Sup y'all, so I was really busy last week so didn't get a chance to write my weeks review. It was an easier week anyway, ending in the Erich Fill Triathlon, so I will cover it in a few sentences. I swam a 3.5km on Tuesday evening along with 2.5km on Saturday and 1.1km on Sunday, so 7.1km for the week, not bad. I had monday as my rest day and ran 11.5km on Wednesday and Thursday. On friday I rode 59km, my legs felt great having not ridden for 5 days, so I was ready for the Tri on Sunday.
Running 33km (1344.1km YTD)
Cycling 96km (5420km YTD)
Swimming 7.1km (109,45km YTD)
So on to last week. On Monday I ran 11.5km again, I wanted to run quite slow after my fast '10k' the day before, but it ended up at 4:53/km so not dead slow.. On Tuesday I went to the gym and did my old school 7x1km intervals on the treadmill. I did the intervals at 15km/h with the last one being 1.5km with increasing speed up to 16km/h. It felt pretty good to be honest, it made me feel like I haven't lost too much run fitness since spring. I did some strength work too, mainly legs but abs, triceps and chest too.
On Wednesday I couldn't really be bothered to do anything, and just about binned training, but finally got out for 34km on my road bike. On Thursday I swam 2.7km before going to the pub quiz, I wish I had time to do more, but I didn't 🙁
Friday I cycled 58km to wörrstadt and around to Wallertheim and back. When I was in Stadecken Elsheim I looked to my left and saw Jochen, then quickly noticed that he was bandaged, and next to a car with a broken window! Apparently he had crashed into the back on the car after a downhill, but wasn't badly injured, just a few cuts. I hung around until he left in an ambulance, made me think though.
On Saturday I set off early to cycle to Heidelberg. Its about 100km away, so I found 2 GPSs and started following the line! It was pretty good with only a few slightly gravelly parts. Last time I cycled to mannheim it was a nightmare getting through Ludwigshafen, this time was a piece of cake! Speaking of cake, when I got to Heidelberg, I stopped to get a coffee only to find they didn't have any cake, or anything to eat at all actually 🙁 I only stayed for about 20 mins, before heading back on the Hessen side of the Rhein. The wind was a bit all over the place, but I the Ks clicked away quickly and even after 180km I felt fine. By the time I got home, I had 195km on the clock at just over 31km/h, I could have gone faster if the track had been smoother, but that's not the point anyway, it was a good long training ride.
On Sunday it was hot, so I decided to run my long run late in the day. I went out at about 19:30, but had so many problems with my stomach that it was pretty pointless. I had to stop for "comfort breaks" so often that it was becoming a joke. I ended up doing a hilly 14km and calling it a day, and a week.
It ended up not being a stellar week, but I did hit 2 of my 3 key workouts, i.e. running intervals and long cycle. If my stomach had let me I would have done the long run to hit the trifecta, but it wasn't meant to be. Next week is just another training week, I will try to step it up a level, but the weather looks hot, hot, hot, so swimming and running will be bad. Let's see what I manage.
Running 36.1km (1380,2km YTD)
Cycling 288.1km (5708,1km YTD)
Swimming 2.7km (112,15km YTD)
I need to get 2 long swims in next week, I want 7km+