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Big sigh of relief for the two of us as we come to the end of our last heavy training week & start our 3 week taper as of Sunday. To be honest this weeks training has kind of passed me by after Monday.
We did our 2 hour run last Sunday at a very good pace & then Monday brought the last big bike ride. We were to do 6 hours including 2 x 20 minute Time Trials transitioning to a 30 min run. It all started ok as we left the house at 7.00am dressed for all weathers & fully loaded with food & drink as per race day. I had all my food on board, 2 full drinks bottles as usual plus a full front aero bottle & my bike weighed a flippin' tonne. We headed to Paisley then out up the Gleniffer Braes which, as I now know, is a long long hard climb, especially into a head wind. We headed all the way to Greenock (again much hillier than expected), dropped down into the town then out up the ridiculous climb up the Old Largs Road back into the countryside. Might have been a bit less of a grind on a road bike - but a tough job on the TT bikes. The wind continued to come at us even though we had changed direction & by the time we had got all the way down to Largs we only had an hour to get back to Ek! We got to Dalry then just jumped onto the main road then the Dual Carriageway for 15 miles to Paisley then 10 miles slowly through multiple red lights & traffic back to Ek. Including stops to pick up more fluids & to consult the map a few times we were out for a total of 7.5 hours but at least we went over 100 miles. Can't wait to get to Barcelona & ride on flat roads! Despite starting at 7.00am, by the time the run was over the schools were coming out!
My hips flexors were a bit sore after all that so I'm going to ease off the bike for a couple of days now.
A shorter sharper 2k swim session the next morning, then the ATC swim session Weds pm (2.5k) into a 40 min negative split run round Strathy Park. Legs a bit tired but good strong finish.
Thurs pm - 1 hour Hill session followed by leg massage by Grant.
Fri am - Tollcross Swim 4k total non stop - a great session, slightly quicker than last week & felt good afterwards.
Sat am - Calderglen 10 miler
Sun - REST!!!
4 comments:
Tollcross swim: loved the pool great swim pity to leave at 8.00 am. hope athelite would consider training at tollcross more often.
Sorry I never said goodbye Frank - not easy under water!
It is so nice to have room to swim & there is no reason why we can't do more here - we got there in 15mins from Ek this morning, & just a bit slower getting back in the traffic.
C.
by the climb up the old largs road do you mean the healy bray from largs ? if so respect ! my mate melted his brake blocks going down that on the don smith ride a couple of years ago ( in march in the snow )
Good luck this with with your training. I hope all goes well.
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