Training is on the up!

So following a week of the sniffles we are all cleared out & gathering pace again.

10 training hours each last week - as mentioned before we had Mrs ATHelites sister over for a week so with her in tow (or infront in the pool) we had a couple of good swim sessions, only 1 bike due to poor weather & a good few runs of varying length & speed.

This week so far our main Monday training day was hampered by the snow so we all went for a long walk around snow covered Auldhouse (why is walking so hard - I can run for miles but make me walk & I find it exhausting!). Monday night was the traditional snow run at the Harriers - away from the roads & up around the Golf course in the dark & snow. Pretty extreme conditions & wearing glasses & not contact lenses was definately a bad choice - I was virtually blind for half of it with the snow coming at us sideways. We must have run a total of 10 miles that night including running to the club & home, very tough & I struggled to stick with the usual gang but I haven't been out with them this year so it's to be expected!

Tuesday rest day, then last night (Wednesday) was Roller Night at the Road Club - a hard session but good fun on the bike rollers. Need to do more of this - we have the EKRC training camp looming in Spain in March & don't feel very ready for this!

JogScotland tonight followed by the Harriers again then swimming with the ATHelite group in the morning then maybe some more bike rollers tomorrow night.
Saturday morning should be the ATHelite bike group but we are a bit dubious about the weather conditions so watch this space!