Kevin's Training Diary of 2024

I just about managed my swim miles this fortnight. But I am going so slow in the water now that I can't do anything more than that unless I am willing to sacrifice work or sleep. When the target numbers rise again after race season I am going to really struggle. Especially as I will only get intermittent swims with the Uni as I have to move to coaching them part time this year. I am still coming up short on running. Another 4 miles short this fortnight as I missed a couple of runs and shortened others. But now the accumulation of those little numbers over such a long period leaves me nearly 10% behind on my plan for the year.  I missed Sunday's bike ride because the dog ate my helmet!  That didn't hurt my bike miles much this fortnight, but did basically make my challenge to ride 10% of 41 Grand Tour stages an unrealistic achievement. It is still mathematically possible, but I would have to ride extra miles on two race days, as well as riding 6 day consecutive and fatiguing...

I have had a couple of poor weeks again as I still fight my health issues. My blood tests showed nothing useful and I have to wait another month to speak to a GP about them.  And that isn't going to be any better this week as I missed my turbo session last night and only did half my run at outside 11 min/mile pace, this morning I didn't manage 500m of a swim before I was exhausted. Actuals, (T arget) -  Swim 4.1  miles / 6,60 0 m. (4.5 miles). Bike 35.2 miles. (70.0 miles).   MTB 11.6 miles. (17.3 miles). Run 31.2  miles. (37.8  miles). 1 short core,  0   short light weights   and  0  stretching / rollering session.  0   mins of yoga.   Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch] - S 83.3 , (84.7 ),   [89.0] , B 1,165.6, (1,170) ,   [1,228.5] ,     MTB 311.9, (292.5),   [307.1], R 626.2, (691.5),   [726.1] . Core         - 16, (18),   [32 ]  ...