Somehow posting May in numbers just didn’t seem a priority while on holidays. So this month, now that my holidays are (almost) officially over (I just have a few quick trips left this summer – but no major time off boo hoo), I though I would combine May and June.
The past few months have been interesting. A consistent and regular training regime drawing on the G-Trainer to rehab my knee and eek out a few more runs resulted in a shiny new personal record at the BUPA10k at the end of May.
Just as I was coming off of a week of recovery from the race, I rolled my ankle. I will spare you the photo (you can find it here if you really want to see it) but let’s just say the build that I wanted to continue to do through June in the lead up to the London Triathlon has been significantly curtailed.
The ankle roll combined with holiday significantly altered my training plans. But I still managed to get some open water swimming sessions done. And a swim race. And a podium. All in the blue Pacific with coral under me as I swam.
No real complaints here!
So for those of you interested, here are some numbers…
May in Numbers
Total Training Time: 23 hours 29 minutes
Swim Time: 8 hours 15 minutes
Bike Time: 8 hours 53 minutes
Run Time: 2 hours 21 minutes
Yoga: 3 sessions
Bootcamp: 2 sessions
Sports Massage: 5 hours (3 sessions)
Acupuncture: 2 sessions
Physiotherapy: 3 sessions
Long haul travel: 2 trips
Highlight of the month: Finally doing my 20 minute functional threshhold cycling “test”. Oh ow. But at least now I have a better indication of power zones to train with and to use to become stronger on the bike.
Another highlight of the month: A new PR at the BUPA10k (see above).
A sad point of the month: Saying goodbye to Julie Gear, my acupuncture therapist, who has left London for pastures new and down under. *sad face*
My training hours were down on April as the last week of May I was in “recovery mode” from the 10k run, focusing on getting my legs back to normal, with a big emphasis on rehab, yoga, sports massage, physiotherapy, and acupuncture. I also had two doctor’s visits in the month – one to the sports doc for sign off on my knee (yay self management!) and one to the GP to get back into the neurology patient pool (I hadn’t been to a regular appointment for two years so needed to get referred in for my annual exam – which we often postpone as I am not in such bad shape!)
June in Numbers
Total Training Time: 22 hours 39 minutes
Swim Time: 6 hours 39 minutes
Bike Time: 10 hours 53 minutes
Run Time: 1 hours 40 minutes
Yoga: 3 sessions
Bootcamp: 1 session
Sports Massage: NONE and my body feels it!
Physiotherapy: 1 session to focus on my ankle
Long haul travel: 1 trip
Highlight of the month: For sure, all the swimming in the Pacific, including a podium in my age group at the Popo’ia swim (see photo above).
Low point: Rolling my ankle and severely curtailing both running and cycling to help with healing.
I am learning a lot through training about how my body responds to the loading – for example, how I need to sequence hard sessions and easier recovery sessions. At the end of June when I started getting back into training, after a sequence of hard sessions I found myself dropping training sets just because my body was feeling the intensity. This is something I will work with my coach to try and address in the schedules going forward.
Although there is not much time left to prepare for the London triathlon, and I have two trips planned before my race at the end of July, I look forward to a solid month of training and finishing up as much preparation as I can manage to have the best race that I can on July 28th. I am already getting excited!