Training Review - Weeks 31 & 32

And... no explanation was forthcoming as everything continued to stay on top of my time and I just didn't get to it. And this is almost a week late again.

4 months after moving house we are still doing unpacking and basic DIY (and more complex DIY in terms of building the hugely over-complicated greenhouse). And the new dog eats up huge chunks of time, as well as affecting my training as my Thursday and Friday runs have basically turned in to walk / jog with him.

My hip injections have not lasted as long this year, or my maintenance of them has been poor, as my hip and back are no giving me fairly major problems when I run. I did Krunce hill race number 5 last week and had to walk most of the last mile. 

Swimming is going well. I am doing productive time on the turbo. But running is not going well and I have almost no time outside on the mountain bike. 

I also never got round to writing about my second and third races in Banyoles, or the Scottish Champs at Loch Lomond. 

The Cross Duathlon, I started sensibly given the heat, expecting other people to come back to me as they over-coooked it. They didn't and I instead faded even by the end of the first run. I rode well for the most part, having to hop off on a couple of climbs due to traffic. And on the second run I shuffled round with what I had left. That got me home in 10th place, 3rd Brit, getting me an automatic space in next year's race.

By the Aquathlon, I was cooked. I swam a minute slower than I did for the Cross-Tri and then struggled on the run. I finished a disappointing 18th. The extra recovery day between the Cross Duathlon and the Aquathlon didn't seem to help at all. 

At Loch lomond, I swam well enough. I was out of the water ahead of several of my competitors, but on the run my hip and back seized up and I could only manage a 22 minute 5k for third place. 

There is a surprising amount of green in the numbers. This is mostly because of the way I had S-curved my summer for racing and I am filling out a challenge from my adventure list rather than because I have had a good block of training. These should be lower mileage weeks to focus on racing. 


Actuals, (Target) - 

Swim 5.1 miles / 8,250 m. (4.9 miles).

Bike 74.0 miles. (70.0 miles). MTB 0 miles. (21.0 miles).

Run 36.9 miles. (37.8 miles). 

3 short core, 2 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 128 mins of yoga. 

Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch] -

S 81.2, (78.9), [84.9],
B 1,244.3, (1,265), [1,359],  MTB 330.9, (455.4),
R 644.2, (696.5), [748.7]

Core         - 24, (16), [32], 
Weights    - 24, (16), [32],
Stretching - 3, (16), [32],
Yoga         - 28, [32]. 

Fast run sessions - 33, (32).

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