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Activity Details for Hill House Loop- 11th Feb 2010
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
4th - 9th Feb
Pre-swim ginger afro in good order.
Thursday was the supposedly recovery week at running, the time spent running was down but the tempo certainly wasn't with Big Brian and another gunning it off the front and the rest of us scattered along the pavement in the distance. Heart rate sneaked in to the 180s i reckon, possibly not ideal for recovery?
Friday was a swim session that looked like it wasn't going to happen when a group of us met at the Glasgow Uni pool, got changed and poolside only to discover it was closing in 15 minutes for the canoe club. Back in to civilian clothing, in the car, minus one, on to Scotstoun for, roughly, 3k swim set, the bulk of which was 300 reps. Good squad out with Ken 'Gambrino' Owen, Chris 'i don't swim down the middle of the lane, honest!' Hay, Brian and I left in Ele's wake as usual.
Post swim we had a farewell dinner for our good friend Chris, who is heading out to sunny Australia for the next year. He should be in good nick when he gets back what with the weather and training conditions out there. He's also got a few tasty races lined up- the Perth to Rottness swim and the Busselton 70.3 that I know of.
I reckon we gave him a solid send off, excellent food and drink, dodgy banter and some vintage storytelling from Kendo.
Saturday was some rest.
Sunday, Gemma and I went out on the Coulport loop (see garmin below). Nice steady pace, relaxing ride. Gemma was not loving the climb up in to Glen Fruin mind you, but she made it. I kept telling her after, next time will be easier.
Rest on Monday.
This morning was a surprisingly comfortable swim session with the girls and Bri, some 100s, 200s and a 1200 thrown in for good measure. Getting fitter and faster, bring on open water and the comfort of a bit of neoprene!
Monday, 8 February 2010
Thursday, 4 February 2010
31st Jan + 2nd and 3rd Feb 2010
Howdy fans. Completed the last session of a pretty hard week on Sunday with a bike ride on actual roads, outside, in the fresh air. A lot of my detractors will not believe this but it is true, i did cycle outside and I did go up a couple of wee hills (check the Garmin stats below). Photographic evidence will follow when I work out how to get pics from phone to pc (no green screen involved).
Weather was beautiful for the ride on Sunday, blue skies, not much wind and mild compared to what its been like for the past month (and even the last couple of days for that matter). Adorned in my new keep warm kit- thermal tights, arm warmers, thermal mid layer, swanky gore jacket (which Jo PM had the audacity to copy me and buy one, I am her muse i think!), hat etc.. ladeda i headed out all alone and had a fun ride. Still shit at cycling but suppose I can only get better, those gentle slopes of Lanza should be a good test.
All in was about 60k, which for me is a long one, done in about 2.5 hours. I will hope to see some fellow club members and fans join me at some point.
Rest day Monday.
Tuesday. Early morning swim session with the super fast girls and the big Irishman, exclusive Menswear consultant, Brian Forbes.
(Brian was a Tuesday morning swim virgin and was therefore ill prepared for the challenges that faced him that morning. Firstly being chased out of one lane by territorial locals (two middle-aged woman and a man sporting a rather fetching cock duster) for unsportsmanlike behaviou, then having some argy bargy with a little Glaswegian man in the open swim area. All in all a typical introduction to swimming at Scotstoun).
The actual swim set proved a bit easier to negotiate with Brian and I being left in the wake of the girls. Ele, the one armed bandit, even claiming to have passed us while doing single arm drills (we were using both arms!). The main part of the sessions was 600s, tough going, especially with being lapped on numerous occasions, please let it pay off come the summer.
Last night was a killer circuits class at GHK. I was separated from my usual partner in crime, Lewis, for the session and instead had to work hard to avoid total humiliation as my new partner was young and fit and enthusiastic. Ouch, squatting running, burpees, press ups and side planks, one after the other, could barely lift my arms to the wheel as I drove home through the snow afterwards.
This is supposed to be an easy week as well!
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