June summary

Run 185½km/14 sessions
Cycle 1334km/15
Erg 23km/3
Swim 22700m/7
Rest days: 3
Hours per week: 15:55
Another very solid month, which included a great race at Bala Middle Distance triathlon and a quick 25-mile TT on the tandem. I’m a bit disappointed not to get to ride the ECCA 100 due to the fog on that morning last Sunday – it [...]

Run 18km

AM. Run 18km/1:24, steady. HR152(163)
Headed out the door before work. I was still very warm and 19C when I got back. Didn’t fancy a second session after work – I could’ve done an easy hour’s spin, I suppose, but I felt like I’d done enough the last few days.
68.6kg

Run 10km + Cycle 58km

AM. Run 10km/44 steady, HR144(155)
Out in the cooler air of the morning, although it was still 17°C when I stepped out the door at 6:45 a.m. I was surprised how quickly I’d run this in when I got back.
PM. Cycle 58km (32.0km/h), brisk, HR132(162) asc. 265m
Set off steadily in the direction of Otmoor, hoping to take [...]

Cycle 65km + Erg 8km (inc C2CTC 1344m)

Lunchtime. Cycle 65km, easy, with Jules, HR 110(135)
My alarm got me out the door at 2:30 a.m. for no good reason. I got to the HQ at Fowlmere OK for the 100-mile TT, but as the sun came up, the fog came down and in the time it took me to sign on and get [...]

Swim 3000m

AM. Swim 3000m, steady easy.
Jules was going for an open water swim with Oxford Tri, so I got up soon after her and went down to the local pool for a few easy lengths. Spent the rest of the day faffing about with my trike, reading the paper, etc. It was a gloriously warm, still [...]

Run 7½km + Cycle 42km

AM. Run 7½km/35, Steady easy, HR139(150)
Left shin still aching a bit. Not too bad otherwise.
PM. Cycle 42km, Otmoor, inc. long lap 29.4km/54:26 (32.3km/h). Brisk, HR127(159)
It occured to me that I’ve not done much hard work on the bike this week, and maybe today shouldn’t be the day, but I went fairly hard around Otmoor anyway, [...]

Run 12½km

Lunchtime. Run 12½km/56, steady. HR 144(156)
We’re out down the pub after work today, and as I wasn’t up in time before work, I nipped out at lunchtime for a run in the heat. Went OK. Left shin still aching a bit though.
69.8kg

Cycle 107km. Midweek meander audax

Cycle 107km. Midweek Meander audax (http://www.aukweb.net/cal/calsolo.php?Ride=09-263), 107km (23.9km/h), steady easy, HR107(153) ascent 920m
I took the day off work with Jules to ride this midweek audax. We must’ve been the youngest people on the event by a good few years, most of them were of retirement age – I guess this is what I’ve got to [...]

Rest day

Rest day.
I would’ve gone for a run after work, but it was hot, I was feeling tired and my left shin was still a bit sore. Time to take a day off!
70.1kg

Cycle 202km, Winchester + back

Cycle 202km/6h51 (29.5km/h), steady, HR 126(152), ascent 1445m
Legs not feeling so great today, but managed to drag myself out for a long ride to Winchester and back. Stopped in Winchester to top up my bottles and pick up a couple of cereal bars from a garage. It developed into a right muggy, cloudy day, and [...]