Another Week Goes By

on the journey towards my 2 Ironman distance relay races. As mentioned in my previous post, this week has been compromised by work commitments that had me travelling and stuck in a lecture room for 2 days. And then on Friday we went round to friends for dinner and had a most enjoyable and relaxing evening. Unfortunately I was not very 'alcohol aware' and and overdid the red wine and woke up with a raging hangover and was somewhat ill. I also did something I haven't done for a very long time and stayed in bed until 4.30pm. I then managed a one hour walk with the dog before hitting the sofa again.

What I'm leading up to is that once again a week has gone by with a few good sessions but nowhere near the volume I want. I was up bright and early this morning for a ride with Coastal Controller; fortunately he was better prepared today and we manged a little over 2 hours together, and I clocked up 2:43 by the time I got home. On the positive side, we didn't get wet today, on the minus side it was chuffing cold, with frozen rivers of ice across otherwise clear roads. I lost the feeling in my toes after about an hour but a long soak in a hot bath when I got home made it all worthwhile. What another low volume week means, though, is that my average cycle mileage this year has just dropped under 100 miles per week.

Here's hoping the weather warms up soon. Train smart folks.