Winter Training week

Ski week meant reduced opportunities for specific triathlon training activity. I did manage to fit in 3 shifts at the gym. 20km on mountain mode in 1 hour . a second 25km flat road in 50 minutes and then a 10km early morning sprint. All with weights sessions to follow although post 10km it was just 60 abdominal crunches with a 30kg of weight as I’d somehow strained a stomach muscle. Probably while eating afternoon tea.

Ski week was good and air was thin at 1400m, first gym session was especially difficult and involved a minor faint mid way through although I was so dizzy that just keeping upright was a major achievement. It was a busy week and lots of our Dutch cousins had made the journey to the snowy but sunny Austrian Alps. This enabled their smoking and queue barging to be shared equally across the European highlands.

I did notice on this trip that ski-ing is now attracting lets say a fuller figured crowd. It used to be the preserve of reasonably fit folk but I saw quite a few bloaters up blocking the light and flattening out the bumps on the slopes. It’s a little disconcerting to see Snow Kitten on the back of a snow suit that has what could pass for a Giant Panda inside. The guys designing it must have been pissing themselves as they sent out a size 20 snow suit with Snow Kitten on the back. Although given how much I ate during the week maybe they had just been there a week or two longer than me….I ended the week at a rather rotund 74.8kg….. up 0.8kg

The bike was allegedly shipped on Thursday last week so I expect delivery between today and Wednesday. I still need to get pedals and shoes. I also need to book my flight back for Alloa half marathon on 22^nd March but Ryanscare flights are cheap although with no Saturday flight available. As long as I can avoid using the toilet it should not be too expensive a flight. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090227/tod-oukoe-uk-ryanair-toilet-d987f7f.html

Training plan for this week is running……