So I am only going to review every fortnight rather than weekly, for no particular reason. I am also going to change the format so it is easier for me to do a simple review rather than pick at the details of every day.
So here are are the first 12 days (plus a couple of bits of the Mon-Tue from the end of last year).
I set a big swim target for Q1 this year and with the pool closed for the first couple of days of the year and work taking away my Saturday swim sessions it was going to be a hard target to make. But I have anyway, and I have snuck over my stretch target as well. I have managed to make all but one of my sets beneficial. The only one that was a plain 1,000m grind was this morning when I was just out of gas to do anything smarter.
The bike is harder to do a fair assessment on. The turbo I have is a very cheap and basic so there is no real measure of intensity on it. So I have it set up and I basically just accept the mileage that it gives me is representative of real riding. I know it isn't but there isn't anything I can do to change things without a huge investment in a power meter or a more expensive turbo, and at the minute those aren't justifiable expenses.
I have done a couple of outdoor rides, one on the mountain bike (which again isn't really a fair miles to effort measure) and one to Westhill and back to spectate at the duathlon.
Given those measurement inaccuracies, and then completely ignoring them, I am just over my stretch target miles to date. Nothing else to say here as it is such a random guess. Next week I start a more organised weekly turbo session which may yield something approaching a scientific result instead.
I ran 34.5 miles in the first 5 days of 2020.
I finished off the Running Heroes 12 Days of Xmas challenge to start of my running year without having to do any thinking or planning. If I count in the Monday and Tuesday from last year then that is 13.6 more miles putting me at 48.1 miles for the 7-day week. That is the biggest single week I have ever run. Before now my longest week ever was 41.5 when I was preparing for my marathon.
So I am way ahead of my run target. I have actually done almost double my planned miles.
Also I added a load of physio sessions. I had an appointment on the 3rd of January where she gave me a list to do. 3x15 of 8 different exercises to try and build up some of the stabilisers that are still weak after my ankle surgeries and led to a knee injury in December. The first few days I tried to do them in the evening and was only able to do 1x12. By the start of week 2 I was doing 1x12 in the morning and 1x12 at night.
I also went to check out a Masters basketball team. I have lost all the skills I once had, and the fitness requirements are massively different from what I have for triathlon, but I haven't lost my enjoyment of the game, and I will be going back again next week.
Actuals -
Swim 6.2 miles (9,950m).
Bike 63.2 miles.
Run 59.5 miles.
2 short core, 2 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 43 mins of yoga.
Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch]
S 6.2, (5.9),[6.2],
B 63.2, (59.3), [62.3],
R 59.5, (31.6), [33.2].
Core - 2, (2), [3]
Weights - 2, (2), [3]
Stretching - 1, (2), [3]
Yoga - 1, (4), [4].
Fast run sessions - 2, (>2)
So here are are the first 12 days (plus a couple of bits of the Mon-Tue from the end of last year).
I set a big swim target for Q1 this year and with the pool closed for the first couple of days of the year and work taking away my Saturday swim sessions it was going to be a hard target to make. But I have anyway, and I have snuck over my stretch target as well. I have managed to make all but one of my sets beneficial. The only one that was a plain 1,000m grind was this morning when I was just out of gas to do anything smarter.
The bike is harder to do a fair assessment on. The turbo I have is a very cheap and basic so there is no real measure of intensity on it. So I have it set up and I basically just accept the mileage that it gives me is representative of real riding. I know it isn't but there isn't anything I can do to change things without a huge investment in a power meter or a more expensive turbo, and at the minute those aren't justifiable expenses.
I have done a couple of outdoor rides, one on the mountain bike (which again isn't really a fair miles to effort measure) and one to Westhill and back to spectate at the duathlon.
Given those measurement inaccuracies, and then completely ignoring them, I am just over my stretch target miles to date. Nothing else to say here as it is such a random guess. Next week I start a more organised weekly turbo session which may yield something approaching a scientific result instead.
I ran 34.5 miles in the first 5 days of 2020.
I finished off the Running Heroes 12 Days of Xmas challenge to start of my running year without having to do any thinking or planning. If I count in the Monday and Tuesday from last year then that is 13.6 more miles putting me at 48.1 miles for the 7-day week. That is the biggest single week I have ever run. Before now my longest week ever was 41.5 when I was preparing for my marathon.
So I am way ahead of my run target. I have actually done almost double my planned miles.
Also I added a load of physio sessions. I had an appointment on the 3rd of January where she gave me a list to do. 3x15 of 8 different exercises to try and build up some of the stabilisers that are still weak after my ankle surgeries and led to a knee injury in December. The first few days I tried to do them in the evening and was only able to do 1x12. By the start of week 2 I was doing 1x12 in the morning and 1x12 at night.
I also went to check out a Masters basketball team. I have lost all the skills I once had, and the fitness requirements are massively different from what I have for triathlon, but I haven't lost my enjoyment of the game, and I will be going back again next week.
Actuals -
Swim 6.2 miles (9,950m).
Bike 63.2 miles.
Run 59.5 miles.
2 short core, 2 short light weights and 1 stretching / rollering session. 43 mins of yoga.
Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch]
S 6.2, (5.9),[6.2],
B 63.2, (59.3), [62.3],
R 59.5, (31.6), [33.2].
Core - 2, (2), [3]
Weights - 2, (2), [3]
Stretching - 1, (2), [3]
Yoga - 1, (4), [4].
Fast run sessions - 2, (>2)
Junk swim sessions - 1, (<2)
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