I’m now into week 3 of my training plan for Outlaw and currently I’m 12 and 0 in terms of sessions. \u00a0Good for me as there were\u00a0definitely\u00a0a few I might not have done had I not had a coach peering over my training diary.<\/p>\n
More after the jump.<\/p>\n
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Swimming is going pretty well given that I only really swim during races or a couple of sessions before one and I can feel myself getting stronger as I try out the drills. \u00a0However it should be noted in 4 sessions I’ve swum a total of 3700m so I’m still short of race distance and that lot took around the hour and 40 I’m optimistically hoping to do the Outlaw swim in.<\/p>\n
Cycling has been split into two structured turbo sessions in the garage on a Wednesday morning and two longer rides on Saturday. \u00a0Luckily so far I’ve had two nice Saturdays and got two good sessions done. \u00a0The first was a 90 minute ride on a pan flat course in Zone 2 and on the aerobars. \u00a0By far the longest I’ve ever spent in that position and it wasn’t helped by my damn seat slipping again meaning it was 2 inches lower at the finish than at the start. \u00a0The second ride was a revelation, a 45 minute ride in Zone 2 followed by 3 hill repeats of 10 minutes each. \u00a0However this was to be done over-geared at around a 70 cadence. \u00a0I ended up doing 11 minutes a time due to the fact that had me arriving at a logical turning point but all 3 were pretty evenly paced. \u00a0Most surprising was that the best effort was only 4 seconds down on my Strava<\/a> PB for the same segment and that was one I really went for with nothing remaining in the tank when I got to the top. \u00a0Almost froze to death on the 3 descents after the \u00a0climbs, now I know why Tour riders layer up for their descents.<\/p>\n Running has been going Ok – all by heart rate and all a lot slower than I would normally run. \u00a0Learning to run in Zone 2 is odd but I’m really noticing that I find it hard to get back into that zone after higher intensity intervals. \u00a0That should come as fitness improves I guess but as it stands I’m not going to be putting in a sub 3 marathon in\u00a0Nottingham.<\/p>\n Week 3 started today with another swim session that I really had to force myself to do but I’ll mention that in my next update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m now into week 3 of my training plan for Outlaw and currently I’m 12 and 0 in terms of sessions. \u00a0Good for me as there were\u00a0definitely\u00a0a few I might not have done had I not had a coach peering over my training diary. 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