Mrs JB's middle distance training - advice/abuse welcome!

[Mrs Jellybaby]

Challenge accepted!!!! (I'm a wee bit scared now!)
Haven't updated my training log for a while (mainly because a jolly holiday in Italy got in the way!) but will do it asap. Have started on a new training plan which I'm going to try to stick to until France. Started well last night with 1hr spinerval and 45 minute brick run. Now just got to keep it up ...

[Mrs Jellybaby]

Righty ho, have neglected to fill this in for a while, apologies!
Everything is going well - am really getting into cycling now and enjoying being out on the roads (despite still wearing my trainers and no cleats ). Running is picking up again after suddenly finding it hard for no apparent reason and I can now swim the 1.9km comfortably in the pool (albeit VERY slowly) but really going to focus on translating that into river/lake swimming.
Looking forward to France and ramping volumes up. A lot of people will be A LOT better than me but at least I'm feeling fit... a measure of which has been beating JB up Box Hill and Pisshill in recent weeks

Week 15
April 17 1hr body pump and 20mins body combat
April 18 53mins turbo
April 19 1hr 15mins running (got lost in Barcelona!)
April 21 2hr run 11 miles (got lost running to Bens!)
April 22 3hr 10 mins cycle 32.5 miles

Week 16
April 25 1hr body attack
April 26 1hr body combat
April 28 1hr swim
April 29 58min run 6 miles (home from the pub after lunch!)

Week 17
April 30 1hr 50 mins turbo (Hillacious and Britain's Got [no] Talent)
May 1 1hr RPM class
May 3 1hr 20 min run 8 miles (to Bens to have take-away with Scib and JB! I heart food related running!!)
May 4 50 mins turbo

Week 18
On holiday eating and drinking far too much with friends, oopppps!
May 10 30 mins swim
May 11 30 mins swim and 50 mins run (felt awful - meant to do 8 miles but had to stop before 6 miles!)
May 12 1200m open water swim at Thorpe and 1hr 30 mins 20 miles cycle with Si and JB

Week 19
May 15 1hr turbo (Hillacious) and 45min brick run
May 16 1hr 5min swim
May 17 55min 10k run
May 18 1hr swim
May 19 57 mile cycle with JB, Ben, Si and Josh (furthest ever cycled, very chuffed!)

Week 20
May 21 55min swim
May 24 10.6 mile run 1hr 50mins
May 25 2km swim 50mins
May 27 45min run in the heat and 2hr 15min cycle 32 miles

Week 21
May 30 1hr swim (15min drills and 1.6km)
May 31 53 min run 10k
June 1 1hr swim drills
June 2 82km cycle 3hrs 45mins
June 3 1hr 39 mins run 10 miles

Week 22
June 5 1hr turbo (Hillacious)
June 6 34 mile cycle (First time out entirely on my own without adult supervision and I didn't fall off or get run over!!! Hurrah!)

[Bendy Ben]

a measure of which has been beating JB up Box Hill and Pisshill in recent weeks

JB

WTF is going on ?

Well done Laura - your deffo are fitter and stronger

May 12 1200m open water swim at Thorpe

Is this the swim where JB got a bit chilly and got out ? But you toughed it out.

JB - your gonna get beaten by the WAT buddy. get on it

[Mrs Jellybaby]

Tehehehehehe! To be fair, he's still faster generally at cycling than me and a lot faster swimming, but I'm enjoying these little victories!!!!

[Bendy Ben]

He's only faster if there int any hills

[scibby]

Well Done Laura you gonna smash it!

[JoddyBear]

he's still faster generally at cycling

no, i refuse to believe that JB can cycle quicker than anyone!

and having seen him attempting to ride up a hill, i have no doubt that you leave him for dust every time.

now, downhill...........

[Bendy Ben]

Downhill is dangerous with JB

And expensive !!!!

He's fallen off on the flat too.

There seems to be a pattern emerging

I miss my rides with JB - he will get back in the game and smash it right up. France will be great to catch up.

I miss him xxxx

[Jellybaby]

Downhill is dangerous with JB

Only to myself

However, going downhill anywherenear you is lethal. Who nearly forced who into a tractor in france ...

And you've stacked it indoors while on the turbo and without your legs moving. You win that game, even over scibby who has done the same but at least she was stationary outside

[Bendy Ben]

Ah the tractor incident - that was entirely his fault !!!!

He was on the wrong side of the road !!