A normal week in ‘training’
I don’t really train like others who actively try to achieve goals on turbos, rollers, chaingangs & Powermetres but I do have a routine that I have settled into which slowly evolves.
Would appreciate comments, suggestions and or ridicule from those with more experience / expertise than myself.
Monday:
Commute 12miles each way, pretty flat into London averaging around 14 – 16mph
Plan to include a 4 mile steady jog at lunch from next week (target time around 30 mins)
Tuesday:
Commute 12miles each way, pretty flat into London averaging around 14 – 16mph
Swim – Currently doing 20 lengths of 33.33m pool in sets (8x2 & 1 x4) then do half hour lesson on technique
Wednesday:
Commute 12miles each way, pretty flat into London averaging around 14 – 16mph
4 mile run including around 1 mile intervals between lampposts around 30 metres apart – rest of this done at steady tempo
Pilates class at the clubroom in Evening
Thursday:
Commute 12miles each way, pretty flat into London averaging around 14 – 16mph
Swim again (as above)
Friday:
Day off
Saturday:
Club run – around 55 – 65 miles in 19 which average just over 19.5mph. I am adding weight to my bike (I think 3 kilos so far of ankle weights to make this harder as opposed to moving up to a faster group, I was thinking of adding similar weight again in about a month)
Sunday:
Swim again around 26 lengths of 33.33m pool in sets of 2 (trying to increase this ASAP)
The commute can be weather and mood orientated but rarely drops below 3 day a week and nearly never do 5 days
My main target this year has to be learning to swim so that I can complete the Sprint London Tri on 1st Aug hence the reason why I do three sessions a week.
I plan to race at Palace again from April onwards and would like to do better than last year but I am really using this as additional speed training for the triathlon
So this generally add up to:
- 130miles on the bike
- 8 miles running
- 2,000metres swimming and two lessons