11 weeks to Berlin / 3 weeks to Alpe d'Huez

Another tough week to fit in training. A week sandwiched by two weddings and consisting of two days where I had to travel with work, meaning I was up at the crack of dawn and back late, not leaving much time for training. So I did the best I could.

Running dominated this week, highlighted by a not too hungover 12.5 mile run on a very hot Sunday morning and a 3.5 mile race on the Thursday evening as a part of the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. I finished 680th out of over 25,000, so I was quite pleased, especially given the traffic on the course as people had clearly gone off too fast and shouldn't really have been at the front. But, it being a "fun run", I shouldn't grumble. I got round in 23:01, averaging 4min/km and pleasantly surprised to have notched up the fastest time out of the 25 or so strong team we'd put out from Universal Music. It was a great evening out and I'll be back next year for sure.

Friday and Saturday were days for multiple train and car journeys and not conducive to training, so I planned to hold that back for the Sunday.

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

Week commencing Sunday 4th July

Total exercise: 4h 19m
Distance covered: 70.2km
Race result: 3.5 miles in 23:01 (680/>25,000)

• 38km cycling (one commute to work and back)
  
• 31km running
• 1.2km swimming (single session in pool)