Friday 18 November 2016

Its only F-F-F-Friday

So, I've made it to the end of the working week, yesterdays training has left me feeling like I've been hit by a truck, and I'm in desperate need of coffee.
Weeks progress so far -
Monday - S&C then 5k run
Tuesday- Swim
Wednesday - S&C then football (with a win!!!)
Thursday - Swim then 1hr turbo session.
Friday (to be completed) - 10k run (maybe)
Saturday - Union match (possibly)
Defo looking forward to Sunday and a feed / rest day.

Feeling good, knees are sore, getting leaner...

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Another week, another training update!

Weeellllll, its Wednesday, its still cold, its still raining a little, and I'm still training!
Had a great game at the weekends for the Vets Union team, paid the price on Sunday by being utterly trashed physicaly and pretty much unable to do anything constructive... This manifested itself on Monday by me being very relectant to go out at lunch, and instead hit the gym for a little S&C session.
Training plan so far looks like -
Monday - S&C at lunch, super quick 5k in the evening (22 mins!)
Tuesday - 30 lap swim set at lunch (paddles and pull bouy work) with 2 X bakewell tarts in the evening

Today I plan on a run and a swim, although this may change to just a run, or even just an S&C session. Or possibly just some 5 a side football. TBH if I do anything it'll be something...

Thursday - Swim at lunch (40 laps just swim)
Friday - 40 min spin
Saturday - Possibly Union, possibly a run, possibly a cycle early doors if I'm not playing.

Thursday 10 November 2016

Dammmmmnnnnn

Yesterday saw my first swim set using training paddles - Awesome I thought, I'm super quick, I'm like lightning, I'm a swimming machine!...
Fast forward to Thursday morning and I ache like a mother fker. Like really ache! not this pussy footing DOMS you get when you stumble out of bed and doubt you can get down the stairs kind of ache. I can barely move my arms today, my triceps are HUGE, and my shoulders feel like I've blown them up with an airline.
Enjoyed the workout, looking forward to the next swim set on Tuesday, will probably stick with 40 laps as a standard lunchtime session as I can get in / out / eaten within the hour.
7k ran at lunch today, just under a minute quicker than Monday :-)
Looking for a 40 min spin tomorrow lunchtime at a high cadance to finish of the weekday workouts.
Happy days

Wednesday 9 November 2016

Kicking my ass

So we're upto Wednesday, its raining outside, I'm hungry, the pool water is cold, and I'm struggling to get through the day. Time for a quick training recap!
Monday - 7k lunchtime run that felt really, really slow. In reality it wasnt slow at all, and was just a few seconds off the time last week for the same loop. Decent bit of pacing now should see me improve as the weeks go on...
Tuesday - 40 laps at lunch knocked out in a quick 34.34 (1719m) felt really good in the water and wasnt too pushed. Could have done without the nobber in my lane speeding up everytime I came to overtake, but as a session I was more than happy with the pace and fitness.
BONUS ROUND - Tuesday night spinning was a 40 minute strength and power session which truely kicked my ass. This followed by a quick calisthetics session meant I fell asleep watching family guy, needed 2 pee's in the night, and am now struggling to move my legs / arms / shoulders etc etc etc.
Today - 40 laps of the pool at lunch, this may go down to 30 depending on if I decide to train with paddles or not. shoulders are sore!

Probably no football tonight as I've promised my wife some time to herself swimming, its cold, its wet, and I quite fancy a little PS3 session.

Veggie chilli for tea. Boo.
O

Monday 7 November 2016

Plan for the week!

So another week, another set of sessions to try and move the fitness up a notch.
Made the mistake of re watching the IM Wales 2016 tv programme, and now I'm shitting it about the bike leg again...
Anyhow, this weeks training should look like this...
Monday - 7K run @ lunchtime
Tuesday - 1740m swim (40 laps, split into 4 sets of 6 pull, 4 F/C)
Wednesday - Gym for some calisthetics at lunch, possibley night ride (30m?) on the bike if its not too cold in the evening. No 5 a side this week as my knees are sore!
Thursday - 1300m swim @ lunch (3 sets of 6/4 split), 10k run in the evening
Friday - 20m bike at lunch if I'm feeling upto it.
Saturday - Vets rugby :-)
Sunday - Maybe, a ride early doors if I havent got one done in the week.

Think I should start to maybe set some structure to the time / distances i'm putting in each week, looking at the plan above for the next 4 weeks, should be the following -
Swim - 3000m
Run - 20k
Bike - 50m

No chance I'll hit this every week, but its a good start.
\m/

Thursday 3 November 2016

3/11 update

So, another couple of days into the training and so far we're ok -
Monday - 7k run to ease the legs back into the week
Tuesday - 1.3k swim
Wednesday - 1.3k swim (both off 3 sets of 10 lengths, 6 w/pull bouy, 4 without)
Wednesday evening - 5k run to football practice, then 6-a-side for 30 mins
Thursday - Calisthetics in the gym & hopefully rugby union training tonight.
Proposed spin on Friday, or possible swim again depending on how I feel.
Hopeully I'll find time to have a decent (2hr+) ride on Sunday but that might not happen.

Feeling good, knees are a little sore, swim feels nice and quick - minimal effort and putting in nice even laps, just a pity its getting fking cold and dark so early.
Happy days!
O

Monday 31 October 2016

Update!

So, I'm a little more into the groove of understanding what I've signed up for, as expected its going to be fairly difficult balancing the demands of work / family / training - Even more so when the shit hits the fan and you dont know quite what to do.
The good thing is we seem to be out of the woods so-to-speak, and as a result I feel a little more like training!
As its Monday, and the pool changed its timetable (cheers boys) I figured it was time for a run. With an hour to play with I figured a 7k run (dont forget time to get to the sports centre, change, run, change, get back and grab a sandwich!) would be a good basis. 34 mins later, with 7k under my slightly bulging belt I was back and actually feeling pretty good.
Hopefully this is the start of something beautiful, and a renewed like of running. What I expect is that I'll spend the next 6 months cursing and swearing at my sweaty mess of a body trying to run 4 times a week.
Happy days, 313 days indeed to go!