It has been a while since my last post. The reason has been two-fold. Things are really busy at work, unfortunately that is not something that I have any control over. The other reason is I have been ramping up the training hours and that is a good thing!
Between all of the waiting to start running again I have done a fair amount of reading on triathlon and endurance training in general. What most experts seem to say is that if you are injured and it is possible you should concentrate on your weaknesses as much as possible. Unable to do anything about my inability to get up before 6am, I decided to go for the other low hanging fruit and tackle my swim stroke.
Having swum 6 days in the last 7 I can say that I feel a lot more comfortable and economical in the pool. My swimming started with a masters swimming session at my local gym two weeks ago, and I was given some good advice on improving my stroke length and efficiencies in the water in general. My sessions have mostly consisted of easy 100's with drills mixed in for good measure. Two weeks ago I had a real hard time keeping up with the faster group. Tonight was a different story, and although I still felt like giving up halfway through the 200 repeats I felt much better in the water and know that things are improving. I will keep focussing on taking things easy as technical flaws are just reinforced when swimming faster than a comfortable pace.
Apart from swimming I have also been getting back into the saddle with a bit more than a few pre-season eBay purchases to make sure that my rig is ready for a lot of spring mileage. Cycling currently consists of commuting to work and back with a couple of spinning and turbo sessions mixed in. I am looking forward to joining my regular riding buddies this weekend for a medium to long ride.
Training summary for the last 3 weeks:
week 1 - 9:20 (mixture between long rides, gym work and swimming sessions)
week 2 - 5:25 (no long workouts with flu interrupting training on the weekend)
week 3 - 9:07 (more strength and core work, at least 4 hours of swimming and a solid 2 hour base session on the turbo on Saturday)
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