Training Review - Weeks 49 & 50

The weather had a decent say on training this fortnight. Winter has arrived and snow and ice have affected my ability to train outdoors. I have managed some runs, but have kept them close to home and on roads that I trusted to be at least minimally slippy. Also the students have finished up for the year so I am on my own for a while and this means replacing the missing swim and spin sessions with solo efforts, all of which I missed this week because of the weather.

I passed the 1,000 run miles that I had planned for the year. I also passed my bike stretch target of 2,200 miles. And I have managed (somehow) to do all my smaller targets. I am only 8 miles from my swim target which would give me a full set of everything for the year. I should get that once we get to holidays and I can do some longer day-time swims.

Obviously it is Xmas season as well. So the abundance of Xmas dinners and multitude of sweets and treats going around mean that I have managed to put on 3kg in the last fortnight. Being Xmas I am not going to attempt to do anything to fix that until New Year. 

Actuals, (Target) - 

Swim 3.3 miles / 5,400 m. (5.6 miles).
Bike 59.1 miles. (79.2 miles). MTB 0.0 miles. (19.8 miles)
Run 32.6 miles. (39.2 miles).

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

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

S 122.3, (125.3), [137.8],
B 2,274.1, (1,926.7), [2,119.4],  MTB 685.5, (461.9), [508.1],
R 1,011.0, (964.1), [1,060.5].

Core         - 29, (18), [28]  
Weights    - 30, (18), [28]
Stretching - 39, (20), [32]
Yoga         - 51, (32), [50]. 

Fast run sessions - 56, (>48).

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