Browsing Archive: April, 2010
Aim - Recovery Week. Was looking for another strength week but after Sunday it became apparent this wasn't going to happen so it turned into a recovery week. Keep the longer sessions in place where possible and recovery around them Saturday 24th2hr run Sunday 25thDay Off - Woke up and felt terrible so ride got cancelled and led to this week turning from strength week into a recovery week Monday 26th5km swim Tuesday 27th90min run 2hr ride Wednesday 28th4km swim 90min ride Thursday 29thDay Off Friday 30... Continue reading ...
Aim - Strength Week. Focus on bike strength Saturday 17th2hr run Sunday 18th3hr 45min Strength Ride as 3x{8mile over gear, 4mile hard, 4 mile easy} Straight into 15min hill reps 1hr recovery run Monday 19thGym (Strength) 6km swim Tuesday 20th4hrs 45min aerobic 75min x-country run Wednesday 21st5km swim 2hrs powercranks 90min very painful run and a 20min walk home...blown Thursday 22ndDay Off Friday 23rdBike - Powercranks hill reps 4 x Widcombe, 1 x North Rd seated. In hindsight, this screwed my legs over ... Continue reading ...
Aim - Strength Week. The will be week 1 of 2 or 3 depending on how well I take to strength work and after nearly exclusively aerobic work up until this point. Saturday 10th3hr 45min Strength Ride as 3x{8 miles over gear, 4 miles, 4 miles easy} Straight into 15min hill reps 1hr recovery run Sunday 11thCoaching swim day for www.driventotri.com Monday 12thGym (Strength) 6km swim Tuesday 13th4hr 45min aerobic ride 75min x-country run Wednesday 14th5km swim 90min powercranks, including 40mins solid effort 9... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Sunday, April 25, 2010,
In :
Coaching
As I have just come to the end of the volume phase of my training it was time to have a quick review of it. Volume - Pretty good, hit some "big numbers"............but so what Consistancy - Not strong....consistancy within the weeks was good (I could hold together a planned weeks training) but I found myself getting mysterious illnesses too often for my liking (more about that later). Ask a triathlete about training and they will doubtless tell you some number relating to volume. My longest ru... Continue reading ...
"You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it" Arnold H.
Glasgow I was aiming for the same as the previous week, giving me a two week block of the big volume before returning to work after Easter, unfortunately it didn't go entirly to plan. Saturday 3rd2hr ride working the hills 2km easy swim 2.5hr ride introducing over gearing in long blocks - After a very nice meal out I ended up being sick a few hours later. Possibly due to the food, possibly because my body hates me, either way... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Thursday, April 8, 2010,
In :
Sponsor
 Yes, I am now, thanks for asking :-) It is not every day that you get to feel like a kid in a sweet shop (apart from when I go shopping for sweets, everyday) but that is how I can best describe the feeling when I visited Spiuk last week. This is because Spiuk is a company I have been looking to work with for some time, a company I have long admired, who make quality products and whose kit I have used before. I was very excited when they agreed to sponsor me and I have been fortunate enough to ... Continue reading ...
Two weeks Easter holidays have just begun so it is time to focus on pushing the volume on, getting better recovery, and going home for the Easter weekend. I am hoping to make this either a 2 or 3 week block dependent on how well I recover and this is the first week. Saturday 27th- 2hr X-Country run - 90min powercranks - 1hr on Isaac (to check all is working smoothly) Sunday 28th- 4hr ride on Isaac - 1hr run Monday 29th- Gym - 6km swim; Main set change of pace 1.5km, 1.0km, 0.6km and band work Tuesda... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tom Room on Friday, April 2, 2010,
In :
Sponsor
I am very excited to be sponsored by TRI
11 Wetsuits and Speedsuits for the new season.  - Having not
used a speedsuit
before, I was very excited to see just how fast they are. The short
answer, 5 secs per 100m! Or 75 seconds for a 1500m. I can see that
having a full length suit being a definite advantage over a shorter suit
as this really did feel effortless like a wetsuit. - The TRI 11
RED
Wetsuit sports an innovative cut which is very apparent from just
putting the suit on. The neo... Continue reading ...
Recovery Week - It was generally accepted that I looked like cr@p, and I did feel pretty terrible, so the aim was to do a little training as necessary so I would be ready for the next hard block Saturday 20th- 1hr X-Country Run - In the afternoon I promptly put myself in a food coma in front of a whole day's worth of 6 Nations Rugby - which was going well, only to be rudely awoken by Austin Healey's ridiculous comment, "It's only cheating when you get caught". What a complete  But that is the att... Continue reading ...
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