It was a busy few days so I have put together a few days into one post.
As I wrote at the beginning of this series of reports on my preparation for the Singapore triathlon, the month of July will be important to ensure that I work on baseline fitness. This means getting as much volume as possible in the first few weeks of preparation. So I am happy that I have been able to put in 3 bike rides of over 2 hours and 3 runs of around or just more than an hour and this should provide me with a strong base for the next period of my training which will focus on training at our around race pace. Of course the problem with doing lots of long distance work is that it tends to get you into a plod and makes it very difficult for you to pick up the pace to race pace.
The risk of training faster is that this puts more strain on the body and this causes some muscle soreness and joint pain as the body adjusts to the greater stresses. In my experience it takes a few weeks for the body to adjust to the harder effort, so the month of August is well timed for me to prepare to faster work and adapt in the lead up to the race month of September
Saturday morning, I spent a lot of the morning watching the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Fired up, I went for an 11.4 km run. Later in the morning I jumped in the pool and swam 1 km of FS technique.
Sunday morning, I was up at 5:00 a.m. and went out for a steady 100 km ride. It is pretty hard to find 100km in Singapore, so what I had to do was cross the Island East to West, 2 times. This was exactly 100 km.
Following this ride I had a nice relaxed morning and afternoon and went to sleep with great contentment. The reward for my 3 weeks of fitness work is a rest day on Monday. I am very happy to be able to take a programmed day off, as opposed to one forced upon me by a virus!
Combined totals for week 3 of my preparation.
Swim: 9100 m
Bike: 143 km
Run: 28.4 km
As I wrote at the beginning of this series of reports on my preparation for the Singapore triathlon, the month of July will be important to ensure that I work on baseline fitness. This means getting as much volume as possible in the first few weeks of preparation. So I am happy that I have been able to put in 3 bike rides of over 2 hours and 3 runs of around or just more than an hour and this should provide me with a strong base for the next period of my training which will focus on training at our around race pace. Of course the problem with doing lots of long distance work is that it tends to get you into a plod and makes it very difficult for you to pick up the pace to race pace.
The risk of training faster is that this puts more strain on the body and this causes some muscle soreness and joint pain as the body adjusts to the greater stresses. In my experience it takes a few weeks for the body to adjust to the harder effort, so the month of August is well timed for me to prepare to faster work and adapt in the lead up to the race month of September
Saturday morning, I spent a lot of the morning watching the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Fired up, I went for an 11.4 km run. Later in the morning I jumped in the pool and swam 1 km of FS technique.
Sunday morning, I was up at 5:00 a.m. and went out for a steady 100 km ride. It is pretty hard to find 100km in Singapore, so what I had to do was cross the Island East to West, 2 times. This was exactly 100 km.
Following this ride I had a nice relaxed morning and afternoon and went to sleep with great contentment. The reward for my 3 weeks of fitness work is a rest day on Monday. I am very happy to be able to take a programmed day off, as opposed to one forced upon me by a virus!
Combined totals for week 3 of my preparation.
Swim: 9100 m
Bike: 143 km
Run: 28.4 km
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