Answer: NOOOOO!
But out of this act of stupidity came...new shoes!
After a few weeks of training with these I'll review them but for now the focus is the week just gone and the week ahead.
Overall, training this week has gone well; still nowhere near the level needed for Ironman but definite progress from week one. Out of the three disciplines of a triathlon, swimming concerns me the most so at the start of November 2014, I started attending Gloucester Triathlon club swim coaching sessions on a Wednesday evening. I won't go into the details of the sessions on this post so all I'll say is: I was right to seek help. This week was my first visit to the pool for five weeks and it really showed. On Monday 12th January, my son had his first swimming lesson since before Christmas (due to a chicken pox epidemic in the Evans household) and I used this time to begin my swim training for 2015. I covered 1km in the half hour I had which isn't a great distance, but due to only one lane being open and a wide range of swimming abilities on show it was difficult to get a decent, constant pace going. Despite this, it was good to get back in the pool.
Tuesday 13th January was the day to start breaking in my new running shoes. Blisters were predicted, but after a decent 10k run, taking 47 minutes, my feet felt fine.
Wednesday 14th January (happy birthday mum!) was my first swim coaching session since mid December. I felt I was making good progress before Christmas so I was both eager and anxious about this one. The standard of swimmers there is very high and having not been for a while I was worried my level had dropped right back.
After several hundred metres in warm ups and drills the swim coach told my group (of 4 people) we were doing a time trial this week. Two of us would time while the others swam 500metres as fast as they could then swap. 100metre splits were recorded along with the total time. Now, the last time I did this distance at pace was at the Cheltenham sprint triathlon in September 2014. The time I recorded there was just over 13 minutes. Not great. My total time for this trial was 11mins 33sec. Although there is still improvements to be made I was really happy with this time.
Thursday 15th was a rest day, so apart from a little 5 a side coaching at work, nothing strenuous was done.
Friday 15th January I donned the new shoes for their second break-in run. In total I covered 7.3 miles in 56mins 43sec. Again, my feet felt fine at the end. I enjoyed this run and felt comfortable throughout and felt I could have gone on further so I am looking forward to upping my distances next week.
Unfortunately things didn't go to plan on the weekend . On Friday night, son number two developed a sickness bug and was quite sick. He then passed this on to his mother, who was rough on Saturday. Despite this we still managed to take the kids to the Gruffalo's Child trail at Westonbirt Arboretum which was lovely and I'm really glad Lucie managed to come as I didn't think she'd make it. However, on return from our trek, said sickness bug had passed onto son number one. And boy was he sick! Seeing as three out of the four Evans' had been struck down I though it was only a matter of time before it hit me too. Luckily for me, Sunday came and there was no sign of me having to pray to the porcelain god, good times. So the plan was to head to the gym as was Rhys'. However, by some strange coincidence we both had the same alternative plan for the day. I had been given a brewery tour for a birthday present last year and its was time to use it. Rhys then told me he too was going beer tasting in the afternoon. So there was only one thing for it; we made a 'team' decision: Sunday was a write off.
The week ahead:
Monday - gym or run
Tuesday - gym or run
Wednesday - Swim coaching session
Thursday - Rest
Friday - Swim
Sat - Long Run
Sun - Rest
Well that's the plan anyway.
Dan
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