June 2007

June - Started working with Rich and he cut me back to 1 quality session a day rather than the 2 or 3 I was doing. I also gave up the booze and really got into doing some longer quality sessions. A typical week would be around12-13 hours, ramping up to 15 some weeks:
Monday: 90 min swim
Tuesday: 2 hour run
Wednesday: 2.5 hour bike ride
Thursday: 90 min bike ride, 1 hour run
Friday: 4 x 1 mile repetitions at 90% effort with 2 min rest between each
Saturday: 90 min swim, usually open water in a lake + 2 hour bike ride
Sunday: 5-6 hour bike ride, 30 min run
In June I competed in a 135km bike race through the Brecon Beacons, such a fantastic race! It was really tough but I did it and came 5th out of the women. It was the most I had ever riden and I was feeling pretty good afterwards which gave me confidence.