What training have you done this week now you are a triathlete
Blinkybaz
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1 Hour of 5-a-side football which I was really bad at.
1 hour hard swim. Cant quite lift my arms over my head today!
1 hour hard swim. Cant quite lift my arms over my head today!
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(it follows on from Newbies what training have you done this week!)
Its a bit like a promotion from Newbie to ? (you tell me)
I'm training for my first Olympic Tri in 30 days at rutland water... If anyone else is doing it and worried don't be I'm 100% going to come dead last ! last year the slowest was about 2h30 my bike is going to take me 2h, you do the Math..... I'm in real trouble.
mon and thurs: 18 mile commute each way on 2 days (morning ride followed by 5k fartlek on the treadmill and core work)
tue and wed: 4k row, 5k fartlek treadmill, core work. evening swim if I can get to the pool.
fri: rest and drink beer for calories
sat and sunday currently reserved for swimming (1hr sessions) as I seriously need the practice. 8 mile run on sat or sun depending on when the future mrs chappers lets me out.
HOWEVER, such a lack of curbed enthusiasm has resulted in a knee injury (though the coming together of a car, my bike and my knee didn't help). So running is out. If that wasn't bad enough, I had another fall off the bike on friday and buggered my right hip and intercostal muscles, so now I can't swim or run and my training is now pretty much limited to rowing and spinning. ar*e.
I'm signed up for the sprint tri at Dorney lake in June, OD tri in Ripon in July and the Hellvelyn tri in September... the injuries had better heal quickly!!!
Monday - recover from rookie day[:D]
Tuesday - mental abaration run/intervals with local run club 7.5k up a hill!!!!!! 1 hr
Wednesday - !!!!!! Physio at last to sort out stuck SI joint ouch and erhm jammed rectus femoris, gluts, psoas, ITB and quads - take my advice NEVER fall off a bucking horse and spring your pelvis it takes 4 years to sort out[:@] And that physio hurt now on a 4 a day stretch programme
Thursday - stretches, 4.5k intervals 30 mins trying to keep HR between 140-160, swim drills 30 mins playing catch up with hands to extend reach and breathing with half goggle in water only drank 1/5th of pool rather than anticipated 1/2[:D]
Tuesday- 45 mins spinning, quick 15 min run with dog before band practice
Wednesday- Hour circuits, 15 mins run with dog after
Today- 8 miles approx run sesh with Tri club
Tomorrow- Who knows? Take Tessa out for a spin? Or hit the gym?
Rest day today, Run tomorrow morning to start the weekend off!
Cycle to work and back all week though starting Tuesday, Wednesday evening swim technique class, Thusday morning easy swim, Thursday lunch half hour run, today... Long cycle home, try and get myself lost.
Monday - swim am, easy 10 mile cycle in eve
Tues - run interval session (legs still abit sore)
Weds - swim am, 40min session on turbo trainer (desperately need to get faster on bike after Saturdays performance!)
Thurs - OW swim am, sprint session on track at lunch
Fri - taking it easy - might do something on the bike this eve
Sat - Trying to fit OW swim in am,
Sun - Bike, Bike and more bike (only 3 weeks till Windsor!)
Monday 36km comute on bike - 18km Hard in, steady ride home (I try to beat the previous mornings ride)
Tuesday 'as Monday' with a 7km brick run
Wednesday 'as Monday'
Thursday 'As Monday'
this morning 18km comute in
Monday - rest day as in London on business from V early
Tuesday - Triathlon training class AM then 5 mile run home from work PM
Wednesday - 1700 metre swim
Thursday - 17 mile cycle including hills
Friday - 1900 metre swim
Saturday - 10K race which will count as run training!
Monday-6 mile easy run, 2k swim
Tuesday-took aerobics class which i made up as i went along. nobody noticed! result! 40 min hills on the bike.
Wednesday-10 mile TT(very nearly died!)
Thursday-5k all out run, knocked a whole 10 seconds off my PB. whoopeedoo.
Friday-1500 straight swim, 1k swim drills.
Surfing this weekend, if I can find a wave!
Thanks for your honesty. As soon as I can get to the 'top' of my in breath I am off out.
Friday 30 mins core and 20 mins light weights
Saturday was a rest!
Sunday 8 mile run with intervals of 2 lamp posts!
Tonight i will be going some core!
Bring on another week of training!!!!
2 x 15 mile cycle with 3 mile run after each.
Sunday eve - dog got attacked, made a funny movement to save him, did back in, can't move!
Monday - lots of painkillers, trying to move to keep back mobile.
Tues - may try an easy run - one forced rest day is enough!
yesterday went to pot stinking cold[:@]
Monday: 45 mile bike with some local hills
Tues: 5km run followed by a 1000m pyramid swim
Wed: 800m on track, Club 10 mile TT (27.21) not too bad considering it was extremely windy
Thurs: Engish schools 1500m (4, 44) 3rd fastest time of the day
Fri: 6 km run
Sat: long sea swim
Sun: 95 mile bike with the club
I'd agree with Ron99 - I'm no expert or physio etc. but had a few injuries... if your back lets you, I'd recommend spinning - far less impact than running and really helps to maintain fitness while you recover... this has worked for me a number of times (currently doing this while recovering from the 3 injuries I have... all induced by spills off the bike). To give you an idea, I was on for a 3hr time for the Loch Ness marathon, but of all things I got shin splits 2 months before - physio, orthotics and a shed load of rowing and spinning got me recovered and a time of 3hrs 25mins... take it easy and hope all of this waffle isn't necessary and your back is back to normal soon
sun - race - then drinking until around 2am.
mon - rest
tue - fly to hols
wed - 8k run - decent amount of pool swimming.
thu - 600ish m swim in sea
fri - 10k run
sat - nothing.
as i was on hols - every bit was followed by a very early "beer-o-clock".....