This week's training (Oct 31st - Nov 6th)

Two weeks away from a half-marathon I tapered my training a bit toward the end of the week, plus since I was going to the UK on the weekend I had to get some work out of the way before hand so didn't have much time to train anyway.

Saturday 31st October - 24km Bike
After the struggle I had in the previous Sunday's long run I shortened the Saturday bike trip (from 48km the previous week) to save a bit of energy for running. It was a fairly flat circuit at a comfortable pace.
24km 2:37min/km 1:02:37

Sunday 1st November - 10km + 3.4km Running
This was a big disappointment, despite cutting down my Saturday bike ride I still didn't have the energy to do a proper long run. At 10km I just felt like I had nothing left. I walked for a couple of km's and then started again, not feeling the best but I held out until I got home. Not sure what the cause was, possibly a combination of things, the heat, not having eaten breakfast (I went out at midday) and perhaps just the build up of training.
10km 4:29min/km 45:04
3.4km 4:22min/km 14:43

Monday 2nd November - 14.4km Running + 1km Swimming
After the previous day's failure I wanted to have another go at a last long run before the Elda half, I would have liked to have gone further, again I didn't have the energy, but given that I had run 13km the day before it was a good effort. It was a bit slower than my target pace for the half, but it was just about getting out and running long.
I found the energy to have an evening swim, albeit at a leisurely pace.
14.4km 4:27min/km 1:04:00 Running
1km 29min/km Swim

Tuesday 3rd November - Football
Had a shocker, I don't remember contributing anything to the game at all.

Wednesday 4th November - Rest Day

Thursday 5th November - 925m Swim
I would have liked to go for a run but by the time I got around to doing anything the light had gone so I thought better of it. It was a fairly quick swim in an almost empty pool. I intended to do 1km, but I felt a little cramp in my calf and thought I shouldn't push it too much.
925m 24:52min/km 23:00

Friday 6th November - 25km Bike
Seeing as I was going away for the weekend I wouldn't be able to use my bike, so I went out for a ride before hand. I went out without much of a plan of where I was going, but managed to make a good route with some challenging ascents.
25km 2:46min/km 1:09:00