Week seven is done along with a road trip with my mate Jim Turner from Australia. The trip was over 4 days so was a good half of the week. We went from Cascais down the west coast towards the Algarve, along the bottom of Portugal then back up through the Alentejo near the Spain border. With all of the travelling, not to mention a couple of beers here and there, I still managed to get my goal distance done. While banking that goal I fell short on the elevation gain and also the swimming distance.

Here’s how the week went:

DAY	TRAINING	DISTANCE	ELEVATION
Monday AM	Off
Monday PM	E Run	13.5km	159m
TuesdayAM	T Run	8.5km	131m
TuesdayPM	Interval (I) Training	15km	143m
Wednesday AM	E Trail Run 10 min leg & core workout	16km	328m
Thursday AM	E Run Ocean Swim 10 min leg & core workout	17.7km 642m	270m
Friday AM	E Run Ocean Swim 10 min leg & core workout	5.3km 1010m	65m
Saturday AM	E Run	10.2km	130m
Sunday	E Run	5.6km	76m
Sunday	E Run	9.32km	286m
TOTALS		Running 101.2km Swimming 1652m	1516m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although I didn’t reach my targets on the elevation and swimming, I was quite happy to get the distance done. I’m keen to have a good week this oncoming week to make sure I tick all the boxes, especially the elevation gain. Along with being more strict on getting my leg strength exercises done which also lacked this week.

It has been great catching up with Jim and getting some great runs in with him. We would regularly train together back home and as he is such a quality runner he is an excellent companion to head out with and achieve a solid workout. I’m looking forward to training with him over the next couple of weeks while he is here in Portugal.

Till next week,

Happy Running Andrew