Review of the week 9th February and plans for w/c 16th February

It seems like it's been a long time since I have posted any update on training, but after my week off mentioned in my last post I was raring to go come Monday 9th.
However, my enthusiasm was short lived as I completely forgot that this week was parents evening week which effectively wiped out two days of training opportunities. So this is how the week panned out:

Monday 9th - The first of two parents evenings, so after a late finish I really didn't have the motivation to go training.....so I didn't.

Tuesday 10th - A better day. A good 1 hour session of high intensity cardio at the gym, which felt great, as this was my first attempt at exercise in over a week.

Wednesday 11th - The plan was to go to swim coaching straight after parents evening 2. However after an even later finish I was back and forth on whether to go.  I went back. Home. And had a curry. Good times!

Thursday 12th - Nothing! However this was a very exciting day. This was the day my amazing wife ordered my brand new road bike for my upcoming birthday! Very excited and will write more about that when it arrives.

Friday 13th - A nice 6am run to start the day. I covered 8km at a fairly decent pace. It felt good to get running again.

Saturday 14th - Headed to the pool for an early morning swim. The aim was to cover a mile. I managed this in 49 minutes but with stops. Not a great time if I were to do the Ironman today, but with over a year to go, its not a bad start.

Sunday 15th - Back to the gym today. I started with 20 minutes of sprint intervals, with speeds changing from 10kph to 17kph every minute. This was followed but high intensity cardio and bodyweight workouts.

So the week ended better than it started. I've missed the last two weeks of swim coaching which I am not happy about so I am really looking forward to getting back to it next week and with it being half term, there is no excuse.

Plan for next week is as follows:

Monday - 7 mile run. (Already done as I am posting this on Tuesday)

Tuesday - Didn't do anything today as my family and I went fossil hunting along the Jurassic Coast which was awesome. More about that later.

Wednesday - Swim coaching.

Thursday - Maiden bike voyage. Damn excited about this one.

Friday - Swim

Sat - Run (8 mile target)

Sunday -  ??? Going to watch a rugby match on Saturday evening so not holding out much hope for Sunday.

Looking forward to this week.  Watch this space for a bike review!