Kevins Training Diary 2022

OK, so this is a very short set of numbers. Vienna and Bratislava get separate posts.  This past weekend I helped out by doing the lead bike job at Mens Mile, then ran the Chris Smith Memorial Daviot Dash in the afternoon, where I came third, almost 2 minutes quicker than last year. Then on Sunday I did the Run4Marie 5k and came third again.  Actuals, (Target) -  Swim 3.9  miles / 6,280 m. (4.2 miles). Bike 34.2 miles. (79.2 miles).   MTB 29.2 miles. (19.8 miles) Run 43.3 miles.  (35.0 miles). 0 short core,  0 short light weights   and   2 stretching / rollering session.  34   mins of yoga.   Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch] - S 88.1, (84.0),   [92.4] , B 1,726.2, (1,293.2) ,   [1,422.5 ] ,     MTB 554.0, (323.3),   [355.6], R 734.2, (660.4),  [726.4]. Core         - 28, (16),   [22]   Weights    - 28 , (16),  [...

I arrived on the Friday lunchtime, assembled my bike and headed up, with one of my new GB team-mates, to recce the course on the first evening.  That probably wasn't the best plan as I was still trying to adjust to the heat. Also, we pushed a little too hard on the long climb up to the course and then started at slightly the wrong place on the lap meaning that all the most technical bits were crammed in to the first section. This took a huge toll on my confidence as I was exhausted, overheated and spent most of the first 15 minutes pushing my bike or taking wrong turns. We eventually got onto a slightly better section of the course, but still struggled for nearly an hour and racked up over 5 miles trying to get round a 3.5-mile lap of the course. The course lap record is just outside 15 minutes.  Having survived that single lap, I decided food, and rest, and a fresh look in the morning were the best approach. On the Saturday morning I had the same lap down to 40 minutes, ...

Somehow I got out of alignment with the weeks. So this is a sorted out version of the numbers. It covers up to the weekend I arrived in Vienna for the World Aquathlon Champs and includes my first go at Vienna Parkrun. Actuals, (Target) -  Swim 3.8  miles / 6,070 m. (4.2 miles). Bike 53.3 miles. (79.2 miles).   MTB 15.0 miles. (19.8 miles) Run 44.9 miles.  (35.0 miles). 0 short core,  0 short light weights   and   2 stretching / rollering session.  48   mins of yoga.   Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch] - S 84.2, (79.8),   [87.8] , B 1,692.0, (1,214.0) ,   [1,335.4 ] ,     MTB 486.4, (303.5),   [333.9], R 690.9, (625.4),  [687.9]. Core         - 28, (16),   [22]   Weights    - 28 , (16),  [22] Stretching - 34, (18),   [25] Yoga          - 41, (26),   [42].   Fast run sessions - 39, (>32).

I finished my 1 mile per 10km for the Tour de France. I finished my 1 mile per 10km for the Tour de France Femmes. I am now beyond exhausted. My bike miles for the year so far are now in excess of my end of October target, and I have exceeded my end of year mountain biking miles target. two weeks out from ITU Bratislava I need to get off the bike, taper A LOT, and do some fast swimming.  In terms of fast practice I did a couple of races, a super short Aquathlon at Knockburn where I came second in a small field. And a cross triathlon in Loch Lomond (with a swim about 250m longer than it should have been) where I came 7th overall, second Male Vet, 1st M45 which should qualify me for ITU Ibiza and ETU Wherever next year.  I also picked off another Parkrun, doing Stonehaven, which is almost as tough and hilly a course as Crathes from the week before.  I still haven't finished my Targu Mures blogs and I am not likely to do them this next week either as my laptop is going in to...