Pitmunie loop

Not much going on, legs felt heavy, but still knocked out 7.13km at 5'15"/km

Gym trip

2.05km in the pool and 1km on the treadmill. Slowly.

What a weekend!

Blazing hot weather - 25 degrees plus, and a rehearsal for the Aberfeldy bike, (plus an additional leg from Aberfeldy back to Kenmore). 100.2 km at an average moving speed of 23.4km/hr. Could have been quicker as the back half of the loch leg, and quite a bit after that was holding back to keep Mike in view. Realistic target for race day: 25-27.5km/hr Then a short swim with the seals in Newburgh, just 800m, but first open water of the year.

May status check

Running in May so far: 57.05km Biking in May so far: 189.76km Swimming in May so far: 5.7 km Monthly targets: 62.5km, 166.67km and 8.33km - so more swimming to do.

Gym session

2km on the treadmill warming up 5km on the treadmill trying and failing to do intervals Then 1,500m in the pool. None of it fast or good.

Gym brick

40 minutes on the spin bike - 18.8km, 20 minutes on the treadmill at 12.0km/hr, improving to 12.5km/hr by the end - total distance 4.12km

Swim training

1.5 km over the hour with the three peakers. Felt very unfishy today - don't know why...

First day of programmed training for Aberfeldy: brick

2hr19'12" on the bike, covering 63.84km at an average speed of 27.5km/hr Then 25'44" covering 4.36km at 5'54"/km running (down to rickety bridge, back via home farm lane and through the village

Whitehills

Very slow, starting with the uphill, and some waiting for horses - 7.4km at 6'08". 5'52" moving pace

Back in the gym after a long time

2 km warm up on the treadmill at 12km/hr, then 1 hour in the pool, covering 108 lengths, or 2.7 km. Definitely slowing towards the end, but giving some swim mileage bad to the cosmos

Around the Alster

In Hamburg - 10.82 km in just over 1 hour, at 5'40"/km (5'33" moving pace), with Mike. Comfortable.

London visit

8.08km on the Heritage tour from Thornhill, via Singer to Clissold Park. Speed lap of Clissold Park, and then back via Leconfield and Canonbury Square. Sunny and fine (but still not quick)

Hamburg run

5.03 km at 6'06" moving pace, sluggish along the waterfront in Hamburg, including 2 climbs up the 5 sets of stairs on a building

Isle of Wight Randonnee

A cold and initially wet day, and the clockwise route. So drizzly from around Porchfield to probably Bembridge, by which time it had stopped raining and was just cloudy. Total expired time: 5hr45, clock time 5hr3 (due to stoppages for two punctures,and a third along the railway path which I didn't repair), and rolling time 4hr50'40" for an average moving speed of 22.1km/hr. I went a little adrift south of Ryde, so my total distance was 107.1 km. Lots of outages from the HR monitor, so the official average HR was 130, but I'm guessing that 140 was probably closer. Long day in the saddle.

Isle of Wight

6.1 km along the railway path, in 5'17". Intended as a loosener before tomorrow's 100km randonnee

Warm up before gym

2.15km in 10'4" - 4'48"/km, and felt ok despite legs being cooked form Monday's session