94k round the moors , cold with a grim headwind for the first 40k. Surface dressed roads as well 
Enjoyed it though and had hoped for a bit longer but would have been going round in circles. So did a 3K brick.
One of those rides where AP was 30w less than NP because of the hills
Ah no. Soinds good still though.
Itās absolutely roasting down here today. Totally cloudy about a mile inland, but on the coast itās been glorious luckily. 
So we went for a family walk up to High Peak. 
Lovely here as well but rain forecast on and off for the next 3 days.
Think I didnāt eat/drink enough yesterday.
Was doing a party appearance as a favour to some friends. Was a paid gig, big house, but ended up being an 11 hour day with all the travel
Add to that the general fatigue at the minute and it was a recipe for bleugh
Despite having a lay in on Weds and only 45 mins yesterday, still finished the week on 18 hours and 1170TSS
Progressive 30 mins
Very proud of ten hours this week, took a bit of thinking about when Iāve logged 67 hours overtime this week!
8 of those hours were in the Nick ā¦ always feels nice being a paid athlete !
Two very good static bike hours ( due to being 13 st) with good results.
Very strong but couldnāt run for a bud at the min, going to tri and run next week and lose a touch of flab.
Some great results in training and racing from the tri talkers this week, stick at it folks
I thought this week would see me right back into training following the Thames Path
Stuck with the programme Monday, Tuesday but a day in London, dinner out with work and then big night out on Friday set me right back. Just about managed a hungover 8 mile run on Saturday.
Today spent supporting son and wife at the Manchester Half Marathon. Son came 137th in 1:26 - great result. Very proud. Mrs T came in at 2:10 - also very proud of that - she had been in hospital on Wednesday for a planned procedure so she did well even to make it to the start line - as it was only 3 mins off her pb and the first time she has done a half without me pacing her. The rest of the day taken up with work and football (nerves shot).
Was supposed to do a 5 hr run today ready for South Downs Way 100.
Have decided to sack off the SDW as legs not feeling fresh enough and it would then wipe me out for weeks after. Going to do some smaller events (Snowdonia ultra) and run things like Yorkshire 3 Peaks/Sandstone Way etc self organised with some mates.
Means next stop for something large will be Namibia in November for Desert Ultra - Desert Ultra | An Ultra Running Documentary - YouTube Running with (chasing after) my son.
Sorry to hear about SDW100 mate but probably a wise choice. Itās a beast of a course and youād know best how your body feels. Ultras arenāt happy hunting grounds for āwinging itā or just trying to force yourself through. Ad you know, you have to really want it. That was the main reason I bailed from the Grand Slam.
Better IMO to pick the races you really want to do and enjoy them as best you can.
BTW, not sure if you watch Jeff Peletierās channel but has has a whole series of films on Namibia and his trip there.
Cheers FP
Will check out those vids
Going to do a bit of yoga now, early night and we go again next week
Strava tells me I did just over 9 hours last week and that doesnāt include a bit of swimming I didnāt record so probably close to 10. A lot was cycling, managed about 4 runs but still only 30k and the longest was 8K, but the achilles\calf seems to be settling which is the most important thing.
Hung my mates work all afternoon - Iām absolutely fucked
Think it would have looked better as one big composite but he was a bit whatever about it all.
I would make a comment about that being well hung but I know not to do that on this forum in case of some dreadful punnery to follow
Just over 13 hours for me and another nice week ticked off.
I think Iāve had about 5 weeks now of being really consistent, not doing anything crazy but getting the sessions in each day. Fitness is definitely trending up.
Saying that, I had to bin off todays planned long run. Felt like absolute shite leaving the door. I did improve after 30 minutes or so but I wasnāt loving it. A lovely combo of excessive booze and food with little sleep has done me in this weekend. Had to have a word with myself to just get an easy hour in, also found the terrain hard work too. Too much bloody sand and sun seemed to just sap all energy!
Anyway, hopefully a good night sleep now and onto the next one. Bolton recce Sunday morning if the weather stays nice
Oh Iām all for dreadful punnery
Week ending (w/e)
06/03 11:08
13/03 04:37
20/03 08:06
27/03 00:00
03/04 04:09
10/04 00:00
17/04 09:57
24/04 03:34
01/05 12:03
08/05 23:48
15/05 09:47
22/05 06:40
Utterly shambolic consistency.
Iāve swam longer than Iāve ran this year (13 hours 49km vs 12 hours 150km) neither of which have been consistent or anything remotely approaching ātrainingā
(Mind you, swimming 1:30/100m off ~39mins swimming per week aināt half bad. Neither is running a 19min 5km off just 7.5km running per week 
)
Cycling is up to 115hrs 3,345km (shamefully not over 30kmh average 
)
To have clocked up only 140 hours by the end of May is paltry. Weāre now starting the 21st week of the year, so Iād expect that to be more like 200 hours
Staffs is just two weeks away and I donāt feel like Iām anywhere near ready for it 
Well youāre obviously more than ready for Staffs. The question is probably āare you ready for your own expectationsā?
If you arenāt, then adjust them and have a great race anyway.
Expectations cannot be adjusted.
Does not compute 
Of course they can. You expected your car to be outside of your house yesterday morning and youāve adjusted to that. 
Too soon? 
Haha this is @Poet weāre talking about. I may have the samdbagger tag, but he wonāt even turn up if heās not in full grape crushing mode!
Big week for me at around 9.15. I donāt have a laptop any more and Training Peaks on a mobile is only good for quick scanning, so I canāt easily see how that breaks down.
Couple of runs, a swim, I think 3 or 4 zwift and my long ride yesterday.
I had planned on another 100 km today. But Iāve lost my confidence with all the puncture fiasco lately. Mrs GB is in work, kids are in school and Iām on drop off and pick up duty so I simply canāt afford to be stranded somewhere miles away with no way home at 2pm. So really struggling with indecisiveness in terms of what to do. Looks like the heavy rain is coming in at about 2pm as well.
Need to decide soon before I run out of time. Could pop to bike shop and ride with like 3 spare tubes and do a smaller loop a few times. Donāt want to waste my incredibly rare days off alone.
How far away is the bike shop? Iām visualing you just riding there and back repeatedly, and every time you get a flat let them fix it 
Bad luck you have been having with all these punctures, how frustrating 
Canāt believe Iām saying this but how about a SUP session? Good for head clearing and it looks pretty windless today.
