Week 12

21.03.11 - 27.03.11


This was my rest week, which I was really looking forward to as this much training after years of being a couch potato can really tire a person out. However, as with most weeks that follow a god week, it didn't go as well as planned. Partly my fault, partly work and partly a little bug which has been hounding me for this week but never seemed to actually develop into a full blown sickness and then disappear. Today (Sunday) has been the worst as I woke up with a massive headache and feeling so dizzy I felt like I was going to topple over as I made my way down the stairs. I can only hope to wake up feeling better.


Work was a nightmare and had early starts and long days and just wiped me out. This coming week is dead quiet and so I plan to throw myself fully into the 12 hours I am meant to be doing. With work being quiet and the clocks going forward, I will be starting to commute by bike and that will give me 2 hours a day on the bike, of which I hope to make the return hour a high intensity workout and then head straight out for a run once I'm home.


This week became a swimming week and I managed to tick another box and a massive one at that. I swam the IronMan distance (3800m) on Wednesday in an hour and a half and felt good at the end of it.. This fills me with a great deal of confidence for the actual event and I would like to get my time down to the hour mark by the race, as well as feel fine after the swim. With 18 weeks left and 3 sessions a week I feel that this is a doable goal. So with only 3 swim sessions and a short run this week I am going to end this blog with my tail between my legs and a promise that next week will be MUCH better.


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