Another good week, similar in terms of training load to the last two, the swim on Friday was 62 lengths at Parkside rather than the usual 82 so I could finish in time for dinner with friends) but yesterday I swam 106 lengths to make up for it. I decided I might as well while the pool was at a reasonable temperature. Parkside Pools seem to vary quite dramatically from warm to absolutely freezing and the pool temperature indicator near reception bears no relation at all to what the actual pool temperature is. I’m a real wuss with cold. If I get in when it’s cold I stand around for ages rather than just putting my head under the water and getting on with it. I really should try and be better about this.
Weights in my room are no problem with weather and so far I’ve been very lucky running outside, a lightweight waterproof stops the wind and light rain and keeps my train ticket and railcard dry and sweat free (which were problems with my old wrist wallet). The waist mounted water bottle I bought for the Doyen of the downs race is also working really well and my Suunto t6c watch is great. I really like the extra dimension it brings to training, even if I probably don’t make full use of it.
This week I will cut back a bit on the swimming and running by a couple of sessions so I can taper for the big 50k race in Gloucester on Sunday. I’ve got to do a reasonable time so I can get back for a meal out with friends and a Jimmy Carr show in the evening.
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A blog about my running, swimming and cycling training in 2009
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