Good news on the injury front thankfully, achilles, calf, shin splints etc all seem to be on the mend. Saturday was my 1st real test going long on my run for the 1st time in 2 weeks. Kinesio tape on, compression calf sleeves on and I was ready to rock. Kevin was my agony aunt, and partner for the run once again. I knew when he told me to stop talking about the injuries, that really meant shut the hell up! lol
We kept it flat, and the pace was steady, nice handy 8min 40sec average, which I was more than happy with, and for Kev, well, that’s a walk compared to his usual. Haha We completed a total of 14 miles and all felt good as far as my legs were concerned. A tad tired but that was to be expected really. My head was back on the straight and narrow and that’s the main thing, maybe I can salvage something from this marathon after all! I guess we’ll know in 5 weeks time!!! 🙂
Tuesdays was swim time with the Tri Club, my lane was Thomas, Josh, Jonny, Roger and myself. The pace seems to have increased this past few weeks for sure, I definitely needed to concentrate and focus that bit more to hold the pace set by Josh and Thomas. All was good though, warm up, drills and build set well planned as always. The main set was 1800m in total and once we got going it seemed to flow fast and we were done in no time. A great session as always planned by Mervyn, good work, cheers mate.
Wednesday was cycle time, and I was home from work as quickly as possible to make the most of the ever growing daylight hours. Wind had died down a little from what it had been earlier in the week which was pleasing, we really have had some shocking weather as of late. I made my way to Limavady, around Myroe and the bridges, my pace was good considering the lack of bike time I’ve had recently. I started some hills on my way towards Dungiven which brought my average well down, and the head wind on the last 5 mile straight to Ballykelly didn’t help the matter either. All in all though I was happy with how I felt, daylight ran out on me and I finished with 26 miles at an average of 17.5 mph.
Today is rest day, forced on me really as I’m off to Manchester later. On the plus side, my next training will be very exciting, I’ve got my 1st Velodrome session on Friday at the national cycling centre. Getting on the boards for the 1st time will be amazing, I’m a tad excited as I’m sure you can guess LOL 🙂 Aaron
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