Well since the last post the training regime has been OK. I have done some hour long roller sessions, some 30-ish minute runs and some productive swim sessions.<\/p>\n
The swim has seen the most progress. Over the last two weeks I have progressed up to 1000m and last night I managed a 1500m swim in 33 minutes. WOW! I am incredibly chuffed with myself. Before anyone points out that its not a brilliant time I will admit I know that – however for someone who was not managing more than a couple of lengths a month ago I think it is great progress! I am very happy with the progress. My arms definitely felt like they had done a work out last night!<\/p>\n
The bike sessions… well rollers are boring, very boring.\u00a0 But it’s good time spent on the bike. I did a 3 hour ride outside\u00a0last weekend at a low to moderate heart rate. The bad news was that the seat post clamp (or is that “seatpost clamp” or “seat-post clamp”\u00a0??) snapped on my B2 during the ride. So for a large part of the ride I was sitting much lower than I usually do – my quads did not like me for that!\u00a0 Anyway, I have got a new clamp on the way and should be in the saddle again soon.<\/p>\n
The seat post is aero shaped so it’s an unusual clamp style. The bit that snapped is a very thin piece of metal that just doesn’t seem to like being over tightened at all. Anyway,\u00a0I think it might be a bit of a design flaw with the seat post clamp – but at least it is a replaceable component on the bike.<\/p>\n
The run… well the few runs I have done are all around 30 minutes or so.\u00a0 My calves still feel sore the next day even with serious amounts of stretching. I do hope the sort themselves out soon. The knee twinges every so often which I hope isn’t the sign of anything going wrong.<\/p>\n
On the whole training is going well and I’m very happy with the swimming progress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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