Training Review - Weeks 21 & 22

Somehow in this fortnight I managed to DNF a Parkrun. I am not taking all the blame there though. I had planned an easy mid-pack run just to stretch out my legs the day before I did my first ever XC mountain bike race. Slioch came with me and he decided that if he couldn't be at the very front of the race he would rather go back to the car. Unfortunately I had left my jacket and the car keys back at the start line so we at least had to get back there to collect them, while he was having none of it. After nearly 10 minutes of the pair of us failing to reach a consensus, I decided that an executive decision would be required, and had to pick him up and carry him back round enough of the lap that I could get the keys. At which point he decided to enter full-Kipchoge mode and drag me back to the car at full race pace.

I also did my first ever MTB XC race. It was technically beyond anything I have ridden before. I managed to puncture on the recce lap, and then had to run back to the start and do a super-fast tube change, but then I did make it to the start line and managed to get in two decent race laps. Unfortunately it was a 5 lap race and my hip and back decided that after running in my mob shoes, 2 laps was enough. 

Apart from that it has been pretty quiet. I am falling behind slightly on running because those numbers are artificially high over summer, and I am skipping the smaller sessions, because I do, every year. 

I am probably going to get annoyed over the next couple of weeks though as everyone heads to to Portugal for the European races that I should have been at. 

Actuals, (Target) - 

Swim 5.1 miles / 8,200 m. (4.5 miles).
Bike 69.4 miles. (70.0 miles). MTB 26.8 miles. (17.3 miles).
Run 41.7 miles. (46.2 miles).

1 short core, 0 short light weights and 0 stretching / rollering session. 0 mins of yoga. 

Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch] -

S 61.5, (62.3), [65.5],
B 862.4, (820.0), [861.0],  MTB 186.8, (205.0), [215.3],
R 451.6, (502.5), [527.6].

Core         - 13, (15), [22]  
Weights    - 8, (15), [22]
Stretching - 6, (15), [22]
Yoga         - 21, (12), [22]. 

Fast run sessions - 15, (22).

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