Never heard it called that before
am 6k easy run with zl
pm 24k run, racing Storm Goretti, a few spots of rain in the last 3k, tipped it down after I got back (now snowing)
5.5km tempo run.
6k easy run with zl
40 mins strength
Gym first thing. Cold in there!
Think I’m coming down with something too. HR is fine, but just feel a bit… lethargic.
40k gravel-ish ride. 135k for the week. Will try to do another short one, tomorrow.
19.5km steady trail run. 139bpm average, 6.02min/km. 485m elevation gain. On crunchy snow/ice. Wasn’t that much slower than usual, about 35s/km off my fastest in September in the dry, but 5-10s/km compared to in the wet over December.
12km run yesterday morning in slushy snow felt harder work, especially going uphill.
16.7km with daughter training for London marathon - lovely day for it
13k trail run as per the picture posted elsewhere.
Actually less snow further inland but it was sketchy and hard underfoot so harder work than usual.
Glorious day though.
Running on the snow sections was kind on the joints but zapped the legs.
Easy enough, except muscular fatigue was very noticeable in the last 2-3km
Yeah, the conditions made mine quite a bit harder!
am 50 min turbo MyWhoosh - 30/30’s Anaerobic #1
pm 11k run, 6k easy with zl, 5k a bit faster
Busy day ahead, got it done early.
20 minute tempo run.
15 minutes of functional fitness.
6 runs this week = 30 miles . 4 x gym sessions.
1h15 over/under threshold workout
Wasn’t too hard
FTP predicted to rise to 256 in 15 days
10.5 hours in the first full week of 2026
45 min static bike x5
Weights
Anything else my back would allow, it’s easing now but still have to be careful I guess. Drinking .( not) does seem to be helping now.
A miserable 6 hrs
Need to get back into the morning routine sharpish
About 8 hours for me this week with a couple of gym sessions. Half was on Zwift, but only 2 runs adding up to 20k, but 13k was on trail.
Did a couple of cardio sessions in the gym to try and give the leg a bit of a rest. Still quite tired though, not getting 9 hours of sleep now ![]()
Weather is set to improve but probably not enough to get out on the bike next weekend!





