A bit tough at the moment

I'm struggling a bit with the training at the moment. Largely due to a bit of a bug. Additional training to the M1 outings and races include:

12/2 - Weights and core session.
16/2 - Ran with W2 IV outing - about 10k in total. Good UT2 session if nothing else.
18/2 - Winter League race with Simoco IV.

Have taken the land training down now. It won't improve anything before Bumps, and will only tire me out.

More training

Hello,

My last post was on 29.01.07. Since then I have done:

* w/b 29.01.07 - 202 miles, including 100 miles in the Peaks and a 40 mile group ride at an average speed of 21mph.
* w/b 05.02 - circuits and 56 miles. Training scuppered a bit this week due to a humdinger of a cold and an interview in Derby.
* w/b 12.02 - Circuits, a 30 mile solo training ride, two sessions back in M1, Pembroke regatta, a 44 mile group ride including three or four hard sprints, and a 32 mile group ride to finish the week.

So far this week, I've done circuits, that session yesterday over-the-lock with M1 and 34 miles this morning by myself on my bike.

Cheers,

Mark

It must be week 4

Because everyone else appears to have stopped training. The other day I was messing around with one of Chris' diamonds and managed to shatter it by squashing between my bicep and forearm. Now that's hard...

5/2 - M1 outing over lock and a weights and core session.
6/2 - 17k @17. 1h13:09.6. HR 168. Crap.
7/2 - M1 outing over lock when it got down to -7. Nice. Weights and core
8/2 - Snowy M1 outing.
9/2 - I didn't feel up to a weekly speed erg, so did a very good weights and core session. Much easier when someone else is there with you. I reckon the whole club should have a weights night where we go down and make the machines feel inadequate.
10/2 - M1 outing with Julie coaching. Interesting.
11/2 - 17k @16/17. 1h1343.6. HR163. I deliberately went slowly on this because I realised that I wasn't 100% and it was probably a better session as a result. Had to sub into M3/4 and then did some erg coaching with W2/3 as not all of them turned up for the outing.

Clearly not 100%, so will be on base fitness and weights only until I recover fully.

Still training when I shouldn't be

I have way too much work to do at the moment, but I've been using training as an incentive. I promise myself that if I get enough work done, I can go down and do an erg or weights session!

29/1 - M1 outing. Short weights and core session.
30/1 - M2 outing. 17k @17 1h11:50.8 - this was horrible, no rhythm. HR 166.
31/1 - M1 outing. Good weights and core session, going up 5kg on various exercises.
1/2 - 30' @27. 8063m - that's an all time PB.
2/2 - Poor M1 outing - tired I think.
3/2 - Newnham Short Course. Won against limited competition, with M2 and M3 doing really well. Great to have the Twigg back! Was really quite fast and a glorious day for it! Thanks for the great birthday present guys!
4/2 - 17k @17. 1h11:48.3. HR lost after 2 mins - but reckoned it was about 170 shortly after finishing.

Good work this week, am feeling good, let's keep it up and see some improvements. I'd like to do a 2k test soon, to see where I'm at.