My third recovery week is over and I am pumped for more again!

It was time to rest again and take a break from training too much. The last two recovery weeks came just in time because I started to feel fatigued at the end of the 3rd weeks but this time around I could have probably gone for another week :)

It’s awesome to keep improving so much while also thinking that I am not training enough. My training program seems to work!

Anyway. There isn’t much to talk about this week. I started out with a speed brick session on Monday which was followed by a nice swim on Tuesday. I am amazed how I am already in the 1:40s min/100m without too much effort.

One thing I learned this week is to stretch my catch on the swim (i.e. throw my arm waaaaay in front of my body while the hand enters the water). That way I get maximum reach to apply force on the water for much longer and with more force comes greater speed. On the other hand this causes my hips to rotate which gives me a little more momentum when I start to pull my arm back. More momentum, again, means more speed. Without doing anything else I improved my swim times by a few seconds per 100 meters.

The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. Long ride (2 hours) on Wednesday and a “long run” (50 minutes) on Saturday with another swim and 2 strength/stretching sessions sprinkled in between.

All in all, things are looking good. I am injury free and can’t wait for more to come!

*estimated by my scale

I am finally in the 75s with my weight and around half way to where I want my race weight to be.