Ironman training has continued in some form or another for the last few months. Have had great expectations for completing epic training days and weeks but when it came down to putting the rubber on the road that’s where the romance ended. The honeymoon period lasts for about 2 hours on the bike before we start disagreeing about the state of our relationship and while I continue to hold onto the dream of our union I’m always thankful when we split up. Thankfully running has become my new mistress...
As far as training is concerned my typical week has become... actually I have no typical week so I'll just put down what I've done since I can remember (about 5 days back) and what I'm planning on doing through to the weekend.
Saturday: ride 90km steady (down Northern Road to Narellan and back) + transition run down to Glenbrook oval for some mile repeats - managed 6 this week 5:52, 56, 59, 6:02, 6:02, 5:54 on 7 minutes) - the last two were great but number 4 almost broke me. Think they were definitely too quick for the desired training effect.
Sunday: planned long ride but swam instead 3500m straight - arms too tired to pull myself out of the pool so just sort of rolled out
Monday: double run day. 12k run at lunch in 48:20 then four hours later 13.4k run in 56:46 - last half around 4:00/km pace feeling good
Tuesday: missed lunch swim but had a great lunch. After work managed a brick session of 40k ride with 3 x 10min hard (5min recovery) followed up with a run which included 2 x 2km repeats in 7:52, 7:06 - headwind one way, tailwind on the other (enjoying the run at the moment!)
Planned sessions for the rest of the week (subject to change)
Wednesday: lunch swim hopefully covering around 3000m. After work longish ride on the M7 for at least 3 hours with a short run off the bike.
Thursday: morning long run for 2hrs to 2h30 and a swim at lunch. After work might try and put in another run or easy ride.
Friday: ride and long swim day
Saturday: long ride 4-5 hours with either a longish run off the bike or mile repeats (8) like last Saturday. - better get up early for this one!
Sunday: another longish ride (maybe 3 hours) and a swim if time.
