8 weeks to go!

SUNDAY

Sunday night I went to life cycle in Edinburgh for a spin special. It was a 90 minute ride based on the Paris Roubaix race. We watched a film of the race as we cycled. 90 minutes going hard on a flat road was very tiring but the prosecco afterwards made it all better!

MONDAY 

On Monday I went to triathlon club for training. We did a mini hills session below Arthur's seat. The sun was out and although the running was intense it was fun.  This is my friend Heather and me - she is much faster at running than me and I struggle to keep up with her!

Our legs did really burn by the end 

I then did a swim session. We were focusing on open water swimming training so lots of swimming in groups of three. We had to practice how to breathe with two people kicking hard in front of you causing lots of splash and drag. We also did overtaking and making mini breaks away from the group to try and break away from the pack. We swam about 2000 metres! 

TUESDAY

On Tuesday night I went to the triathlon spin session at Pedalhouse.  The music was really loud and our instructor shouted at us over the music - it was very intense! The floor was covered in sweat by the end.

WEDNESDAY 

Wednesday morning I got up at 6 in the morning to fit in a spinning session before work.  It was a good way to start the day despite having done a spinning session only 11 hours before!

In the evening I went to triathlon club - the weather has been totally fab and we got to run outside and see the sky turning pink.  This is a weird statue in Inverleith park:
 

 

Here are all of us running! My friend Heather was there again, but you can't see her because she is right at the front. 

This is Arthur's seat from a distance

 

We left the park after doing a sprint session.  We went to the pool.  We did 8x50 metre arm drills (which was good because my legs were sore).  We then did 400m swim.  Then 4x100, then 2x100 then 6x50.  I was very happy to get home and into bed after all that. 

Thursday

Basically a rest day but I did a 5k run at lunch time with work pals

Friday

Friday morning at 5.30 I got up to go swimming.  I love swimming and I'm so sad I only have 7 more training sessions :-(

We did a 900 metre session, a 1000 m session and then a 1100 m session.  As well as a warm up and cool down.  So all in all we did over 3 kilometres!

Saturday

I played a netball match in St. Andrews which was soooo fun! Probably doesn't count as training but hey ho. Every little helps

Week 9/10

These past few weeks in Edinburgh the weather has been lovely- really hot and sunny. This is me at work during lunch time after going for a run: 

I have been for some great cycles and runs outside. I cycled down the coast past Musselburgh to the power station. 

This is where I cycled from Arthur's seat taken during my run after the cycle

View from my cycle - you can see Arthur's seat! 

I have also decided to do more yoga and stretching: 

I have also cycled the water of leith pathway which is about 18 miles. I did a short part of it and then went around Arthur's seat. The weather was fab! 

Arthur's seat

View out over the coast from Arthur's seat

This week I did a long training session on Wednesday night. This is training at 7.30pm! 

It was still so light outside.  

I cycled to training, ran 10k, swam for an hour and cycled home! The run was up Costorphine hill- the sun was setting and the views were beautiful. I was too busy powering up the hill to take photos- but this is what it looked like! 

I have been swimming at 6am again both weeks. Since the clocks have changed it is darker in the mornings which I don't like! 

But the swims have been great. This week we did swims with pool push ups incorporated into them. This is when you swim to the deep end and try and pull your body out of the pool on your hands and then lower yourself down and up- it is so tough on the shoulders. Today we did 40 pool push ups during an 800 m swim. We also did 3x300m and 2x400m at race pace. I couldn't move my arms by the end! 

Apparently people enjoyed the goggle photo so here is me with my hat AND goggles AND nose clip on.... Brilliant 

I have also had a great Easter weekend on Arran where I climbed lots of hills and did kayaking!