Daily Training

Monday 24/1

Cycle – 43.2mls (2hrs40m)

Bit of a lazy day today. Cycled to work and back but that was it... Lots of punishment planned for tomorrow though!!! J

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Sunday 23/1

Swim – 3.6km (1hr5m24s)

Had a good swim before heading back south this evening... Tweaked a stomach muscle though... Body is falling apart!

11hrs 23mins of training this week though! Probably wont manage that next week as we will be in the middle of moving home... Maybe will give the aches some time to heal!

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Saturday 22/1

Cycle – 43.2mls (2hrs40m)

Big cycle this morning. Cycled from Eastwood to Holme Pierpoint (National Water Sports Centre), did 5laps then rode home.

The sun was out and everything felt great... Except for the seat post problems.

Later the bike went back to the shop to have one of the brackets ground down. Hopefully that will do the trick!!

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Friday 21/1

Swim – 4km (1hr16m12s)

Came to Nottingham for the weekend and went to the local baths for a nice gentle swim. Nice baths at the Nuffield here. And a great way to spend a Friday evening! J

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Thursday 20/1

Swim – 1km (17m0s)

Cycle – 33.9mls (2hrs18m)

Another good cycle today... Still having probs with the bike though. Will take it up to Nottingham Friday for a visit to the bike shop!

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Wednesday 19/1

Run – 2mls

Had planned to have a big swim this evening but another late night at work scuppered that idea! Did manage another 2mls running on the treadmill but the left knee has been grumbling ever since.

This really will be a problem if i can’t get some run miles going soon! Will keep concentrating on the cycling and keep the fingers crossed!

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Tuesday 18/1

Swim – 1km (41m20s)

Cycle – 47.9mls (15m45s)

Had a rest day yesterday but today was time to clock up some mileage on the bike! Unfortunately the tyre gods were in a bad mood!

Did aprox 20mls in the morning before the front tyre hit a stone in the road and went pop! Unfortunately the spare inner-tubes I had with me were for my old bike and the stem wasn’t long enough to fit the Felt! Fortunately though, i was only 1.5mls from the nearest bike shop, so after a short walk was soon back in business.

On the way home from work i decided to do a few laps on the hills around Crystal Palace. 10mls in and another puncture occurred!!! Doh...

Luckily i had bought another spare from the shop and soon had it changed. Chickened out from CP and headed closer to home and did a few miles around Wimbledon. Didn’t want to be too far from safety if the tyre gods were going for ‘strike three’!

Despite the setbacks still managed to get close to the 50mls target which was good... and lots of practice changing tyres! Awesome!!!

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Sunday 16/1

Swim – 2.4km (41m20s)

Run – 1.6mls (15m45s)

Two good bits of news today. Had one of my quickest swim sessions ever and then managed a small run.

The knee seemed ok so plan to keep ticking over with a few run miles here and there, whilst still concentrating on the cycling.

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Saturday 15/1

Swim – 1.2km (22m45s)

Cycle – 41mls (2hrs44m)

Had a big bike session this morning in Richmond Park. Good to get the miles in but it was sooo very slow! And as I write this blog the knees are still complaining! Am very worried about the running. Might try the treadmill tomorrow and see what happens.

Just 12 weeks to go!!!! Eeek!

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Thursday 13/1

Swim – 2.4km (42m33s)

Just a swim this morning. Gave the legs a rest today but hopefully another long cycle tomorrow.

Daily Training/Weekly Training/Training Pants!

Thursday 6/1 - Swim – 2.8km (50m57s)

Friday 7/1 - Swim – 2.4km (43m00s)

Saturday 8/1 – Cycle 9.47mls (35m40s)

Sunday 9/1 - Swim – 3km (55m35s)

Monday 10/1 – Swim – 1km (18m55s)    Cycle – 21.4mls (1hr40)

Tuesday – Zippo!

Wednesday 12/1 – Swim – 0.4km (7m22s)      Cycle – 28.9mls (2hr20m)

Apologies for the lack of blogs... Almost as slack as the training! Knees are still a problem... Haven’t run for ages and am getting through a pack of Nurofen every couple of days.

The knees seem to survive the cycling though. Am now just concentrating on cycling and swimming and hope to get back into running in the next few days... even if it’s just a couple of miles here and there to keep em working.

Still having problems with the bike... dropping through gears, seat post keeps adjusting itself and my try bars keep taking lumps out my legs... oh and the trip computer is tripping!

Anyhew – time for bed now. Big swim (hopefully) in the morning...

Daily Training - NOT!!

Haven’t blogged much recently as have been nursing sore knees since the last run. Hope to get a swim, and maybe a cycle tomorrow...

For the moment though... been sent a link to this video! Hope you find it as hilarious as i did!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B03dFMG8nR4

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Daily Training

Friday 2/1

Swim – 4.2km (1hr18m38s)

Run – 10.5mls (1hr26m46s)

Another busy training day. Had a great swim and then went for a fairly long run... unfortunately ran out of steam around 8mls. Will need to put more work in on the nutrition strategy!

Also seem to have tweaked my right knee very slightly. Am completely paranoid about injuring something during the build up. May have to have a couple of days off to avoid further damage...

Ho hum...