Fortnightly Reviews - Weeks 19 & 20

I have had a bit of an up and down fortnight again. 

I have been swimming enough. Not fast, but consistent. And I manage to get in a decent swim in the river. Doing my full 2k distance despite struggling with the cold on the second half, and being borderline hypothermic for the next 20 minutes. 

Last weekend I was in Inverness at the North District Championships, retaining my 400m hurdles title again. Then I did the 5k and through 3k was having a great day, but then my hip decided that it was unhappy and almost like a switch it went back to the state it was before I got the injections. And it has stayed like that since. I am back to being in perpetual pain and limping everywhere.

But despite that I managed another fast 5k this weekend, missing my PB by just 3 seconds, in a notable wind. But I have limped even worse since then.

Then I went out and crashed my new bike, and have cracked the frame. It looks tiny, but I need to get a second opinion and a repair done on it in time to fly out to Romania next Thursday.  

I hope that my next post will include me winning the Scottish Aquathlon Championships and it should come out the morning of my World Championships Cross Duathlon race while I am checking in to transition. 


Actuals, (Target) - 

Swim 6.0 miles / 9,600 m. (4.2 miles).
Bike 79.9 miles. (79.2 miles). MTB 32.9 miles. (19.8 miles)
Run 39.5 miles. (40.6 miles).

1 short core, 1 short light weights and 2 stretching / rollering session. 67 mins of yoga. 

Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch] -

S 60.4, (54.6), [60.1],
B 957.4, (738.8), [812.7],  MTB 277.5, (184.7), [203.2],
R 452.6, (411.8), [453.0].

Core         - 21, (14), [20]  
Weights    - 21, (14), [20]
Stretching - 22, (15), [22]
Yoga         - 30, (20), [37]. 

Fast run sessions - 22, (>20).

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