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Fat and unfit to 2hr40min Hell of west in 1year
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Bit of a disaster of a week for me- here goes...
Monday 9th Dec. 8k run in work- 40mins- nice and handy
Tuesday 10th- planned another lunchtime run but got bogged down in work and got nothing done- got home at 9pm and too tired to do anything.
Wednesday 11th- planned that lunchtime run today and swim group meet tonight with mind set on a december 400m tt...actual..got a phone call in work to come home as the daughter was very sick in school and I had to bring her to hospital with suspected appendicitis...got into the hospital at 4pm and got home again with a very tired and sore daughter at 1.30am on thursday (bladder infection thank god)..
Thursday 12th- Another day of nothing due to this being my shift break up in work and i was up the walls all day, also had cake and sweets at lunchtime instead of my scheduled run..
Friday 13th- today was another work day out with the E.R.T. team- team building day at the U.L. activity centre..involved crystal maze type stuff and alot of climbing and absailing- great fun and I set the record and fastest time of the day for the "skywalk" 38seconds
... this finished at 4pm and we had to be in town in Limerick city at 6pm for meal and "Free Bar"- free bar lasted until 2am :eek::eek::o...lets just say no training was done on Saturday 14th because of Captain Morgan and his Friends on the night of the 13th..suffered all day long
Sunday 15th...up at 7am this morning- unfortunately again - not for training but to be at the wife's grandfathers anniv mass in ballachmore for 9.30am...got there for 9.25am- mass done, then to the inlaws for soup and rolls, and a full dinner at 10.30am:eek::eek: , they are a bit crazy..after doing the niceties we left there at 1pm and headed straight to the Cresent shopping centre to get xmas shopping done with the 4 kids...got home at 7pm stressed to the hilt and not a penny left in my pocket- had some food and 2 beers - watched "gravity"- excellent movie and off to bed with another day of training missed-- no training done in 6days!!!
Monday 16th- in work today on one of my flexi days and actually got a session done....handy 8k run in 40mins- felt very sluggish ...so in 1 whole week I only got 2 X 8k runs done..and I have the feeling there is going to be many more missed days over xmas....0 -
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Wed 8th Jan 2014
Got down to the U.L. pool for a swim tonight, plan was just a handy 2k to break myself back in gently, go to the pool and it was packed...recognised a few heads from Nenagh Tri Club including Huff n' Puff, The fast lane was packed and it looked like there was a group starting in the slow lane too so i joined the back of them, after speaking to a few they told me that Nenagh tri club were training here every wed night while their pool was being renovated. so they were starting with 20x50's, got going at the back of them but soon i was breast stroking, passed out a few but was still going slow, alot were stopping after every length so I jumped ahead of a few more, after the 20x 50's was 10 x 100's . went 4th for the first few then 3rd then after they took another break I took the lead, first time ever leading a group
.. in fairness I am slow but it was still enjoyable. I was just sticking to 1min per 50m comfortably but had to slow a little as i was pulling away...they will be in UL for next few months at same time so might venture into fast lane next time and see how I get on...good session overall and was delighted to be hitting 1min per 50m each time, did 100m wind down at end with kick buoy
session: 2.1k swim0 -
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Mon 13th jan: So went for a run at lunchtime in work today to see how calf was ...unfortunately lasted only around 10mins before calf started straining again, stopped and stretched it for awhile but decided to call it quits after another 10mins after stopping another few times to stretch it..didnt want to cause more damage...another bad session and working all this week!!! not a good space to be in 2 weeks into january!!
