Weekly wrap

Last week I began my training in earnest, and it went reasonably well. And I feel so much better for the regular exercise!

Monday

Was supposed to be a 30 minute run - but it was Queen's birthday, and a lovely (if cold) day, so Kate and I rode to Titirangi and back, which was a blast, and helped me get my cycling mojo back.

1:27.23, 33.05 km, AHR 145.

Tuesday

Supposed to be a swim and 20 minute run - but because I was driving back to Hamilton on Tuesday morning, and didn't want to force things, I just did the swim. Nice and easy, lots of drills and balance exercises/kicking, just trying to ease the shoulder back into it (shoulder is still troubling me, and I still have quite a bit of rehab work to do).

1 hour, 1650 m.

Wednesday

Commute by bike day. Already covered - suffice to say the morning ride was COLD.

59.21, 26.61 km, AHR 152;
1:00:46, 26.32 km, AHR (oddly enough) 152.

Thursday

Again, supposed to swim and bike, but I was feeling a bit tired from the 2 hours' riding the day before, so moved the swim to Friday and did a good 20 min run (non stop!) only. Only problem with runs this short is that I'm only just starting to warm up properly after 15 mins, so moderating the HR is a bit difficult.

20:03, 3.51 km, AHR 162.

Friday

Another nice east swim after work. Shoulder a bit sore on Sunday/today, but that must have something to do with the weekend of mountain biking too.

1:00, 1700 m.

Saturday

A great day of mountain biking in Rotorua. Did about 1:30 worth of fairly easy stuff, helping Kate get comfortable on the trails again (she got comfortable heaps quicker than usual).

Later that day, climbed up Hill road (about 330 metres of elevation gain), and did Split Enz, perhaps the best piece of single track (apparently) in NZ. Awesome climb (hard, but I kept a fairly controlled HR) and even better descent. Kate did a lot of the trail (only second time for her on a grade three trail) - but we had to race back down via a gravel road, and arrived at holiday home in the dark!.

1:59:13, 23.27 km, AHR 132.

Sunday

MTB Skills Course - ran from 10:00 am until about 2:30 pm (scheduled to finish at four, but our group learned quickly). Then did about 45 mins of riding with Damian (Kate's sister's fiance). Probably only about 30 mins - 1 hour worth of exercise during the course.

Fantastic course - we fiddled with setup, learned how to balance properly on the bike, how to descend, go over ruts and steps, and corner. Awesome day, absolutely recommend for anyone wanting to get faster on the mountain bike.

So - all in all, a good week.