I have found the last few weeks training quite hard on my muscles – I guess I just haven’t been training this hard…..ever! Cardio wise I am fine (relatively speaking) but my quads ache quite a bit so when I heard it was a taper week in the pool as some of the club were participating in Derry Swimming Gala this weekend I was really relieved! I managed Wednesdays run relatively ok but couldn’t do the last 400m as I had to be home to take over babysitting as my hubbie swims on a Wednesday night! I thought I would get a rest when he took the kids to Dublin for the night on Thursday but I ended up working late on both Thursday and Friday nights. I didn’t want to rush out when the Sean and the kids just arrived home on Friday evening so I missed Fridays run on the track. I forced myself to go for a 10k run on Sunday however I had only eaten about an hour beforehand so it wasn’t so pleasant. I can usually only eat 2.5 to 3 hrs before exercising and I never eat before I swim in the morning. More about my new wheat & dairy free diet in due course! Hopefully this weeks rest will have worked wonders for my legs and I won’t feel aching for another while…..dream on!
Monday: Rest
Tuesday:
Swim: 1800m total
| Main Set (800m) | ||||
| | 4 x | 50m drills (your choice) | | |
| | 3 x | 50m (15m sprint off a diving start) | | |
| 3 x | 50m "B" (15m sprint off a diving start) | | |
| 2 x | 4 x | 12.5m sprint | 30" SI | |
| 1 x | 100m Easy | | ||
Wednesday
Swim 1990m total
| Main Set (990m) | |||
| | 6 x | 15m sprint turn (5m/10m) | 1' SI |
| | 1 x | 100m Easy | |
| | 8 x | 50m ( 2 x swim, 2 x "B" Stroke, 2 x swim, 2 x "B" Stroke) | 1'/1' 15" SI |
| | 1 x | 50m (15m sprint / 35m recovery) | |
| | 1 x | 50m (25m sprint / 25m recovery) | |
| | 1 x | 100m Easy | |
| | 1 x | 50m (15m sprint "B" Stroke/ 35m swim recovery) | |
| | 1 x | 50m (25m sprint "B" Stroke/ 25m swim recovery) | |
| | 1 x | 100m Easy | |
Run: 7.5km total. 8 x 400m at 85% with an extra cool down (i.e approx 400m extra rest) after 4.
Thursday: Rest
Friday
Swim: 1055m total
| Main Set (455m) | |||
| | 4 x | 50m drills | |
| | 2 x | 12.5m Sprint with dive start | |
| | 4 x | 50m drills | |
| | 2 x | 15m sprint turn (5m/10m) | |
Run: Missed
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run 10k loop from house at steady pace.
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