Well... less than 6 weeks to go, and only 3 weeks before the taper starts for the race, so now really is the business end of the of this training schedule.
Last week was much better than the previous weeks training, it took me a few days to get back into it after doing very little over the weekend, but I was soon up and running with some good energy again.
Thursday night was my first open water swim of the season, after putting it off for about 3 weeks. The Top Barn lake in Worcester opened the last weekend in April, but even i knew it was too cold for that... forward 3 weeks later and even though it's still not warm, I decide to take the plunge.
It wasn't as cold as I expected, but it was still freezing cold. Anyway after a few moments getting used to the water I set off on the first lap. Within about 2 minutes I got chronic "ice cream headache" from the cold water. But I soon got used to it and swam for 2250 metres (3 laps) and decided that was enough as I couldn't feel my hands anymore. I managed quite a quick time still so feel pretty good about my swim. Plus I find swimming a lot easier in my wetsuit due to the buoyancy holding my heavy legs higher in the water.
The drive home wasn't much fun trying to get the feeling back into my hands. Hopefully with the weather being better this week the water will be warmer and I can do the full race distance and enjoy it a bit more!
Sunday afternoon I did a long ride on my TT bike. Mapped out quite a hilly 51km lap and completed it 3 times in just over 5 hours for the 154km. Apart from it being long, it felt good. Which replaced the confidence I lost last weekend.
Plans are to do a ride of the course in Nottingham this Saturday coming. To avoid any surprises on the day. The weather is forecast to be great all week, so it should be a good training week.
I have next week off work to properly concentrate on my training, and also the Monday and Tuesday Bank Holidays in the week following (which is my peak week) to ensure I have time for the training as I want to get 20 hours in both weeks doing full distance on the bike and 20 mile runs.
Busy weeks ahead! Almost there now and still feeling good overall.
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