Week 2

With the spectre of Swansea City playing in a Wembley final on the horizon, I hope it won't have a detrimental effect on my training this week.

Monday again, safe in the knowledge that I put in a good week training last week and keen for the week ahead. Time to kick back and enjoy the rest day.

Tuesday's swim was went well; the main set was 16x25m, 1x400m, 16x25m. Very pleased not to have had an attack of cramp. This was possibly aided by the addition of a High 5 Zero tablet in my water. The most satisfying part of my swim was my new goggles, they are Aqua Sphere Kayenne (in my usual red motif). I was really pleased with the lack of misting and the comfort was good too.

Managed to squeeze in a 30 minute run in whilst James was at rugby training. I was going to pootle up and down the cycle path, but Ang convinced me to hit the hills. Hills, be buggered! 110m of climbing in a 6km run!

My legs were somewhat laboured in the bike element of Wednesday morning's brick session, but I felt fresh on the run. Sort of sums up my abilities really. I followed this up with a weights and core session.

Thursday's swim set was a testing main set of 1 x 300m, 3 x 200m, 1 x 300m. I felt strong through the session and no indication of foot cramp was a benefit.

A 30 minute spin on the turbo was nice and easy on my legs.

Friday's 45 minute run was done on the treadmill, as these sessions start to get longer, I can't see me doing them indoors for much longer. This was followed by a session on the TRX. Finding out I'd hit my target weight of 11st 7lbs was a bargain, I'm not sure that'll still be the case after the shenanigans of the upcoming weekend. 

A busy Saturday morning meant that I was on the turbo again, the 90 minute ride was helped along its way by watching The Wire. After a quick wash and brush up, Ang and I were were on our way to London in preparation for the Capital One Cup Final.

Despite being away from home, I still managed to complete my training week with a  60 minute run around Highbury Fields and the Emirates Stadium.

The run was followed by a very enjoyable trip to Wembley, winning 5-0 is more than we could have asked for. The only thing missing was an element of drama in the game.

A summary of my training is shown below

Summary of Week 2

Activity	Actual Time	Planned Time	Variance +/-	Percentage
Swim	2:14	2:00	+0:14	26%
Bike	2:31	2:30	+0.01	29%
Run	2:33	2:30	+0:03	30%
Other	1:16	0:45	+0:31	15%
Total	8:34	7:45	+0:49

All sessions ticked off again, in another straight forward week

Cumulative Summary

Activity	Actual Time	Planned Time	Variance +/-	Percentage
Swim	4:26	4:00	+0:26	27%
Bike	4:31	4:30	+0.01	28%
Run	4:34	4:30	+0:04	28%
Other	2:51	1:30	+1:21	17%
Total	16:22	14:30	+1:52

Two weeks done and it all rather feels quite good