Training - What Training?!

Just over 10k in the morning and just over 10k in the evening for a half marathon total

10.1+10.7+0.3(jog to pub)=21.1km

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Just do 20-30min

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Just seen on Strava @Chriswim has been showing us how it’s done.

6 hour ride IRL, progressive, last hour at 294W :exploding_head:

edit: wait :exploding_head::exploding_head: then straight into a 30 minute run at 4m38/km

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He’s not a (very nearly) sub 9 for nothing, with Covid :flushed:

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He’s obviously been inspired by the STDU race.

It’ll all blow over soon :crossed_fingers: :rofl:

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He’s been in that medicine cabinet !

Lol

His huge swim background obviously helps. Dedication and talent too.
Very impressive… I’ll beat him at press ups though !!!

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8km easy run, 44.25 at 5.33 pace, then a 1km walk home

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30 mins effortless spin on a spin bike, never even touched the dial.
Av hr @100 bpm

Really knocked the intensity off in the last 3-4 days ready for tomorrow.

It feels like I’m doing an Ironman and I’m actually quite nervous ! Probably the hardest thing I’ll do all year to be honest.

See how we go!

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If I hadn’t calibrated the PM before I started I’d assume that was off. Had the legs today!

Same session 6 weeks before Cairns was last 4 hours 210-225-241-271. Today much easier start but nailed those last 2 hours. 7W higher AP/NP for the total ride feeling easier, last year I was hanging on for dear life at 270.

Might be time to resurrect the sub-9 thread :thinking::face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

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200 FS
100 Scull drills
200 fins
4x100 threshold
5x300 endurance

2400m swim

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Well, it had to happen one day… I really can’t be arsed to train hard :scream: I am still racing on Zwift, and still running and still doing something most days, but 2-3 hours focused daily training is not happening

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He’s not a cyborg! :grin:

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I’m actually enjoying it

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5km worth of P&P

8 x 500m
10 x 100m off 1:45

Had to deal with tiny ego man this morning (not me before you start)
Swimming round the lane. All fine.
When I catch him, I let him see me at the end of the length.
Instead of stopping for 1/2 a second to let me go, he just pushes off and then increases his speed for the next length.

He’s been doing it for years.
I can’t be arsed to race him, so I just slowly move up next to him and normally get level just at the end, flip turn and off I go.

Today though he decided to move right over at the end of the length just as I started my turn

Should I be the bigger man and just stop and turn early?
Yes.
Will I?
No.

:rofl:

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2 hour run for me, longest since coming back from stress fracture. Just got the half-marathon distance in time. I’m a little ahead of my training plan for London but assuming I’ll end up having to miss or cut down a couple of long runs at some point due to niggles/life, so wanted to be slightly ahead early on.

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Nice :+1:

7.75km run this morning.

90m elevation. 35 minutes.

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It was so slippy out today, even in the park which is very light packed gravel I was slipping - yesterday was 15km in road shoes in colder temps - but today was bad, so I ended up running around the only gritted road dodging buses for 10.5km

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45 min strength and conditioning

30 mins treadmill at max inclination with 10kg weight vest speed hiking (simulating first climb of Western States - 6km and 800m of vert)

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I’m up and waiting to go for a jog, then a nice 200 mile round trip to pick up my laptop :man_technologist:t4::computer:

EDIT: 4km in the 4% at 4:58/km for the same effort as my recent 5:20/km jogs :face_with_peeking_eye::exploding_head::man_in_lotus_position:t2:

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