Kevin's Training Diary 2025

I am going to separate out my three events from World Champs race week for a bigger write up so this is just the numbers for the last two weeks.  Actuals, (T arget) -  Swim 2.4  miles / 3,900  m. (2.4 miles). Bike 86.6 miles. (30.0 miles).   MTB 42.7 miles. (9.0 miles). Run 41.9  miles. (40.2  miles).   0 short core,  0   short light weights   and  1  stretching / rollering session.  14   mins of yoga.   Cumulative Actual, (Cumulative Target), [Cumulative Stretch] - S 57.1 , (58.1 ),   [62.4] , B 869.1, (917.0) ,   [962.9] ,     MTB 291.9, (275.1),   [285.0], R 551.6, (575.4),   [604.2] . Core         - 9, (14),   [22 ] ,  Weights    - 7 , (14),   [22], Stretching - 7, (14),   [22], Yoga          - 30 , (22),   [38].   Fast run sessions - 31, (26).

Another late post as I struggle to find time for even basic daily functions at the minute. I seem to be either working, training, eating or sleeping all the time and the backlog of chores is growing continually. I am not even sure when I am going to have time to pack my bike this week before we fly out to Pontevedra on Saturday morning.  I have had a binge of races this fortnight as I try to race myself in to some sort of running shape. It seems to be working but on hilly and rolling courses the times don't quite reflect what I think is in my legs. I have a new pair of Adidas Boston 12's for Pontevedra which I have just done a single run in to check the sizing.  Actuals, (T arget) -  Swim 5.2  miles / 8,350  m. (4.9 miles). Bike 81.5 miles. (77.0 miles).   MTB 30.1 miles. (23.1 miles). Run 41.9  miles. (40.2  miles).   1 short core,  1   short light weights   and  1  stretching / rollering session.  10   min...

Late post this week as I have been buried between work and training and life in general. I put in a solid block of training post-Pamplona. I have managed to settle into a routine that works around my new job.  I finished up this fortnight with an Aquathlon at Loch Ore. The swim was okay, but not as improved as my recent pool times would suggest it should be. Then on the run I was unable to get up to pace. I had a stitch early on and got stuck at 4:25/km pace and couldn't move up from that until inside the last km.  I am going to blame the cold rather than the morning jog around Parkrun. I still have a couple of weeks to Pontevedra but this isn't going to be fixed in time, even with the new shoes that arrived post-race on Sunday. Pontevedra will be 'best efforts' in the Aquathlon, but that was possibly always going to be the case after the cross-triathlon and cross-duathlon. On Sunday Lorna and I went out to Kirkhill for our first real mountain biking adventure together....