Q1 Review

Strange to try and review this form a training point of view as the entirety of Q1 has been rehab. 

Swimming is hard to evaluate. I have been bingeing on swimming while I haven't been able to do anything else so I am way ahead of plan. I am swimming about the same pace as last year, which isn't a bad thing in itself, but I should really be going faster having missed only 5 weeks and then doing a huge amount of time in the pool since. I won't really be able to tell until I take an easier week and test against the clock when I am properly rested. 

I am not doing a lot on the bike. I hadn't planned to do a lot on the bike this year, so that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Now that I can commute on the bike those numbers are actually going to go through the roof. For the next few weeks I am not ready to run that distance, and by the time I should be Scotrail are going to close the line from Dyce to Aberdeen for upgrade works. That means my previous plan of running in and taking the train home doesn't work from May until at least August. 

I am happy to be back running, even if it is still slow and short. The numbers are meaningless at this point. The aqua-jogging has helped retain some muscles and fitness but there is still a long way to go to get back to running competitively.