Time to recharge

It was a good swim last night. The lane was a little busy, but Adam, probably the fastest swimmer in the club apart from the coach, was firing strongly, and the two of us carved out some pretty good times at the front of the fast lane. He had the edge on me in terms of speed until near the end, where my endurance strength started to tell. Main set was a one sided pyramid - 3 x 100m on 1:45, 3 x 75m on 1:15, 3 x 50m on 50 and 3 x 25m on 25m, then 2x, then 1x. Not too tough, but good enough to get the heart rate up. The 100m's were all under the 1:20 barrier, with the final effort timing in at 1:15. Ideally I'd prefer longer sets - more 200m's and 400m's, but there's too many in the lane at the moment and we'd catch up with the back markers after about 200m. Hopefully that'll change as people's new year's resolutions wear off!

Had a lie in this morning. Couldn't make it out of bed for my 30:00 turbo. I think I'll fit it in this evening prior to my club swim, but its a definite indication that I need some proper rest. Which is what I'll get at the weekend fortunately. 3 days in Wales with no cycling, running or swimming will do me a hell of a lot of good - I'll be raring to go by Tuesday of next week, which is when full training starts again! Will be good just to spend some time with Sarah without having to worry about getting in training. There's a log fire at the cottage we're staying at, so I have my mission - don't set fire to the place. Last time I was in a cottage in a national park it was in a little stone farmhouse in the lakes. Surprise surprise, 5 minutes tinkering with the fire and the whole place was filling with smoke. It's clearly a talent I have!

I've promised the club's running coach that I'll do one of the winter league run races for the club. Unfortunately (fortunately), I'm booked up until March, so my first winter league race will be on 7 March at Stilton. Yup, it's not just a cheese...it's a place too! It's 7 miles, so an excellent distance for me. I'll be in good endurance running shape by then (with the Stafford HM looming), so hopefully won't embarass myself...

21/01/2010