Well the last two weeks have been fairly quiet on the training front.  Have just been missing the motivation and dedication. Maybe a tad tired?

Anyway, here are the sessions. 25th Nov- swim training, 28th 30min swim, 45 min cycling machine and 45 min treadmill. 29th 45 min swim, 1 hour Z1 on cycling machine. 30th 35 min run before work.

3 Dec, last of 8 swim lessons. 6 Dec 30 min swim with 45 min cycling machine, 10 min elliptical and 5 min on treadmill.

As I said, two weeks of relatively little training 🙁

Well this week, like last week, has been far too light in terms of training. Mostly this was due to work having a mega-crisis that I got dragged into and also a friend’s birthday which resulted in a trip to the pub ruling out training for the day…

 Monday was the swim lesson. Slow progress is being made. Not sure how to best progress my lack of swimming expertise. Thursday afternoon included a short swim session, but I just didn’t feel in the groove – and the pool was full of people mucking around irritating me 🙂  I did manage to fit in a hour’s run in the evening after work.  It was chilly in the evening and I ran with a long sleeve top on.  I might need to start running with something more than just shorts on my legs. My legs were cold and I had twinges in my calves and achiles (both of which I don’t normally experience) that I suspect could be due to the cold… anyone know if this might be the case?

Today I managed a 15 or so minute swim session and a 1h45 session on the cycle machine. Swim was cut short to get the full cycle session in before the gym closed.  Tomorrow I will, hopefully, manage to do a swim and weights session in the morning and then an hour or so run in the afternoon.

 I’ve been thinking of ways to avoid “life” delaying training sessions and I figure that swim/gym/running sessions before work is the answer. Of course that means getting up and out in the cold winter mornings… well the do say “no pain no gain”… wish me luck!

Well last night was my first swimming lesson. It was good to be start with the basics of the kick and arm movement.  Learnt a few things which is promising.  Tried some of the exercises today at the gym’s pool – not only are they more difficult than I remember but I found them quite tiring.  I just couldn’t seem to get into the right position.

Last night I noticed one thing- I must try to rememer to breath when doing the drills. I kept running out of air as I kept forgetting to breath. Sigh!

Well bad news today is that I seem to be coming down with a cold… so not sure Sunday is a good idea.  May have to pull out at the last minute which will be a shame! So I think a light easy week and lots of sleep is needed for me to have half a chance of running on Sunday.

Just found out that my training today is postponed.  I am meeting up with a friend, a fellow triathlete (and Ironman!!), after work for a bite to eat.  My training can wait until tomorrow! 

I know, I know! Its a bad trend to get into… but maybe an extra day off is just what my body needs!

edit: Having chatted last night it seems that Monaco 70.3 is actually very tough due to the hills on the cycle and run sections. Still, its probably the one to aim for, even though I am optimistically looking ahead to Austria 70.3… the swim, oh the swim sounds scary- I defo need more swim training!