Training Review - Weeks 39 & 40

Okay. time to do one of these properly. I have been effectively on my limit of using my time for useful things the last few months and have been lazy about updating these. 

My serious race season is finished. I still have a few races to do, maybe a couple of cross countries and a couple of aquathons but effectively my race season is done. I should therefore take a couple of weeks of rest, or at least take them easy, before I switch to winter training. 

Instead I have managed to get a chest infection which I am struggling to shift, and I have started straight in to the winter season training with the Uni students again. This shifted my swimming noticeably last year so I want to stay focused on it this year. 

I am also getting out on lots of adventures with my new girlfriend. We have been out climbing lots of hills. and generally roaming the countryside having adventures with her dog. 

The numbers are down as I missed sessions to try and survive the chest infection. 

I should finish my whole year of bike miles before my next update.


Actuals, (Target) - 

Swim 3.4 miles / 5,450 m. (4.9 miles).
Bike 64.7 miles. (79.2 miles). MTB 32.9 miles. (19.8 miles)
Run 34.2 miles. (35.0 miles).

0 short core, 1 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 27 mins of yoga. 

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

S 99.7, (97.3), [107.0],
B 1,954.1, (1,530.7), [1,683.8],  MTB 628.7, (382.7), [421.0],
R 795.1, (730.4), [803.4].

Core         - 28, (18), [28]  
Weights    - 29, (18), [28]
Stretching - 37, (20), [32]
Yoga         - 45, (30), [48]. 

Fast run sessions - 50, (>40).

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