Progress Report!

Current Progress

I have realised after all the posts I have sent, I haven't actually done a progress report on how the training is going! So I suppose I should...

Well before Christmas and over the Christmas break I was averaging about 10-11 hours a week. This included a long bike and a long run at the weekend.

All my winter training is in heart rate zone 2. So I am staying aerobic and building the best base possible for the longer slower endurance sessions ahead later in the year. Finding I already have a decent base, and can keep quite a good pace in zone 2.

The long bike has been mainly on the turbo trainer (as I can't cope with the cold!) progressing over the last couple of weeks to 2 hours 30 minutes at  pretty good speed. planning to continue to take this longer and longer, adding 10-15 minutes a week.

The long runs have definitely been easier than the long bikes... I am running 20km once a week and taking about 1 hour 35 minutes to complete it. All in Heart rate zone 2, so still aerobic. Again the plan is to add 5-10 minutes a week to this time to keep the runs getting longer.

The swims are progressing nicely too, I am now swimming three times a week (total 3 hours ish), which is an increase from last seasons 2 hours a week. A lot of my swimming work is technique and drills at the moment trying to get a better technique to make swimming faster and longer a little bit easier.

Goals for January and February

For the rest of January and February the goals are basically to continue to train consistently and continue to increase the long run and long bike times and distances.

I hope to take the long run over 2 hours, so that i am running around 24-25km. For this I think i will need to start taking gels or food. As currently I am starting to tire a lot at 1 hour 30 mins.

For the long bike, I hope to take it up to 4 hours. This would be hopefully up and around 110-120km. I think this will take longer to reach than the long run goal, as I find adding miles on the bike to be difficult. i may need to slow my pace down so that i can reach this goal, and then add speed later.

And my final goal for the next month or so is to get out on my new Time-trial bike (or put it on the turbo trainer if the weather is bad). I really need to get used to riding in the more extreme position and get used to steering more confidently, and once I can do that I can put the power down on it properly.


So overall, I think i am progressing well. I think i am ahead of schedule so as long as i keep improving steadily I will be more than OK.

Onwards and upwards!