Looking back at this weeks training...

Lets take a moment to have a look back at w/c Monday 3rd Feb.

Monday:-

• Cycled 7.4miles
• Tri club swimming - warm up 200 swim/100 kick / 200 pull / 100 swim (i only did the 1st 300m)
• Shark fin drill approx 250m
• Then 4x 200 swim then 50m kick with a 45-60 sec rest between each 250m = approx 1km in 30 mins

Tuesday:-

• Run camp at the sports centre 6.30-7.30am
• Cycled in total 7 miles in 42:58 (round trip to sports centre and back)
• Drills 
• 4x 650m (ish) in 4 mins with a 3 min rest in between each set
• Oh and i'm plus 0.25lbs from  last week. siiiiiiiiiiiigh.

Wednesday:-

• I was going to go to the common and do the LRR wed eve training session but jeez, talk about windy - decided it was too dangerous to cycle so instead - 
• I ran/jogged for 50 mins (bumped into Vik, Shaz & B who were also out running) 
• Then home and 30 mins on the stationary bike.

Thursday:-

• Cycled to Sholing and back for work (pouring with rain) 
• Boxing - great session - 1 hour.

Friday

• 30 mins on the stationary bike while watching the new episode of NCIS

Saturday

• Worked so no training plus totally knackered - watched telly and ate chocolate in the evening instead.

Sunday

• Bike ride with Katherine - 31 miles / 49.5km in approx 3 hours
• Total time on bike today was 3:36.13 and i did 37.61 miles
• Max speed was 36.3 mph! pretty sure that was at Farley's Mount on the new tarmac'd road - wonderful fun (oh and FYI Kings Sorborne - x3 floods to cycle through - def would have been to our calves if had to walk through the water)
• Cup of tea at Katherine's then off to meet the girls and boy in the Wellington Arms for a couple of white wine spritzers. I'd missed brunch so the girls had packed up some leftovers for me - i'm a very lucky girl!

It's now 8.30pm, I've had a bath and am now in my pj's. 

I have a feeling i'll be in bed by 9!

I love my stationary bike!

I've just watched the new episode of NCIS while sat on my stationary bike - 30:03 of peddling - I'm quite sweaty and abit tired. Apparently that's the equivalent of 90mins out on the roads. I guess that's because there's no coasting on a stationary bike!

Boxing was great this eve!

Okay, so I'm sore but what a fab boxing session this eve. Tough session but enjoyed it alot.

Skipping - Pam gave me one of her ropes - they're the proper boxing ones that make you skip faster and faster.

Lots of pad work - all I could think was this must be helping my swimming.

Plus this eve I booked the hotel for the Weymouth half ironman weekend. Absolutely no turning back now!!! Eeeeeek. Must keep training and increase my endurance.

Oops - been awhile but I have been training!

Hey there all my avid followers - all twelve or so of you. I've been a poor blogger recently but I have been training - honest!

Quick snap shot of where lizzie triathlete carter is in her training:-

Yesterday cycled about 23miles over 2hours 12mins - cycled to hedge end and back, did hill training with coach steve from tri club plus did a 21min little run with Pam round the common. Bit tired - need to work on endurance - the whole cycling for 5hours solid and making sure I don't just keel over from boredom!

Apart from that I've been a bit under the weather this week - the stationary bike has been great plus cycled to training course - 8miles round trip 4 times but not much else.

Feel alot better now and am hopeful that this week I'll get back in track with my training.

Attached is a snap of bike gang's ride last Sunday - very wet plus Suzanne's split tire - ended up having a fab impromptu long tea break at hilliers garden centre in romsey - it was as if the gang had planned it in honour of my bday weekend!!!!

Ooh and excellent news about my swimming - my stroke count is now 24-26! Amazing especially if you know it was stuck at 30-34. Absolutely delighted.

Boxing this evening

I nearly didnt go as working but then I realised I could easily finish what I was doing tomorrow and especially if I get into work abit early.

Hoorah! Nipped home, changed amd was at the gym by 6.25pm. So glad I went. A tough but fun hours workout. Lift home from Pam amd then I spent maybe 15mins on the stationary bike. Really pleased I've exercised today.

Didn't manage run gang this morning as early start at work. Didnt manage lordshill road runners session last night either as working which is why I'm even more glad I left work to go boxing this eveing. Tuesday was a full day - first speed amd endurance runcamp at the spirtscentre 6.30-7.30am plus loads of cycling but hardly anything yesterday.

Nothing planned for tomoorw - will take running gear to hove to Elsie's. I may go for a quick run along the promenade!!!

Sunday 5th Jan 2014 - 6 weeks today is the Brighton half!

I'd decided that today I needed to run for an hour just to get myself back into running for longer than 30-40mins as the half will take me I reckon about 2.5 hours. Thats a long time to be running!!!!

I was out for 1:00.19 and gently ran 8km - over the itchen bridge, through woolston by the water then western shore to the pitch and putt and back.

Right knee was quite stiff so when I got back to the flat I cycled on the stationary bike for 21mins while reading deathly hallows on the kindle, listening to absolute80s radio. Stretches, shower and now time for breakfast.

Quite hungry as have only had a banana so far today.

12.15pm - I have done my training, I feel fabulous, packers 49ers wildcard game tonight at 9.40pm so I now have just over 9 hours of pottering about. How wonderful. I'm one huge smile :)

Back to Boxing!

Just back from an hour of boxing down st.mary's gym. Brilliant fun - let's see how much I hurt on Saturday this time.

I'm not sure if you remember or not but last time I was all cocky this don't hurt me one bit cos I'm liz elite athlete carter grrrr. And then two days later on Saturday morning it was as if nelly the elephant and jumped off a high ledge and belly flopped on to me. Ye gods I could barely walk. I was eighty years old. What's that classic saying about pride and fall?!

Exactly!

I've had a hot shower and will aim to be in bed by eleven. Must make sure I get plenty of rest.

But I did love it. Was one huge smile at the end. Great great fun.