14 hours this week.
4 runs, 2 to finish t mill re hab, 1 very slow to test the calf outside 6:02 kms and today we just ranā¦ 4:32 kms for 14 kms in 25 ish degrees hr sub 150 too.
Pleased.
One pretty crap outside ride, a good pt session, continued our boxing and 150 l pb too.
Stick at it folks.
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Some good running there mate.
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Further to my earlier response to @Adam huge exercise every day streak, Iāve done a 7 day Mon-Sun week for the first time in years. 
1 x 20 min sea swim
3 x turbo and 1 x IRL ride for 5 hrs 45
2 x runs for 2 hrs 15 mins
8hrs 20 mins for me is another good week.
Was feeling the accumulation at the start of my ride today. Seeing encouraging numbers on bike and run. Iām not going to set the world on fire, but for me theyāre pleasing.
Swim. Pah. Swim is swim.
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It was 149 and rising rapidly to be honestā¦
temp was a car reading but we were in direct sunlight, after the calf thing Iād take anything right now.
Cheers.
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Lol
20% of what you covered this weekend but thanks.
Probably the first run in 16? Hours were I wasnāt thinking ā your calf is going to goā constantly.
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Strava has my relative effort at over 1000 this week, and thatās without the swims and gym session. Itās been building for a few weeks so Iām due an easier week I think.
Now idea how Stravaās relative effort compares with training peaks TSS\CTL?
215K on the bike this week with todayās race. 32K running, mostly easy. 3 swims but not totalling much distance.
Bit sore now, might have an easy swim in the river tomorrow evening to ease the legs.
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Looks like last weeks swimming was just a blip on my near-perfect post-lockdown record.
Jumped in this morning for an abridged version of the GTN swim set 1 from their sub-1hr IM plan.
2.2km at 1:25/100m average
From the first 100m, I knew it was on 
Warm up:
3 x 100m pull (1:31, 1:27, 1:26)
4 x 50m paddles (41, 44, 44, 44)
4 x 25m pull and paddles (19, 19, 19, 18)
Main Set:
6 x 100m moderate (1:24-1:26)
12 x 50m moderate (1:19-1:24/100m)
Cool Down:
200m paddles (1:28/100m)
2 x 100m pull (1:31, 1:35)
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Up early again, 3.75 miles around the miles first thing, again 7 minute mile pace.
Aim to do 30 minutes on the turbo at lunch!
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Canāt recall if you have said or not, but is there a race on the horizon @apm? Or are you just an amazingly consistent all year long trainer/exerciseist?!
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after 4 weeks off the rowing machine (weāve been redoing the floor in the summerhouse/pain cave so had to store it for a period), back on again this morning.
just 5km but surprised by my time - quicker than expected without busting a lung
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Well rested ?!
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He is isnāt heā¦
Early doors too.
Respect.
I have done no training since Saturday 5th June. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
A weekās holiday, quite a bit of work in the garden.
Normally I would feel guilty, I actually feel really refreshed. No getting up at 0430, going to bed later and lots of good times with the wife and dogs.
2 days left, then back to work.
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Lower friction on the new floor 
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Good question!
Iāve always tried to workout daily, since I was 16-17.
I will never do some of the sets that people produce here. But I genuinely exercise not to race well, but as more of a lifestyle choice.
Iām just a better bloke when I run, row, swim or lift weights. And, if I didnāt, I would be about 20 Stone, deeply unhealthy, wouldnāt perform as well at work, etc.
That said, have a few local races on the calendar this summer!
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Thereās a girl and an older guy who are like you in our gym, they train really really hard regularly.
Neither races, they just ā enjoy trainingā
Good luck when you put a number on.
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The reality is that you are taking the sensible choiceā¦ I am under no illusions that I train probably more than is healthy, also I had a 15 year period of almost no exercise and being very overweight, there is a good chance that I have done some long term damage as a result.
Now that I am very fit, I need to train almost every day, itās as important for my mental health as it is for my physical health
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As mentioned in my rambling race report, I didnāt feel trashed after yesterdayās HIM
Combination of fitness and not smashing it
Despite this I went for an easier set in the pool.
Decided on some 100s with a longer rest
10 x 100m off 2:00
1:29 / 1:30 / 1:29 / 1:29 / 1:28 / 1:27 / 1:27 / 1:26 / 1:26 / 1:26
Then 4 x 500m with 15 seconds rest
7:30 / 7:40 / 7:40 / 7:45
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