Things....

[skoptic]

Are you on an endless training ride??

LOL .. no - just another mini blog holiday.. Thank you for nudging me back into it Mr C...

Mon
5 mile run
2200m swim

[skoptic]

er.. ok not been updating.....

Sat
60 mile bike
1hr lake swim

Sun
busy

Mon
6 mile run
2000m swim

[skoptic]

Tue
16 mile run ... seemed more difficult than usual - but never mind

[Mr. Cleetus]

How's is your fitness coming? Are you feeling on track?

[skoptic]

Ahem .. so another log holiday

All is good ... I feel totally prepared . Last night I did another night ride .. 115 miles - I cycled to the start and then afterwards to the train and then on to a mate's house, so I notched up 180 miles. Legs feel great (bit of cramp ... could be an issue n the race) and I could have gone on and then started running, so was a good weekend for my confidence.

I'm tapering now (2 weeks to race) .. but I'll squeeze in some mid distance runs this week and do a long swim at the weekend.

Last night's night ride was the total opposite of my one last month (well they were both still brilliant) ... the other had 7 people and they were all club cyclists, quite quiet. This one was roughly 1200 people, free, wonderfully "not really" organized, full of totally regular and club riders, weird bikes, fairy lights round frames, really good vibe. You cycle from London to the sea up in Suffolk, have a dip or crash out on the beach, eat at the cafe ... get home somehow. That somehow was quite interesting for me, with about 50 cyclists getting chucked off the little local train, (health and safety of course) and the police being called! Quite amusing, apart from the fact that it meant an extra 30 mile ride to the bigger station. Great ride though .. called the Dunwich Dynamo ... great website.

[skoptic]

Mon
rest

Tue
7.5 mile club run .. eased the legs out. Quite a few fartlek intervals ...

[skoptic]

Wed
30 mins turbo (felt sore from weekend & yesterday so this was just a spin really)

Thurs
8 mile run (felt STRONG)
3500m swim (in wetsuit in the pool - we have the option of wearing for the DIM.. and it really made a difference, so I'm going to wear one!)

[skoptic]

Fri
Brick session - wanted to go longer but trying to judge the taper!
20 mile bike
2 mile run

Sat
45 mile bike
45 min lake swim

[skoptic]

Sun
60 mile bike .... good ride, felt short, and that's what I wanted! Did quite a bit of through and off which I don't usually do

[IronGirl]

Good Luck for next weekend Skoptic. I have my fingers crossed for you, but know you will be awesome as you have worked hard for this.

[skoptic]

Cheers - So this week was quite a relaxed taper

Mon
nothing

Tue
5 mile run

Wed
Brick session
20 mins turbo
10 mins run

Thurs
4 mile run
1000m swim (wetsuit in pool)

Fri
driving up to race

Sat
Let's get it ON!!!!!

[Mr. Cleetus]

Have a great race skoptic!

[SpugFab]

Best of luck with it man, sounds like a weekend you'll remember

[veganlisa]

Good luck and have fun!!!

[skoptic]

Ah ... the joy of a 3 week gap in your training log

So I've had a lovely few weeks of sleeping in, socialising, sitting on the sofa, doing anything I want on a Sunday. But now the body and mind are a bit bored of that, and I need to start training again. I was careful not to put anything in the diary before I completed DIM ... so now I get the chance to surf event sites and try to plan my next 6 months or so.

I'd like to do a marathon, but I'd want the full 12 - 15 weeks of prep which takes me to Dec where there are very very few in the UK - so I think I might just do an ultra or 2 in Jan / Feb and then do a Spring marathon, probably pick up a few half marathons along the way. My cycling will pretty much stop now and I'll swim / run through the winter. I think next summer I'll try and do some BLDSA long swims ... maybe double Bala, or Coniston. Hmmmmm I like the anticipation of booking your next few months training / events!