When life throws you a curveball you try to make the best of it.
This pretty much sums up my last week. I was working longer and couldn't catch my swim trainings and in general had to many things outside of training to be able to reach all the goals I had so I made the decision to have a recovery week (it has been over a month since the last one so I think it's OK).
I only had two slower run sessions and one epic climb from 0 to 1400 meters above sea level.
I went to my wife's summer house near Opatija and climbed from Ičići to Vojak. I originally planed to do it on Saturday but the weather was so bad that I switched it to Sunday when it wasn't great but still a lot better then the day before.
It took me around 1 hour and 40 minutes to get to the top. While I was satisfied with my accomplishment I wasn't really happy with the view on top as you can see from the picture below.
In the clouds...
I have been climbing a lot lately and I think I am ready for the uphill which is waiting for me in Nice. Now it's just all about getting up as fast as possible.
One more thing I would like to add here is the fact that I can recover quite quickly from all the training. This either means I am not pushing hard enough (which isn't that bad since I could go even faster) or that the hard work is paying off big time.
The next month is going to be crucial with a lot of long runs, rides and swims but more about this next week.
Let's have a quick peek at the numbers before I sign off:
| Distance | Time | Pace | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swim | - | - | - |
| Bike | 49.95 km | 2:44:00 h | 3:16 min / km |
| Run | 30.41 km | 2:30:34 h | 4:57 min / km |
This week I will be adding a lot of speed workouts (sprints) so the paces should go slightly down.
The combined numbers now look like this:
| Distance | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Swim | 125.50 km | 48:42:00 h |
| Bike | 2442.76 km | 107:13:37 h |
| Run | 551.86 km | 48:20:09 h |
Until next week, don't forget to be awesome :)