Fortnightly Reviews - Weeks 21 & 22

So the big news from this fortnight should come in two parts, and neither of them are here. I am going to post a separate race report about the Scottish Champs at Ayr, and then multiple posts about Romania.

So this is a purely numbers effort, along with an opportunity to say that British Airways are crap with bikes, but Wizz Air were excellent. 

I am in Targu Mures, and all set for my races tomorrow and Wednesday. I have done too much since I got here but I felt I needed to in order to get confidence on the mountain bike course and to try and acclimatise to the temperature. 

The bike and run courses are both tough. The bike course is right on my technical limit in a couple of places, and there is a chance I will have to walk a climb section, especially on the later laps. The run has a climb that even the pros are walking up, but is effectively a Scottish cross country or hill running course in summer, with hard packed trails and plenty of ups and downs, just super hot, so I can have no excuses on it. 


Actuals, (Target) - 

Swim 3.5 miles / 5,450 m. (4.2 miles).
Bike 82.0 miles. (79.2 miles). MTB 26.6 miles. (19.8 miles)
Run 24.6 miles. (38.6 miles).

0 short core, 0 short light weights and 2 stretching / rollering session. 71 mins of yoga. 

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

S 63.9, (58.8), [64.7],
B 1039.4, (818.0), [899.8],  MTB 304.1, (204.5), [224.9],
R 477.1, (450.4), [495.4].

Core         - 21, (15), [22]  
Weights    - 21, (15), [22]
Stretching - 24, (16), [25]
Yoga         - 33, (22), [38]. 

Fast run sessions - 22, (>20).

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