Another week of training under my belt and my 5th consecutive week.

Tues: am 01:20 bike (27 miles) followed by a 6.5 mile run in the evening.
Wed: Spinning in the evening.
Thur: am 00:45 Swim (inc 10 x 100m) and a 00:35 run with intervals.
Fri: am 01:00 swim
Sat: 01:10 run with a 3 mile test at 75% in the middle (21:16), 9 miles total (very windy)
Sun: Club run, cycled 65 miles total but in extremely windy conditions so didn't run after.

I woke up with a sore throat on Sunday and it looks like its morphed into a cold :o( Did my 45 mins in the pool this morning as:

WARM UP

300 Swim - 100 Kick - 200 Pull

(ALTERNATE SET: 200 Swim - 100 Kick - 100 Pull)

MAIN SET

4 x 400 -- broken into "pieces":

        Your HR intensity should remain roughly @75% throughout,

        though it's OK to elevate it to 84% during faster swims

        #1: 400 straight swim - 30 sec rest

        #2: 2 x 200 w/20 sec rest after each -- #2 faster than #1

        #3: 4 x 100 w/10 sec rest -- descend 1-4

        #4: 8 x 50 w/5 sec rest -- descend 1-4, 5-8

(ALTERNATE MAIN SET: 4 x 300, done as

            300 straight, 2 x 150, 3 x 100, & 6 x 50))

COOL DOWN

4 x 50 easy w/10 sec rest after each

It was ok but I did notice not going as strong as usual. This is probably where I should be thinking of taking it easy but that is soooooo difficult to do. I haven't got time for a cold, bloody british weather.

I'll spin tonight and if the wind is as bad tomorrow as it is today I might miss the 1:15 bike and have a days rest as there is no run scheduled till Thursday.
I entered the great east swim today a 2 mile event on the 11th June, a week before the Dambuster Triathlon. Really fancy having a go at the swim as its my favourite discipline after the bike and I always swim better in open water.
Checked my weight again this morning and I was 71.9kg so its still coming down, lowest I've been is 70 something for my 1st marathon in 2006. I want to get down close to 68kg but under 70 will be enough. I'm training more on water for anything up to 2 hours and always swim before eating or drinking anything other than water, hopefully this will improve my bodies ability to metabolize fat more. I also take a protein supplement to ensure its the fat that goes and not muscle but also due to my volume in training.