Week 54 Training Log

Week 54. Looking back over week 54 it was a bit of a disaster. A bad week of weather was forecast so it was going to be a case of dodging the rain. Monday, it was pouring with rain so I abandoned my 14 mile run and went to the gym for an hour and a half, working on muscular endurance. Tuesday was very much the same. Where I once had a 4 hour ride scheduled I now had another two and a half hours in the gym. One hour on the gym bike pushing a big gear at high cadence followed by one and a half hours on weights. My legs were shot. By Wednesday a pattern was emerging. Again my schedule said 3 hour ride and again I found myself in the gym. Working Thursday so I decided to give the muscles a rest. 5.30 am Friday and I was on the road on the bike for a swift ride focusing on power and speed, time trial mode. Followed this with a short brick run. Later in the day I attended the Masters swim class at the pool where I coach. That was probably going to be it for the week as I was away all weekend, but I found myself with time and energy on Sunday to fit in a 1 hour run. Thus ending a less than perfect week 54 training. There’s always another week. Can’t say that for much longer though.