Maintaining the rage

August sees a maintenance program. I haven't run in a couple of weeks due to my dodgy hip. With no goal races in mind & everything else going on in life at the moment, the training is going to take a (slight) back seat for a while - though not so much that I won't fit into my wedding dress of course!

Mon: functional stability (FS), core + stretch session at lunch & then 3.2km at swim squad after work. Hard, hard work for me - I'm not sure what hurt more; 8 x 50m sprints or 3 x 300m with paddles - but technically its coming together. I really need to develop some swim fitness though.

Tue: FS exercises at lunch but otherwise a rest day

Wed: 30mins each of FS & upper body strength work in the gym before work

Thur: FS again at lunch. Then 38mins ride on the trainer after work including 3min stints in various gears. Good session; I'm really enjoying the riding at the moment. 15.8k

Fri: rest

Sat: 2hr ride (including a 5min pickup at the 80min mark), for a change of scenery, on the M7 bike path. Early in the ride I seemed to revert back to my usual (bad) habit of using a higher gear & lower cadence but a bit of focus saw my cadence increase. Finished with 46.7k / aver C83 / aver 23.3k/h. I seem to be averaging around 23k/h now. Next stop, 24k/h :-) The day ended with a surprise mini-birthday celebration for R who turns an age ending in zero next weekend ;-)

Mud cake rocks :-)


Anyone got a fire extinguisher? ;-)


Sun: busy busy day. I was at the pool when it opened at 7.30am to do my 1.8km swim. I was showered & home in time to eat breakfast while watching (for the first time) the City 2 Surf on the telly. Then it was off to Parramatta with Ma for shopping for shoes & jewellery for the wedding (which mission was accomplished). A couple of books also managed to find their way in my bags. No idea how that happened ;-) It was such a struggle to get out of bed this morning but I'm so glad I did. There is no way I would have swum after getting home after 5 hours of shopping! Surely that must count as additional cross-training?

It was 3 months to go until the wedding on Thursday. I can't believe the last 18+ months have gone by so quickly. I'm sure the next 3 months will fly by as well... (gulp)

MTD:
Swim: 5.0km
Bike: 111.8km