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I was having a really good week this week followed everything on the plan. I managed to get back to the running after having a tight Achilles. I didn't want to push the run so was happy just to get out for a few 10ks and show no ill effects. The swim is still very disappointing I feel so far away from where I was last year. Last year swimming with Titans it was three really tough sessions of 90 minutes and felt like I was flying in the water.  The weekend really messed me up, life got in the way of training. So those big red blocks at the end are missed sessions. Getting too close now to be...

We were 19 weeks out so I decided to up the training and blog about it as it helps me with accountability. I got a plan off trainninpeaks.com and rearranged it a little bit as the cycling part I found quite confusing. So for the bike I've just put in a Zwift FTP builder plan in it and I do a long bike on the weekend.   Here is what my week looked like, I think it may possibly be the most I've ever trained in one week in my life.   I did a FTP test on the 7th of this month and to my horror, my FTP had gone down. I felt like I'd be training hard so was...