25 January 2011

I've had the analysis done and some points were picked up on both my swim technique and position on the bike, nothing major just little tweaks.
My swim showed a few position problems with my right arm which has been fairly straight forward to rectify but I do need to concentrate. I know from experience that as long as I concentrate it will become almost natural over the next 6 weeks of swimming 3 times a week. I have definitely noticed a difference in my speed and it feels good.

For the bike we found my seat was just a little too high which surprised me as I didn't seem to have any problems. My efficiency was around 60% but with the seat lowered about a cm and a little concentration I got it up above 70% :o)
I've been out on the bike and it feels good although a few muscles that probably weren't working very hard now seem to complain a little. I did 25 miles on Saturday concentrating on technique then 60 miles with the cycling club on the Sunday and it certainly didn't feel any worse. I could think about my pedalling all the way so took this as a good sign that I wasn't working harder than normal and if anything it felt easier. I did get some cramp in the last 2 miles in that muscle just above the knee and only on my left leg, its never complained before. I find floating over the pedals works wonders and will be working on that a lot over the next few months.

A 2k swim yesterday and a 45 min spin session in the evening, my legs were a little heavy but ok. Today is a 01:10 bike, 4 x 8:00 @ 75% with 2:00 recovery @ 60%  in the middle then a short tempo run of 25 mins later.

The rest of the week includes:

Wed   00:55 Bike
Thurs  00:45 Swim/00:35 min Run (with intervals)
Fri      01:00 Swim
Sat     01:45 Bike/00:25 Run
Sun    00:55 Run/00:40 Bike

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