Training - What Training?!

I’ve actually done a small reverse triathlon today! More a sprint than a standard, or somewhere in between.

Started with the parkrun +1k W\U
Did the 25M TT - more on that on the TT thread :poop:
Then managed 700M in the pool with some short reps

Shoulder is still tender when swimming and was a bit sore from the crappy roads I raced on, but better than it was on Monday I think, so slowly increasing it but will keep the pace V slow even by my own standards!

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90min run, trail and road. Bit of a slog, longest run in ages I cant recall. Not bad after a long hard ride yesterday, got through it :+1:

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30 minute spin class first thing.

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Felt rough again this morning and thought about a day of nothing. Got up and set off into the headwind and felt a little better so chucked in a couple of small lumps near Epping. Usual refuel stop and then considered a longer ride, but thought I’d not ruin myself more than I am, so I can do one more ride before work tomorrow as the rest of the week looks less inviting.

Think this is one of my longest weeks in terms of duration, but the heat has messed with the longer workouts.

Almost 80 hours in the last 4 weeks (90 if we count the 50km hike) with a couple of shorter recovery days due to the hike and life stuff

Will carry on until Weds and then ease up ready for Blenheim at the weekend. Then one final push before a two week taper for Frankfurt

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Feel quite lame after Funkster’s post :roll_eyes: but managed just over 10 hours this week, I’m older than him and gave blood recently :rofl:

3.5 hours of running, mostly on trail which was fairly pleasing as I don’t feel crippled
5.25 cycling including the TT and did a short windy ride today
35 minutes of swimming :exploding_head:
~1 hour of upper body cardio in place of swimming

Wasn’t quite the recovery week I had planned, mentally I’d like to go for a run this evening but physically I CBA so will have a sauna instead.

For various reasons I might be doing 4 days this week or 3.5 standard days, then away with the GF for nearly a week. I’ll get some running in but not much cycling or swimming, so will try and get the cycling at the start of this week but it could be a return to Zwift as it’s looking like a return to cooler damp weather.

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oi pack that in. Are you sneaking into full on Ironman training by steath?

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Another good week, like others affected by the heat earlier in the week, the quality was pushed to the back end of the week, also missed an hour run in Tuesday, nothing to be gained by doing that.

15 hours 20 minutes,

  • 3x swims (one OW) 1h55
  • 2x runs 3h14
  • 4x bike 10h11

Seasons best in the…

  • swim :sweat_smile: (didn’t die)
  • bike 3hr - 4hr power seasons bests
  • run 25km seasons best

Feel asleep after lunch and the bike today, so tired.

Good month as well as week, best in terms of hour since January 2024 and the same as the month before December 2023 → 66 hours and change.

Bit of a trend, good month, bad month, need follow up with a solid month in June.
tbf Feb was ok except a bit of illness and a short month, maybe it should be half a tick, April was illness, stress, work, health (teeth)

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I’m sure it’s on here somewhere but what’s the main race you are training for?

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Myself and BBT are in for Barca, Funkster is doing Frankfurt.

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Joke aside, pool season best on Monday.

The pool was not too busy, 1km in 23:xx, bad I know, my PB is 19:xx but the best in about 2 years I think (also made an OWS without getting kicked by breast strokers over taking me.)

I also just ate @fruit_thief avatar

Need Godzilla in the picture for scale… they are massive.

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I swim next to breast strokers just for that reason.

…Everybody has to get their kicks somehow.

:drum::clown_face:

Thank for asking.

I keep getting confused and think why is @funkster training so hard 10 days out from Hamburg but its not its Frankfurt.

I’m going to try and make the swim and if I do see how it goes.
Either way Im cheering @jeffb on.

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9hrs last week with a few skipped sessions

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Trained twice today, nothing compared to some of the efforts on display here!

30 minute spin class first thing.

20 minute tempo run at lunch.

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Little swim :man_swimming:

38m moving – 1750m about 2:10 /100m I think.

Sad but true.

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Barely got out of bed today. Started off and thought about sacking it off at every turn, but just kept going.

Power was down but kept consistent.

Decided just coming home was a better option than digging the hole any deeper.

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But when I did managed a few hours.
25 hours in the bank today :wink:

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Swam

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Double-session today:

  • Bike: 2 Hours, with 60 mins (2x30-minutes) @ 202W + 5 mins @ 251W
  • Run: 7km @ 4:49 min/km
CiK

“Consistency is King”

“Stacking the days is more important than a single hero day, recovery is priority until the next day with quality”

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Spin class first thing. Legs are trashed.

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