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A higher state of cardiovascularness
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Time to put the foot down for the longer bikes
I think we're long list brother and sister on the bike front. Was also doing better on the long bikes in November. We're on the same day so the fact I'm not the only one is encouraging to me
Yes I always find your log soothing when I worry about my lack of long cycles - well the queen is doing shag all cycling as well - we will kill it on the swim and run though
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I don't think your wife is taking this IronMan thing seriously enough. !!!! Maybe pgibbo needs to have that word with her.
I have hard enough time convincing my own wife...... I think the real fun will start with CW needs to start hitting North Clare or South Mayo for some climbs to get him ready for Nice. Now that will be a fun conversation 0 -
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Can I be there for that?? I'll wanna see how that pans out
this woman deals with a hell of a lot worse than Gibbo in her day job.
Not so sure - Gibbo with his knowing look and killer question "do you feel you are doing enough" - has me up all night worrying sometimes
I can safely say herself is now in management speak firmly invested in the process as she was handed my credit card on Sunday night and told to book flights and accommodation. The confirmation that it was indeed a free junket for her and the helpful pictures of the beach, Old Town and Promenade De Anglais has her positively drooling in anticipation0 -
Not so sure - Gibbo with his knowing look and killer question "do you feel you are doing enough" - has me up all night worrying sometimes
I can safely say herself is now in management speak firmly invested in the process as she was handed my credit card on Sunday night and told to book flights and accommodation. The confirmation that it was indeed a free junket for her and the helpful pictures of the beach, Old Town and Promenade De Anglais has her positively drooling in anticipation
Good! Now take the bull by the horns and drive this thing home! No more, "Mrs. C went shopping with the girls while I put on an apron and did the vacuuming." Grab that Garmin before she has a chance to put on her shoes and lipstick and get out the door first!
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I have hard enough time convincing my own wife...... I think the real fun will start with CW needs to start hitting North Clare or South Mayo for some climbs to get him ready for Nice. Now that will be a fun conversation
That conversation has started already - I might as well be hung as a sheep than a lamb and suggested I have my eye on a few Estate vehicles as well so I can put the car in the boot with maximum ease for these trips :eek:
Shes killing me with these early morning weekend runs she is insisting on - in fairness to me I am up pre 6am most mornings so I would be able to head off super early for these otherwise. I am going to have to start plying her with wine on friday and saturday nights
Monday PM: The usual 5k trot through Claregalway
Tuesday AM: 1:30 on the turbo, AHR - 120. Not too bad a heart rate for me on the turbo. Had David Guettas latest album Listen for company - bloody wife left him recently so these are supposedly emotional heart on the sleeve songs - but they are useless as well.
Tuesday Lunch: Tried to run on the upper level of Z2, was flying on the outward half but struggled to keep the heart rate down. The average on the Garmin is much different than the Polar, if it works its straight away, whereas I don't even turn on the Polar till around 10 minutes 13k @ 4:58 AHR - 153
Wednesday AM: I only realized there is a big chunk of today's and fridays session missing on the spreadsheet - I decided to throw in a few easy 108s and then a 396 TT to make some distance up. I will be moving up in distance next monday so time to get some more accurate times. A little disappointed thought I would be under 6.20 but I came in at 6.26, still 24 seconds better than the last one and only 9 seconds off my PB. 2100m in total
Wednesday Lunch: The little one had a hospital check up so I had an hour including the shower to be ready, usually I would have gone for the comfortable 8k but with the Garmin HR giving me no correct readings I decided to just do a faster 10k, was working hard towards the end and I would have guessed it was more of a tempo run than a zone 2. 10k @ 4.44 pace0 -
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Monday AM: I was happy to see that session 1 of the new swim sets was easy enough, there was a big drop off between my 108 and 216 pace in last weeks TT so I reaped the benefits by having my 216m sets not too bad. In the pool at 6.10am and still not time enough, the 1000m alternating between kick and freestyle took too long and I had to stop at 700ms. 6 x 216 pull off 4:20 all came in at just under 4. The 3 x 216 fs off 4 were fine too. My mind drifted in the second one and I saw 4.04 on the clock when I tipped the wall so pushed the last one to make up for it. 3.55/4.04/3.50
Monday PM: I had hoped to do a longer run than 5k and at a faster pace but my right Achilles was a little tight so no point in risking it and trotted along.
Tuesday AM: That bloody hard drive cable is taking an age to arrive so I finally cracked yesterday and took advantage of the mothers high speed broadband and downloaded Game of Thrones Season 4, so I was looking forward to this mornings turbo. An hour probably a little too easy watching that and then I decided to listen to a bit of music for the 2nd half instead which usually has me pushing a little harder. A much steadier 45 minutes had me come in at 115 overall
Tuesday Lunch: One of the staff is away in the UK for the week so I cant do the dog on lunch so a faster 10k and lunch in front of the laptop 10k @ 4.46 AR 151. After a bit of stretching last night which is super rare for me the Achilles was fine
Off to Waterford tomorrow for a late one so just the morning swim and it looks a tough session
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Friday am: Need to get up earlier if I am going to get these swim sessions done, a 6:15 am start needs to be 6am for this session. Nothing to hard about this session but lots of swimming, I cut the warm up, cut the recovery times which I thought were a bit generous and left out the last section. One I enjoyed so I will try again Monday. Main set of which I managed was 2 x 800 off 16, 2 x 400 off 8 Total 2700m
Saturday evening: This was a bit of a disaster but couldn't be helped. I had more or less closed the deal on upgrading my banger to a banger with less tax. I grimaced when the seller arrived that morning as he had no support car with him so I would have to drive him back out past Gort. A trip to Castlebar was scheduled as well so all I got in was 10k around claregalway that evening. On the plus side the new car is an estate and I am drooling at all the bike space I have in the boot
Sunday morning: Worried about the frost I ended up doing a turbo session that I regretted as it turned into a lovely day, 3 hours was all I managed
While swimming and biking hours were more or less on schedule the run week was severely cut down this week, so I had planned an easy week next week but I am going to call this the easy one. With a trip to Dublin this weekend I am going to have to be creative with the weekend training, I have already been informed that her weekend runs take priority 0 -
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Monday AM: Still not at the pool in time to complete this set but I am happy enough to move along to the next session as I only had to cut the warm up, active recovery and warm down down a little so the entire main set was completed. 2 x 800pb off 16 14.31 / 14.19 2 x 400 off 9 7.15/7.10 and 2 x 216 off 4 3.55/3.57. Enjoyed this session I prefer the long and steady to the quick death of short and sharp. 3100m
Monday Night: A quick trot around Claregalway - with running very little last week I was flying tonight with fresh legs but the Garmin comes in at 6.41 per km average 7k
Tuesday AM: I am giving up on the Garmin HR and going back to the Polar, worked fine for about a week after updating the software and now its back to its usual of either starting off in the 40's and gradually going to 0 or starting off ok and then going to 0. 1.45 on the turbo. There are some build sessions coming in soon into the plan which are badly needed as I feel I am not extending myself enough on the bike during the week. Game of Thrones doesn't help either but I am nearly finished that at least
Tuesday Lunch: A rare tailwind breeze on the way back to the house had me in nice and quick, recently the back section has ben into mostly driving wind and rain for the last few weeks. Still cold but a nice bright day 13 @ 4.43 pace AHR - 1520 -
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