Training Review - Week 26 - June 25 to July 1

Thursday I had a crazy day. I had planned my first sea swim in the evening having missed the opportunity last week. I ran to work in the morning for a relatively sensible start to the day. But then Mrs M texted to tell me she had a migraine and I was going to have to adapt my plans and make my own way home after swimming. I walked out to the planned meeting point for the swim and managed to get a decent bit of sunburn on the way. 

The group of us then got in at the Don and swam towards the Dee. Some of the group were heading in the general direction of Norway but I wasn't confident to follow their line and I stuck behind a group that stayed in shallower water. I am not a fan of salt water. About a mile in I was starting to struggle with the swell making me nauseous and just as we reached the Beach Ballroom I had a bit of a vomit. Combined with the heat and the sunburn and dehydration and knowing I still had to get home I decided that would be a sensible place to stop, so I headed for the beach and walked the rest of the way. Clocked up almost 2km in the sea, double what I will have to do in Denmark, and the pace was sensible for the conditions. 

Having walked along beside the remaining swimmers until we reached the far end of the beach I had a decent chance to recover. Once they all finished I managed to get my kit out of one of their cars and after rinsing the salty taste out and the sand off my feet I was planning to jog home. Unfortunately the suit and salt water had caused a bad rash on my neck which was rubbing against my rucksack and my ankle wasn't felling great. For the second time in 30 minutes I decided to play sensible against the risks of dehydration and injury and I just jogged a couple of miles back in to town and took the bus home instead. 

I racked up over 35,000 steps for the first time since I got my fitbit in 2016. Over 4,500 calories (fitbit estimates) for the first time in over a year. I did my first UK sea swim, my first wetsuit sea swim, and my longest sea swim ever. My longest run day since breaking my ankle. And all that having bailed on the swim 20 minutes early and dropping 5 miles off my run home.  

Friday I expected to pay for that, and I was a bit lethargic, but I still managed to ride both commutes with no problems. 

Saturday I managed a jog in the morning and then was just lazy the rest of the day. Once again leaving myself with too much to do on Sunday. 

I decided to run to the pool in the morning. I am good for miles this week but I wanted to do some faster work this week and I haven't done any since my brick run on Monday. That went completely wrong. I was completely empty and could barely manage a jog in either direction and the first 5 x 100m in the pool were so slow that I gave up on doing the other 10 I had planned for. 

In the evening I did manage my weights and core and yoga sessions for the week. 


Targets - Swim 2.2 miles, Bike 36.0 miles, Run 11.0 miles.
Stretching session x1, Core session x1, Weights session x1.
Physio sessions x1. Yoga session x1.

Monday - Commute ride to office 7.1 miles in 30 mins.
Commute ride from office 7.1 miles in 36 mins.
Brick run 1.5 miles in 11 mins.
Swim with TPT 1,850 m in 57 mins.

Tuesday -  DTCC 9.2 miles TT in 29 mins. 
Warm-up / Cool Down 2.1 miles in 10 mins. 
Swim at bucksburn 0.3 miles in 10 mins. 

Wednesday - Commute ride to office 7.1 miles in 31 mins.
Commute ride from office 7.1 miles in 34 mins.
Physio session.

Thursday - Commute run 6.9 miles in 66 mins. 
Swim at beach 1,884m in 39 mins. 
Jog 1.4 miles in 14 mins. 

Friday - Commute ride to office 7.1 miles in 30 mins.
Commute ride from office 7.1 miles in 35 mins.

Saturday - Dyce jog 3.4 miles in 34 mins.

Sunday - Jog to pool 2.8 miles in 30 mins.
Swim reps 500m in 10 mins.
Jog from pool 2.4 miles in 23 mins.
Weights session.
Core session.
Yoga session. 


Actuals - Swim 2.9 miles (4,734 m). Bike 53.9 miles. Run 18.4 miles. 
1 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 26 mins of yoga.
Physio exercises x 1.

Cumulative actual, (Cumulative target), [Cumulative Stretch target]
S 73.1, (58.0), [63.8], 
B 757.2, (626.0), [688.6],
R 220.2*, (211.6), [232.8].
Core      - 32, (33)
Weights - 30, (33)
Yoga      - 12, (13)

*Includes aqua-jogging and estimate treadmill values.