The time away from training has taken its toll.
However as time waits for no man, and race time looms once again, the adaptive training plan is initiated. Basically it is going back to what the good old days, when I raced to train, and not train to race, the slight difference in that I don't race that much these days, but, the protocol is kept.
Any time that I had to S/B/R and not race was just doing the discipline for twice the time that I expected to race for, so if it was a OW sprint Tri, training would be, 30 mins swim, an hour bike, or an hour run. For OD, an hours swim, 2 hours on the bike, or an hour and a half on the run. As simple as that. Longer races would see a slight change.
But, using this basic training of low intensity sessions, should hopefully see me through to the next race, I am sure that Jack is rubbing his hands with glee, at the prospect of maybe getting more time off me, than he initially envisaged from the triathlons, but hey, what happens, happens.
As for this week, still doing the run4it challenge.
4 runs, totalling 22 miles, a bit stiff, a couple of niggles, but surprisingly better than expected.
A 10 mile TT, 24:24. Fifteen seconds slower than my PB for the course, still under the weather, coughing and sneezing, but getting back to speed, a lot quicker than a few weeks ago when illness had hold .
Half a bike ride, until a mechanical related incident, which lead to the road bike awaiting spares, and having to resort to a short MTB session.
Finally a swim, shockingly bad, and way down on usual time for the distance.
Very little time this coming week, so hopefully 4 runs and that will be it before race day a week on Sunday, it should be interesting, given our respective start times, and the run route, will give us an idea as to time between us as it is an out and back run.
Trying to stay injury free, and managing, just.