Running
Total: 25.7 kilometres
So this week I have done 3 lunch time runs. The weather has been quite dreary in Edinburgh...
However for the third run, when I was joined by the other members of my work's running club the sun came out!
A few fellow runners was exactly what I needed to boost morale (and leg speed!)
My final run of the week was around Linlithgow canal and loch. It was a beautiful Saturday morning!
Cycling
I have been to spin several times this week. The weather hasn't been fab so I haven't done much cycling outdoors after work. Spin is always so intense. Wednesday morning spin is my favourite one of the week. It is a really good way to start the day although it is a killer for my poor legs. In the room full of spin bikes there is a projector which shows routes and videos of the Tour de France which are a good way of feeling like you're getting outside and cycling round the mountains. I also went to one on Thursday night and took my flatmate with me - he loved it too!
Swimming
Total: 4,900 metres
On Monday we did an intense session at the Commonwealth Pool. We warmed up and then did 8x50m of fist drills (swimming with your hands in a fist... It's quite hard!). We then did 6x100 at race pace, which was exhausting. Then we did 3x200 increasing pace every 25 - again super tiring! We finished with a 100m at threshold pace.
On Friday morning we did 3,200 metres! We did 800m then a 600m then a 400 m all at race pace - we did some smaller drills in between. I always leave the pool on Friday with nothing left in my shoulders or legs but I really feel like I've achieved a lot. It almost makes the 5.30am wake up worthwhile......... Also it is starting to get light at 5.30am! When I leave the pool at 7.45 ish it is proper daylight - yay for longer days!
Other Sports
I have played a really fun game of tennis with Craig, Gordon and Robin! Safe to say that I was rubbish! I was allowed 3 serves.... But it was really fun.
Total: 25.7 kilometres
So this week I have done 3 lunch time runs. The weather has been quite dreary in Edinburgh...
However for the third run, when I was joined by the other members of my work's running club the sun came out!
A few fellow runners was exactly what I needed to boost morale (and leg speed!)
My final run of the week was around Linlithgow canal and loch. It was a beautiful Saturday morning!
Cycling
I have been to spin several times this week. The weather hasn't been fab so I haven't done much cycling outdoors after work. Spin is always so intense. Wednesday morning spin is my favourite one of the week. It is a really good way to start the day although it is a killer for my poor legs. In the room full of spin bikes there is a projector which shows routes and videos of the Tour de France which are a good way of feeling like you're getting outside and cycling round the mountains. I also went to one on Thursday night and took my flatmate with me - he loved it too!
Swimming
Total: 4,900 metres
On Monday we did an intense session at the Commonwealth Pool. We warmed up and then did 8x50m of fist drills (swimming with your hands in a fist... It's quite hard!). We then did 6x100 at race pace, which was exhausting. Then we did 3x200 increasing pace every 25 - again super tiring! We finished with a 100m at threshold pace.
On Friday morning we did 3,200 metres! We did 800m then a 600m then a 400 m all at race pace - we did some smaller drills in between. I always leave the pool on Friday with nothing left in my shoulders or legs but I really feel like I've achieved a lot. It almost makes the 5.30am wake up worthwhile......... Also it is starting to get light at 5.30am! When I leave the pool at 7.45 ish it is proper daylight - yay for longer days!
Other Sports
I have played a really fun game of tennis with Craig, Gordon and Robin! Safe to say that I was rubbish! I was allowed 3 serves.... But it was really fun.
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