It’s nearly coming to an end, just one day to go, one run and maybe a swim. The big training week has gone pretty well so far, and I’m looking forward to an easy week before starting my next four-week cycle.
The runs went as planned. Monday I did 6×1,000m intervals at the track (on 200m jog rest) sandwiched between two 5km-or-so runs to and from the track. Tuesday was just a short swim — 1,000m easy, 5×100m H, 100m CD — this, in preparation for Wednesday’s four-hour run. That went surprisingly well, 43km covered in 3h 50min actual moving time, and a faster second-half than the first. Thursday I thought the legs might be sore but they were actually pretty okay, so I did an easy 6k on the tready and some core exercises. Friday wasn’t too tiring either — stroke correction with SportInc, with more time spent laughing than swimming.
And this morning was the usual CycleWorx ride, though I only managed 115k of the 130k, because I had a flat at Tuas after drafting a truck going over 60km/h for a few km. Fixed the flat with the help of David (thanks for stopping!), as I waved the peloton on. Didn’t want to make some 30 riders wait for me, so I skipped the “hockey stick” portion of our ride to catch up with them. Overall it was a thorougly enjoyable ride, the pace about 2-3km/h slower on average compared to last week.
And speaking of crunch…
Jaw-broken-bones
Thanks to the nice folks at Oakley for sorting a replacement frame out! The glasses got run over by a truck at Kranji. Damn those sunnies are made tough though — neither the frame nor lenses cracked. Some parts bent or came loose, but that’s about it…