It's been a few weeks since my last posting here. That in itself is not too surprising, but given that virtually all my spare time is spent training, I should put more effort into recording my thoughts about it. Anyway, I had a week cycling in the Algarve which was really good fun although I did manage to scrape my knee, elbow and hip on the tarmac when I locked the brakes up going downhill. It also resulted in a broken helmet after a rather hard landing on my head. Luckily, Met have a crash replacement policy and I will get a new one at 50% off. The prang could have been so much worse, so very fortunate not to have lost any training time at this stage of the game Its not a game by the way.
The cycling week meant that I made up all the time I had lost of the first few weeks of the schedule, then last about 4hrs from the week I returned home due to being absolutely knackered. However, I'm back on it this week with an hour's run yesterday evening and 1.5hrs this morning. I think I'm due 20hrs total this week, which will be a tall order, but I'll have to do it. With 6 weeks to go, the next 2 or 3 weeks are crucial. I've booked a week's hol 10 days before the big event, hopefully that will be a good thing.
Swimming has been a bit lacking overall. I've signed up online for Activities Away, and (all being well) will get my first open water swim in this week. I bought a '5 pack', and that might encourage me to use them all. The weather has been poor though, and not looking good for the next 2 weeks. Lets hope it's dumping all the rain now, and not at the end of July.
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