Monday - 1st run outside since early December, every year for the past 8years the first run of the year has always been an out and back along the Worcester canal starting at Tardibigge locks, this year was no exception, only thing is this year I have not run for a while as a result the run was slow and hard work, but from small acorns and all that and I had to start somewhere. Didn't get to swim till 8pm, nearly didn't go but really glad I did. I thought the session was going to be easy but boy how wrong I was. I may have been swimming on and off for the last month but nothing structured so this first session was a kick in the teeth and proof at just how far my fitness has fallen,
Session - 200WU - 10x100 off 2:30 - 200CD
I was completing the 100's in about 1:55 but by the 4th rep I was glad of 35sec rest just to get my breath back, I'm out on the bike tomorrow and the weather looks awful oh well!!!!
Tuesday - today was a bike day, today was also the wettest, windiest day I have seen in a long long time. After sitting around all morning waiting for the rain to top I finally got out mid afternoon, it was still windy and still raining, I planned to do a quick 60minutes on the CX this turned out to be 40minutes of fighting against head on and side winds as I tried to stay on the bike. And 20minutes of fixing a puncture in said wind and rain. You gotta love the English weather.
Wednesday - today saw me swim and run, firstly the swim - this went very well 200WU - 50-100-150-200-250 - 5x50 off 75secs - 200CD it's still hard to get going and I get tired very quickly but it will come I know it will, then there was the run - my posh watch has reacted with with my skin and as a result I can't wear a watch so running is interesting to say the least, without my Garmin I have no idea about pace distance or time all I know is I was out the door for about 50mins and I ran up a few hills VERY SLOWLY!!!! as a side note I,m having a few stomach issues and can't stop coughing (I must keep an eye on this)
Thursday - woke this morning with a "dodgy tummy" and as a result was held captive in the downstairs toilet for nigh on 12hrs. This meant no training as I'm not sure I could have even got to the bottom of the road without the Gingerbread man making an appearance. It not that I mind "going alfresco" I DON'T ( just ask Matt and Jules) it was more the fear of traumatising Mrs Jones and her 3 cats at #67 if I had got caught short and she'd flung open the curtains to gaze upon me stooping and Gus dutifully watching.
Friday - Eldest is back to her early morning swimming so at 5:45 I had dropped her at at the pool and was standing in a car park with Gus awaiting the arrival of Matt and Oscar, we ran for 55 minutes round Sutton Park. It was fantastic it was the 1st run since starting back where I finished thinking I could do more. On a slightly less positive note I don't seem to be able to shake off this chesty cough and blocked nose, so I didn't swim today and opted for Lemsip Max and "the big bang theory" roll on tomorrow
Saturday - after much heart rendering and thought I decided to do nothing today, my nose was blocked, I was having coughing fits that made my head almost explode yet wouldn't clear the gunk from my chest and above all else, I'm a lazy fecker and spent most of the day messing about and play with my youngest, I did read a few Blogs from last week all of which reflect on the past year. So I thought I would take a look back at 2012, and I can conclude that both the highlight and lowlight of the year came in May, they are
1- I completed 10 marathons in 10days
2 - I was confronted by a big angry growler in an ice bath.
I'll let you decided which is the high and low....?
Sunday - 90minute off road run with Sue and the Dogs over Licky hills. In a nut shell "Back to doing what I love the best" this is what running is to me, took youngest swimming in the afternoon and while she played with her friends I managed to sneak in a hard and fast 500m, I know it's not a lot but it all helps,
Totals - not sure of mileage and metres as I'm not really counting them. I know my training was 5mins short of 6hours, I'm happy with that as a base week. With a 10% increase I'm need to do about 400mins next week, I also need to juggle a few things round due to a job interview on Wednesday.
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