Week 44 Training log.

A bit of a taper week this week, a chance to recooperate and prepare myself, firstly for my longest run since December on Friday and Build period 2, which begins next week. Monday I swam 4000 mts in the pool in 1hr.30 min. Not a blistering pace I know but an economical pace. The only way I can keep track of my metreage is to follow distance programs. eg. Swim 50m - 5 sec rest, 100 m - 10 sec rest, 150 m - 15 sec rest, increasing 50 mts each time up to 400, giving me a total of 1800mts. I did this as a full stroke swim warm up, then stuck the pull bouy between my legs and did it again just pulling. finally another 400 mts full stroke to swim down. Sounds a bit dull I know but the longer you swim for the more your mind wonders onto other things. Lined myself up for a 1500 mtr sea swim with Pembrokeshire Trathlon club on June 4th as a warm up for both the long course weekend on June 8th and the Coastal Triathlon in July. A High tempo / intesity ride on Tuesday evening taking myself to some anarobic thresholds, pulling back just as the lactic acid creeps into the legs. Wednesday it was back to the old routine of 1 hr swim then yoga. Nearly fell asleep in yoga, I'm sure I heard myself snore. This can't be training. Rest day Thursday before the big run on Friday. The run was steady and comfortable 13 miles in 1hr 56 min. the same course I did in November in 1hr 46 min but I'm not worried about that. I now have to step up to Build period 2. Similar format to Build 1 but more. More volume and more intensity. I'll see you on the other side of the first week of that, week 45.