Training Week - 5 weeks to go!!!

As much as we are enjoying the training, personally I am pretty much wanting to just do the Ironman now & then go to bed for a month. The training program is incorporating more speed work & power sessions now which are pretty exhausting - yesterday (Monday) was a really tough day.

Sunday 30th; 3 hour medium pace bike (thanks to Gareth for keeping us company on this one)

Monday 31st; 2 hour max effort bike, transition to 2 hour long run. Due to the miserable weather we did the bike indoors on the turbo. 30 mins w/up, 6 x 10 min hard efforts & 5 min recoveries. Tough session & I got off & almost collapsed on the floor, trembly legs! First 45 mins of the run was pretty ropey but we built up to a really good pace for an hour & held it to the end. Absolutely shattered afterwards which, according to Coach Polly, is perfect!

Tuesday 1st; 1/2 gym session, 45 min swim - technique focussed. (We watched a swim technique video on the turbos yesterday so practicing a few things). Pm - stretch.

Wednesday 2nd; Pm - ATC swim session. 40 min negative split run - Strathclyde Park?

Thursday 3rd; 1 hr Run - hill efforts (build 2 more onto last weeks session). 1 hr Esporta Swim session.

Friday 4th; Turbo session... ('bloody hard') ...w/up 20mins, 6 X 4 minute efforts, building up in the last min of each effort...'so hard you should not be able to do the 6th one!!' cool down 20min. Transition to run 20-30mins.

Saturday 5th; Run 30 min before work.

Sunday 6th; 2 hr run, negative split.

Monday 7th; 6 hour bike, transition to 30 min run.

So there it is laid out in front of us for a week - what it doesn't mention is that we have to go to work every day & it will probably be driving rain & relentless winds all week.
Happy Training!!
C.

As predicted here is this weeks Weather