Weekly Update

Last week I did 5 hours of training. With 10% being swimming, 20% gym sessions and 70% running.

This did include a long run of 15 miles (24 km) done in the evening during the week.

Weekly Weigh In

This week my body fat is down 0.5% but my weight is up 1 3/4 lb (0.8Kg).

 

Not sure if this due to starting my gym workouts. However my training is starting to increase in volume so should help with the weight loss.

Overdoing a Gym Session

At the start of the week I did a gym session which I had only done a couple of times this year. I decided last time I felt ok doing the lunge exercise and decided to add more difficulty by adding some weights only 12 Kg (26 lb). However the days after that my right leg felt sore.

So for the following couple of days I took it easy by doing some swimming before gradually increasing my running and then another gym session without the extra weights.

From this I learnt not to increase my gym session drastically in a short time period. I already have used this approach for my other training, so I am not sure why I did not take this advice for gym session.

Issue with Training Schedule Planning

This week I learnt not to have a swimming session a few hours after a gym session after only starting back in gym work.

My shoulders were aching while swimming which I was struggling and I stopped my session about 2/3 the way through what it would have normally been.

So from this week I will be a bit more careful with which sessions follow each other.

Weekly Update

This week I did over 5 hours of training which is an increase of 1 hour.

This was 50% running which included a long swim. About 30% was swimming and 20% was gym sessions.

Who are the Pirates?

On the UK Runners world web site they have an article about the Pirates, which I am a member of. It has information how the group began, what it is about and where the name came from.

Started Gym Exercises

I have had my gym induction and have done 2 sessions already.

The sessions are short about 30-45 minutes, depending on equipment availability and amount of time for warm up and cool down.

These are mainly focusing on the core muscles as the three triathlon disciplines would cover the main over muscle groups and CV work.