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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Saturday, 2 August 2008

Another Good Week

The plan this week was to reduce the cycling and build up the swimming and the running; it's sort of worked but perhaps not quite as I planned.

Swimming. Well I swam more than last week, just not much more, managing just 1 hour this week (2 x 30 min sessions). The sessions were good though, with some full stroke focussing on good technique and some drills to address known weaknesses. The aim is to not get any slower at this stage of the season, rather than searching for new speed.
Cycling. I've certainly reduced the cycling; no turbo sessions this week just a commute to work on Tuesday (40km each way) and then a 3 hour ride with Sags today clocking up 91km. The weather today was windy and after an hour or so the rain started and by the time I got home I was soaked to the skin. It wasn't cold though and I really enjoyed the ride. Total ride time this week was a little over 5.5 hours.

Running. So far this week I've ran for 1 hour 26 minutes compared to 1 hour 16 minutes last week. However, I have another run planned for tomorrow (Sunday) which will hopefully clock up another hour or so which will meet my planned target. I find running in the muggy heat we've been experiencing lately really difficult; on Wednesday I just couldn't seem to get any air into me and really struggled. It was quite pathetic really. I suppose I could say that the 80km of cycling I had done the day before had left me somewhat fatigued but it shouldn't have been as bad as it was.

Training Totals. I've notched up a tad over 8 hours so far compared to 10.25 hours last week. Another hour running tomorrow and I will be a Happy Hector.

2 weeks to Aberfeldy and I'm happy with the mileage I'm clocking up on the road bike. This next week will be difficult as I'm on leave with the kids at home so I will just have to fit in what I can. Hopefully I will manage some good bike mileage with some short runs off the bike. Might try to get 1.5 hours of swimming in as well. We shall see.

Train smart folks.
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2 comments:

Sags said...

I'm not happy with Turbo Man staying off his turbo! It's just not right! I know of a good clinic that will sort you out and get you back on track with your turbo; all turbo celebrities use it 8-)

2 August 2008 at 19:16
Turbo Man said...

Don't worry buddy, I have 4 months of nothing but turbo training when I get to Qatar. Have had a response from my coaching guru and the plan is beginning to take shape; can put the meat on the bones nearer the time but will be along the lines we spoke about today.

2 August 2008 at 22:24

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