Chowders wrote:
Training this coming week is similar to past 2 but with no long ride on Sat (plan is to sprinkle a little more easy volume through the first part of the week instead … but we’ll see how much energy I have for that) due to setting up race venue for my Tri club’s duathlon race on Sunday. Looking forward to volunteering duties on Sunday and hoping for nice weather (which is far from guaranteed in Scotland in March! Will repeat ‘sleep habits week’ too to see if I can make the better habits stick.
A solid training week and a successful 2nd running of my Tri squad’s duathlon race. I spent most of the weekend working on the race, which was as rewarding as it was tiring and I’m glad I didn’t schedule any weekend training. Got a little more work done on the new project but perhaps not enough yet.
Swam 13k, biked 5hrs, ran 3.5hrs, did 1x strength + 3/4 of my 10min prehab ‘sessions’. Got all my key sessions done, was just missing usual Sat longer ride (and the idea I had to sprinkle the equivalent bike volume over the earlier part of the week wasn’t well conceived and soon faltered - should just have accepted I had a busy weekend and been happy with that … and that volunteering at the race involved a lot of walking and lifting unusual objects!).
Sleep was ok this week but I’d forgotten I was out with friends on Thurs evening, which isn’t a good combo with 5am Fri alarm for swimming. I’ve noticed that the more tired I am, the more likely I am to think about reading things on phone in bed … some kind of self-defeating psychology going on there … noticing it might be enough to conquer it but otherwise I will need a new tactic.
Training this coming week is again based on my race-build weekly schedule, with some adjustments for being away for the weekend with family. Also keeping going with the focus on good sleep habits. And I will make some chowders for lunches.