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This week has been stared by, moving back home, injury, accidents, distraction, schedule change and thoughts that I might not reach my goals, I might should have never lived this week.
As usual I started to train on Tuesday but this time it was different, I was back in Cassà. I started with a two hours bike ride before going to work. Then after work I went to the swimming pool for 90 minutes and I finished the day with a 1h run. So far so good. Although I was not happy with my swimming concentration, it was very hard to focus on what I had to do and instead my mind was somewhere else in a place that I had thought I would never go back.
On Wednesday, I did something similar as the day before, I had a brick before work, in which I had to get up very early, and then I went to work. In the afternoon I went to the swimming pool. It was easier for me to stay focus, I trained very hard and probably because I needed to have a good concentrated swim I over worked and I got tendonitis. At first I did not want to believe but deep down I knew it was not going to be good.
On Thursday, I finally swam in the morning, short and easy swim. I was focused, and even though the day before I left the pool with some pain I trained because it was an easy session and I wanted to make sure what the problem was. It did not hurt me but I was not feeling 100% good. Then I went to work and after work for the long run. I did some easy 45mins at first with a friend and then I started to train alone. After 75minutes I picked up some speed and I was able to do 5km in 20mins 25seconds, this 25 seconds I the time that I stopped to get some water, then I had some 15minutes of easy running and I finished with some 15 minutes more at a much higher speed, I felt good.
On Friday I started early in the morning with some bike riding. It was a 90minutes ride and it was hot as all week, even at that time of the day, I was sweating a lot. Then I went to work and after work I had scheduled a long swim and a very short run. The long swim became something very short. I started with the warm up and everything was ok but after doing my first 100 of the series in 85 seconds I knew I was done for the day and probably for the rest of the next week. Now my mind is to just focus on recover. I was so angry that at first I only wanted to do my 30mins run but I ended up running over 50 minutes and doing some short hills as well.
Saturday, what a day. I started early in the morning for a Saturday. I went to pick up my training buddy and we headed out. Everything was going smooth and well, the ride was not very hard but then we arrived at Cogolls where I had my first problem. Here I got my first fall, I was nearly at stop because my chain moved out of place and I usually have the ability and time to put it back but this time I did not have enough time since I was going uphill and all that. Then later on I had a bike crash. I was not paying enough attention, We had the sun on our eyes, we were moving very slowly when I did not see the car in front of me was going in to a full stop instead of the just slowing down process that had ben doing for the past meter. I braked as hard as I could and I am not sure my bike touched the car but what I did touch the car. Indeed I broke the back windshield of the car. The hole was bigger than half of the windshield. I fell on the ground and when I stood up my friend told me that I was bleeding, I did not even know and then is when I realized about the damage on the car. The police came, the ambulance but I was lucky enough to not suffer any damage and I rode back home with a bandage in my left shoulder, taking a longer route than needed because we were feeling good. I decided not to run just in case of infection or something like that.
On Sunday I wanted to go for a run, since I could not swim, but the bruise was not healed yet and I thought that it was better to take a day off and rest.
Work has also been pretty crazy this week I have worked every day of the week. Plus the training and eating I hardly had time to do anything else.
I have been a little distracted this week. I had feelings that I thought they were gone. I am trying to avoid them. Now it is not the moment to have them, bad timing. Although I am happy for having such feelings although they don’t let me focus on my goals.
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