running , cycling and ah well swimming

So what has been happening over the last Week , actually not much, I kept up my Training and that is where I actually have surprised myself quite a bit.

So here it is , on Saturday we did another "long" Bicycle trip with the Triathlon Club ,we managed to cycle 45km, in a tiny bit more than 2 hrs. That was amazingly fast and I have to say I was very surprised how well I was able to keep up and how well I felt after the Trip.
After that, I didn't think I would be able to do much on Sunday but the Weather in the Morning was extremely nice and even though my legs felt a little bit tired, I thought a short run should be fine.
The short run turned into a 11km run , very slow run, but anyway running for 11km just because I didn't feel like stopping was pretty impressive and it didn't stop there.
I knew my local swimming pool would be closed on Monday so in the afternoon I decided to have a go in the Pool, after a couple of Lanes just lazily swimming I decided to do some serious fast Lanes , I managed to swim under 1:30 min for 50 m  ( 2 x25 m ) under my belt . I was able to hold this together for 300m .That might not sound like much but for me that's really good news.
After this practically perfect Weekend, I didn't think I would be able to top that until this morning,
I had decided to try to run 5.5km in under 40 minutes,at the end I managed to run my fasted ever 5 km ( in 35 min ) . Again I know that's not fast for a lot of People but for me that's seriously fast, really happy about that.
That's the Training Part , tomorrow I will have my CT Scan of my Lung and I will have my Lung function test in 2 weeks time , lets see if there are any changes positive or negative in my Lung function.
But that's something for another time , before that I will have this Saturday a short Trail run and I'm planning to enjoy that one as much as possible .

My Sunday Trail Run 

weeks summary

not much to report this Week, I have been ticking the boxes with my ongoing Triathlon Training and I finally made it out for a nice Hike yesterday. We hiked for 14km in the Mountains and it was a nice warm enough Day, hope to do this now every other Week.
Today we did  a Swim training  Session coached by the Guys from the Triathlon Club  , we did some drills like pulling only with one Arm , that was really though.
But I have now some good ideas what I can do in my own swimming Time and  I know now that I will have to increase the Time I spend in the pool.
I also somehow need to get more Running Km under my belt , not sure yet how, because I'm really tired when I come home from Work in the Evening . I do a run on Tuesday and Thursday Morning ( the other mornings I'm in the pool) .
 Saturdays will be either a long Cycling Session or a Hike. I guess I will have to look at options like Lunchtime runs. Not sure about that yet.
So here is my summary of Last Weeks workouts  :

Total Km 91
Total kcal 5440
Cycling 64 Km
Running 10 km ( still far too little )
Swimming : 2.45 km ( Drills and Distance have to increase )
Hiking 14km

Weight is very slowly dropping , I kind of hope I'm building some Muscles at the moment and that's the Reason why the Weight Loss is so extremely slow but I reckon I should rather look to improve my endurance and that will defiantly will drop the Weight further .
Lastly I will have in 2 weeks time my CT Scan for my Lungs and in 4 Weeks time my annual Pulmonary lung function Test, will be very interesting to see if anything has changed in any direction.

another fight with the Couchpotato

The Couch potato was back in full force today , I really had to work hard not to give in,just to explain a bit, I seem to have 2 personalities, the first one who is the Couch potato who doesn't want to do anything other than sit at home and do nothing.
The other half of me wants to be fit and healthy and enjoy life.Today was another day of cycling with the Triathlon Club planned , that would have been the third time we did this and by now I know what to expect.
It's is usually a though ride but manageable, so  I don't understand why  half of me did not want to go.
Part of me felt it would be too though , too exhausting etc. the other part just wanted to do this, to see where my limits are.
Today I could not quiet down the  Couch potato and I think the only Reason I still managed to do the Cycling Trip, was that I blindly followed my Routine, usually when I have a race or Event I follow in the morning the exact same procedure ( I was not really aware of this until today ).
I get up early, so that I have plenty of time . I have a coffee , listen to the news , wait with breakfast until the optimal time ,get dressed , pack stuff etc.Today I had to follow this step by step and told myself in 5 minutes I will do this and in 10 minutes I will do that , with that I succeeded in getting out of the Door and do the cycle Trip.
Amazingly the Cycle trip was not even very though , we had a few new starters and it was this time a slower ride than last time , yes it was hilly again but I didn't mind.
At times it was actually too slow and my Legs got cold and to top it off I know I could have done a run after the Bicycle ride, that was the first for me . Very slowly I see improvements , I know I'm not even remotely ready for the Olympic Triathlon  but if I can continue the Training then at least I should be able to enjoy the Race in June.

Summary for February is :
4 hrs of running ( Far too little I know )
15:35 hrs of Cycling ( not bad )
1:15 hrs Swimming ( again not enough )
5:00 hrs of Yoga , Cross Training , Aerobics etc

There a space for bit more ;o)