Chowders wrote:
But I’m sick again as of Sun (sat next to an ill sister in a car for 7hrs on Fri so fairly obvious what the source was!) - so this week hasn’t got off to a good start. I’m feeling much better today though so hopefully it’s not something that will linger. Assuming I’m well, I’ve got dental work on Wed and have been advised to take it easy and stay out of pool for 24-48hrs afterwards. So this week is just going to be a case of getting a bit of exercise done when I can and hopefully by the weekend (at least) I’ll be ‘training’ again.
Sleep is still good. Regarding my nutrition focus for last week - let’s just say my preparation, resolve and commitment wasn’t up to the challenge of travel (inc delays) and socials. I’ll try again this week (comfort eating whilst sick and/or the dental work constraints will be the new challenge)!
It’s 5 weeks including this week until my first race and another 5 weeks until my first ‘A” race. The past few weeks have been ‘snakes & ladders’ so I’m not really sure about where my fitness is and I feel a bit behind where I want to be but I still have time to do a solid build phase.
Thankfully, the illness didn’t linger too long and I was able to get my dental surgery done (which went well and wasn’t too sore for too long afterwards). 5k swim, 7hrs bike, 45min run, strength session done, 1 of 4 prehab sessions done. This focus on nutrition has been interesting and revealing - I’ll spare you the details but let’s just say I have work to do.
I now have 4 weeks (3 training weeks, including this week, plus a taper/travel week) before my first race. So hopefully this week will be the first of 3 solid training weeks (it started well yesterday - a ‘hard day’ training during which I felt decent for the first time in a while).
Decided to join my tri squad’s twice weekly early morning turbo sessions for these 3 weeks (bit of a risk to my sleep regime but feels motivating and should be a good training stimulus).
Otherwise, my tri squad are organising a new duathlon this year so we’re visiting the venue on Sunday to check a few things.
And will be focussed on nudging my nutrition in a better direction.