session 3-4k jog/run/walk/stretch
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Wed 15th Jan A good session at last...:D morale has been pretty low since start of new year..even considered chucking in the training, haven't been able to train much due to numerous different reasons..was working my 4 12hr days this week and due to my calf injury I cannot run at work so I knew training would be limited again this week, after a long difficult day in work I even contemplated not going for my usual swim on wed night but I went regardless and planned a long session...100,200,300,400,500,600,500,400,300,200,100....3.6k in total...After getting to the pool late and starting the session late I realised I would have time to fit in the whole session and seeing as I missed my december 400m tt I decided to fit this in too so I streamlined the session to 100,200,300,400(tt), 500,400,300,200,100.. took the first 100,200,300 handy building up slowly to the tt, my p.b. so far for the tt was 8.25mins (miserably slow I know) so started the 400 hard for the first 50m, kept the pressure for the 2nd 50m, Lenghtened out and controlled the next 150m and then started building hard through the next 100m and gave it everything I had in the last 50m, felt strong for most of it but nearly puked (imagine the embarrassment:o) at the end and couldn't catch my breath.. looked at my watch and it read 8:05mins delighted to have beaten my last p.b. by 20secs and with minimal training and carrying an extra 3/4 stone since mid december
....anyway onwards and upwards ... the rest of the session went by fine, took the 500m nice and easy, went steady for the rest of the session but didn't time any of it glad to get the whole session done 2500m in total
session 2500m swim 100,200,300,400,500,400,300,200,100 with 400m tt at 8:05mins
Thurs 16th Jan last day in work today and had a 1hour window after work before I had to collect the young lad from scouts so decided to fly down to the pool for another swim..on the way towards u.l I noticed alot of traffic...then bumper to bumper not moving traffic...I was stuck sitting in traffic raging for next 25mins then to find all the car parks in around u.l closed off...tickets were on sale IN the pool for Riverdance 20 ... didn't get parking for another 10mins... rightly pi$$ed off now as I just realised I had missed my window for a swim as I had to collect the young lad in 25mins, reluctantly left the pool car park and sulking went off to collect the young lad
Friday 17th Jan good session on the turbo today.."sufferfest-blender" 100 minutes of everything- road racing- interval sprints and time trials- wrecked after it..also bought a new foam roller today "the grid" so gonna do a long session with it tonight and hopefully back running tomorrow!!
session: turbo "sufferfest - blender"0 -
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So ...rest of week, wanted to try keep up as much training as possible but also needed to rest the leg so decided to do a good quality swim wed evening .....
Wed 22nd jan.. went to u.l. for 7 this evening as I knew Nenagh tri club were there for 7 and I was gonna try join them for their set, got into pool and did 100m w.u. , after 100m there was a bit of water in the goggles so took them off and checked the lenses and noticed the rubber comming away on 1 side, hoped it wouldn't cause any major issues, went off again for another hundred and could not see anything, 1 eye was flooding now, stopped every 25mins to leave the water out, took off the goggles once more and tried fixing them and set off for a third 100m, no good, could not see where i was going and had no spare goggles, absolutely pi$$ed off and dejected I got out after 300m and went home fed up.. (thankfully the wife had a big fire, nice dinner and a bottle of wine waiting for me:) ).
Thurs 23rd jan - 2 sessions
morning... Planned a longish handy cycle today due to leg being still tender- 71k at around 28.5kph , also started using strava which shows leaderboards for certain routes, i noticed a leaderboard for limerick (finnegans roundabout- newport) on it the other day with Ross Higgins as leader so I said I would give the 8k a go, got 3rd in the leaderboard- 15secs behind Ross, not bad for last 10k of a 70k ride in the lashing rain..
http://www.sports-tracker.com/#/workout/derekbowen/8dmfdua85cf5vq4p
strava here if anyone wants to follow me- think I have 1 follower at the moment
http://www.strava.com/athletes/3566557
session: 71k cycle 2hrs30mins 28.5kph
Evening: went back down this evennig for my missed swim session, robbed the kids goggles, didnt have as long a window as i only had an hour while eldest was in scouts so just decided to do 600,500,400,300,200,100... pushed every 2nd 100m during the session and concentrated on technique for the other 100's, unfortunately ran out of time after the 300m so had to cut session short, still got 1800m done and 2 sessions done today
session: swim 600,500,400,300 - 1800m in total
Fri 24th Jan- Calf was a little tender today after cycle and swim and all the exercise i'm doing for it so no session today.0 -
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Solobally8 wrote: »And me :-)
woo hoo, I've got 5 followers, thanks lads
Sat 25th jan: plan was to cycle to work this evening and cycle home in the morn but the wife put the foot down, "if you think your going cycling in the dark in that bloody weather you have another thing coming to you" something along those lines anyway, so hopped onto the turbo for what I think is one of the hardest 1hour sessions on the turbo bar none...Sufferfest downward spiral, 5mins w.u. then 2mins flat out, 2min light, 1.45mins flat out 1.45mins light, 1.30mins flat out 1.30mins light and so on down to 15secs flat out 15secs light, with 5mins rest and then the same again and 5mins cool down, kept cadence at 100rpm+ for the whole session, wrecked after it but felt good, great fast session
session : sufferfest Downward spiral 1hr in hell!! 0 -
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