difficult to race and left the only option as to try and catch as many people as possible and hope that was progress. That resulted in the 9th fastest run time of the day, which I am pretty pleased with considering the demographics of the opposition. 

Sunday I went to Kirkhill to do a bit of mountain biking. I did a mile jog to warm-up first and close out my run miles for the week, then did the basic loop of the hill on the mountain bike.

In the evening I squeezed in a late weights session and the rest of my yoga for the week. 



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.

Monday - Commute to office mtb 7.2 miles in 36 mins.
Commute from office mtb 7.3 miles in 50 mins.
Swim with TPT 2,100m in 50 mins. 

Tuesday - Commute to office 7.1 miles in 29 mins.
Commute from office 7.0 miles in 40 mins.

Wednesday - Commute run 6.9 miles in 57 mins. 
Swim at Bucksburn 1,100m in 20 mins.

Thursday - Commute to office 7.1 miles in 36 mins.
Commute from office 7.0 miles in 37 mins.

Friday - Rest Day.

Saturday - Stretching session.
Yoga 13 mins.
Kings Aquathlon swim 800m in 14:57.
Kings Aquathlon run 6.6 miles in 45:29.0

Sunday - Warm up jog 1.0 miles in 10 mins.
MTB at Kirkhill 6.5 miles in 42 mins.
Light weights.
Yoga session 17 mins. 


Actuals - Swim 2.5 miles (4,000 m). Bike 49.2 miles. Run 14.5 miles. 0 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 30 mins of yoga. 

Cumulative (Cumulative target) [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 83.8  (89.2)  [102.6],
B 2,049.5  (1,797.2)  [2,246.5],
R 649.7  (641.8)  [725.2].