Missing Outdoor Swimming and Overall Updates

I never thought I would miss swimming as much as I do now. Getting a bit tired of all the turning and "Counting the tiles" in the pool... I'm sure missing the outdoor water will disappear when I first step in Top Barn lake and feel how cold it is. Those first few weeks are so cold.
But, spring/summer are gaining pace, my morning run this morning was lighter than usual, and the sun was almost up as I was finishing. Certainly makes it a bit easier in the mornings when it's lighter and warmer.

Weekly Progress

Well last week was a pretty standard week, got back into swimming again after my usual pool has been closed for maintenance, it's a bit of a drive to get to but I'm making it work now and getting used to swimming later in the evening compared to straight after work previously... It's not ideal, but it will do for a few weeks.

Still doing a lot of time on the bike to try and get stronger, I think its working. Guess I will only know properly when I get out onto the road and start doing long distances.

Did 3 hours 50 minutes on the turbo last Saturday, felt good throughout so my time is getting up. and on that time prediction i should be able to complete the full distance in just over 6 hours, which would be great.

The next task is to add runs directly after these long bike sessions. This will test my fitness and readiness properly.

Overall Times and Distances

I realise these progress reports don't really tell what sort of time and distances I am doing. So I think i will start adding a total time and distance at the end of each month to show the volumes and progression.

January

Swim           10 hours 18 minutes          29.3km
Bike             22 hours 58 minutes        692.3km
Run             12 hours 4 minutes          162.4km

Total           45 hours 20 minutes        884.0km
Daily Avg      1 hour 27 minutes            28.5km

February

Swim        8 hours 27 minutes            24.1km
Bike        25 hours 01 minutes          748.2km
Run        10 hours 33 minutes          144.7km

Total       44 hours 01 minutes         917.0km
Daily Avg.   1 hour 31 minutes          31.6km

Well... working all that out has surprised me actually, I didn't realise I do that much daily as an average. maybe I should stop being so hard on myself about missed sessions.

Sponsorship Update

Almost forgot this part, thank you all who have sponsored me so far! I have already raised £135 so I am well on my way to my target which is brilliant! Always surprised at the generosity of people, even when most peoples money is having to stretch further than usual!

If you haven't sponsored yet, and would like to... The link is at the top of the page on the right. Thank you again! :-)