Decided it was time to ride my bike
into work today. It's been snowing lately and until Sunday there was
still a lot of ice on the ground and I didn't feel safe on the roads. But
it's much clearer now - although dark and wet! - so no need not to. I
like cycling into work, it's only about 4 miles each way but it wakes
me up and I've done some exercise even if I don't do any planned training
sessions. I need to get back into cycling as I have done very little over
the winter. I'd set off quite early and had plenty of time, so I stopped and
chatted to Ray who I am doing to London-Brighton bike ride with, and we have a
catch up. I often see him and his dog along the old railway path that is
popular with walkers and cyclists.
Went for a run with Matt at
lunchtime. This is usually our recovery
run – Matt had done his long run on Sunday and I’d done 17 miles on Saturday (I
tend to need a day off from running after anything over about 13 miles ) and we
do about 3-4 miles around the business park.
Matt had mapped out a new route around Old Hatfield – some was along
tracks and unpaved foot paths but luckily the snow and ice had melted - so it
was great to have a change. Makes it more interesting to chat while out
running as well.
Swimming in the evening with
Tri-Force (the triathlon club). They
have use of the pool in a local school – a very nice, newly built sports
centre. I have been learning front crawl
and just spent the session working on technique. I have been doing this for a couple of weeks
and am seeing a nice improvement, but I haven’t yet started following the
lesson plans.
Wasn’t too tired by the end of the
day, so watched a bit of TV and had a bowl of ice cream as a reward!
Total training
Bike ride to/from work (8 miles)
3.8 mile run
45 minutes swimming
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