10 weeks to Berlin / 2 weeks to Alpe d'Huez

Not a bad week all things considered. Another summer's weekend, another wedding, and plenty of long motorway traffic jams as we joined the rest of the population in an assault on the West Country. As has been the theme over the last several posts, it's been about fitting in training around social engagements and helping bring up a young family, not to mention work.

How I managed to work my training around the weekend.

• No training on The previous Saturday, due to 4 hours travelling, followed by the wedding until 2am
• Pre-breakfast (7:30am) swim in the hotel pool in Exeter on Sunday
• 50km cycle on Sunday afternoon from Kidderminster to Stratford-upon-Avon
• Ran 10 miles home after work on Monday

Arrived at Stratford-upon-Avon after a 1h 50m cycle from Kidderminster

One mistake I won't be repeating is forgetting to eat anything but a bowl of soup at work, on the day you've planned to run the 10 miles home. Not clever. Doubly unclever, was not packing a banana, gel or nutrigrain, all of which I'd remembered to do the fortnight earlier, when I first ran home.

Here's a summary of the week's exercise:

Week commencing Sunday 11th July

Total exercise: 6h 03m
Top speed: 54.3 km/h [33.7 mph]
Distance covered: 106.8km

• 74.4km cycling (2 x training rides)
  
• 28km running
• 4.4km swimming