Training - What Training?!

Likely my lightest run year in well over a decade.

21km and 1:45hrs of those totals are what I randomly knocked out this afternoon without any plans to do so. Nice to know I’m still capable of doing that! Nothing like a GB random unplanned session, but still

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30 minute spin class. That’s ya lot.

Good work @stenard, I think! Why the running lull? Work? Family? Injury? All the above?

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10:32 this week all bike.

Had to cut short the last two bike sessions due to foot injury. Should have been a 12 hr week plus a bit of running.

October: second best month hours wise, even with 9 days with a screwed foot after the fall.

Oh 52 hrs

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Yep, pretty much!

A weekly personal pilates session seems to be solving the achilles problem. It’s mid covid since I could last go out and “just run”, without any nervousness about how it would react.

It’s liberating

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11 hours last week

Now I’m back in my old gym in Lancs ficus us strength gain g weight and helping my mate get ready for hyrox Madrid .. it’s not really working

See what this week brings

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I hear you!

Feels like a military operation these days to prepare for a run. Starting the day before with stretching and massage gun through to post run, imagining every calf twinge is going to be the end of me.

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Double post from me. Just sodding love training don’t I?

Anyway, very relaxed 35 minute plod on the treadmill at lunch.

No calf issues.

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Finally feeling over the colds, trying to find motivation to train indoors.

Monday: Bike, 31.71km, 696m elev. 1hr28.35, 24.2km/h. Av HR 132, Max 156. Av 192W, NP 231W, TSS 77.

Tues Off

Weds: Indoor Bike: 20mins, Av HR 140, Max 156. Av Power 238W, NP 244W. TSS 20

Thurs: Indoor Bike: 30mins, Av HR 145, Max 162. Av Power 231W, NP 245W. TSS 29

Fri off.

Saturday: Bike, 59.51km, 1275m elev. 2hr41.16, 22.1km/h. Av HR 138, Max 159. Av 201W, NP 235, TSS 146.

Sunday: Bike, 22km, 434m elev. 0h56m, 23.7km/h. Av HR 138, Max 153. Av 207W, NP 237, TSS 51.

Weekly total 5hr57, TSS 323

Today: Trail Bike with toddler in child seat: 28.43km, 588m elev. 2hrs, 14.2km/h. Av HR 121, Max 159. Av 154W, NP 222W. TSS 97. Bit of a struggle to begin with, 150m elev gain in the first mile, then 2km later another 75m in 600m. Running 34/34 as lowest gear, but not able to get out of saddle doesn’t help. He slept most of the way round, after getting travel sick on the way there in the car.

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Being weak like kitten I’ve decided to do 100 press- ups per day in November. Not all at once (can’t) although have managed up to 50 at once.

Maybe doesn’t sound like much, but this is from a standing start of 0.

After 3 days some muscle in my chest, both sides , ought to know what but am hazy - quite possibly serratus anterior - anyway it hurts like b … well it hurts.

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Probably the weakasfuckus posterior maximus. Try harder :wink:

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When I’ve done stuff like this from a standing start my advice would be to vary the type of pressup - arm position etc to work slightly different muscles each time.

After a week or two it was my elbows that used to get sore. Felt how I imagine tennis elbow would feel. Went away once I stopped though!

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Didn’t train yesterday or day before

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I think they’re a lot easier when you’re standing. :wink:

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Standing on my hands that is.

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I guess if you’ve got massive hands the handstand push up is much easier than normal folk…

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Exercised every day since 23rd October now. Either a bike. Or a jog.

Nothing over having fun and enjoying life.

The MTB is superb for a quick hour local blast, as there’s a really nice 5 minute downhill bit. Also been enjoying commuting into Manchester. Not much traffic on Fridays and Mondays. Headwind home yesterday was horrible. Felt every pedal stroke.

Managed a few jogs under five mins per km, too. Which is always nice.

Just got a new camping tarp and some Ti pegs. And with the weather being mild, debating a winter camp. But probably won’t. As it’s dark. And I don’t like the dark. There’s monsters.

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Trained twice today.

30 minutes fairly easy spin class this morning.

20 minute tempo run at lunch.

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Biked.

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Walked just over 1400m lunch time.

Hoping to be able to jog walk in a few days.

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5.5k as 5 mins walk then 3:1min run-walk.

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