Kevins Training Diary 2022

Another solid block of green numbers.  I was on course for all my swim miles anyway, and then got caught out looking for 600m to finish the second week and getting handed a 3,100m session. That at least got me clear of any need to swim again at the weekend.  I also got all my bike miles in earlier so was able to take a few days off the bike as well. By cutting my weekend to "just" running sessions I was finally able to get a lot of jobs crossed off my chore list and get all my extra sessions fitted in as well. I am doing a good job of keeping everything in, but it is normally about this time of year that I start skipping weights / core / yoga so I need to stay on top of them I am going to count Forres Cross Country as a "fast" run even though it was 8:24 /mile. The course was tough and slippery and I was pushing the effort for enough of it that it was effectively equivalent to a reps session or a shorter race. Then my second fast run was meant to be a Parkrun, only ...

Another solid fortnight done. Maybe even slightly overdone in places.  The numbers pretty much speak for themselves. The only thing I can really complain about is that I am still doing most of my mountain biking riding on the road instead of trails.  I managed to arrange sessions around my two training course days last week and two days back in the office this week. That seems like a manageable impediment. 5 days might be harder to manage as I still needed the three other lunchtimes to squeeze sessions in.  I also managed a 19:31 at Inverurie Parkrun last week, and it still feels like there is more in the tank. If I had realised I was only a second off my target 5k time for the year I might have put a bit more of a sprint finish in.  3 weeks until I get my hip injections and do my first Aquathlon of the year. I have a cross country race in Forres next weekend and then I think I will try and get another Parkrun in to see if I can get under 19:30 before getti...