Another week - hopefully turned the corner

Well my lack of motivation and training volume has hopefully turned a corner. For the last 1-2 weeks I have pretty much skipped the recommended Garmin Coach runs and done my own thing (less focus). No major reason and certainly not because I am burnt out - most likely a few work/family commitments have taken priority plus I was getting a little bored with the repetitive nature of the Garmin coaching plan - all made a lot of sense but just became less interesting.

Anyway today I feel a little more up for the challenge with the clear priority over the coming weeks of more specific SwimRun training - get on my gear and practice run + swim along Brighton beach/sea. Today would have been a good day to kick that off (lovely day and sea quite calm) although I opted for a commute in on the bike and lunchtime run. The weather doesn't look so great over next few days although unless the sea is really rough that shouldn't put me off.

Let's hope my next post will confirm some action on the SwimRun front!

Lacking motivation

Only 5 hours of training volume this week and a general lack of motivation (or enthusiasm) - all felt a bit hard work and effort.

It is not unusual and from experience I simply need to get back to it when it feels right (hopefully soon). As I have highlighted in a couple of recent posts I am likely to focus less on the half-marathon training (Oct race) and more on the SwimRun training (Sept race - 'A') so expect to have weekly sessions along Brighton seafront in my diary soon.

It has also been a weekend of slightly excess food/drink so need to make sure I don't undo the good work on the weight progress, albeit still a little way to go to meet my target of sub 80kg.