xmas has started – training has stopped :-) training week 8/40

total 16 hrs,  360k
0 * turbos 😦
Commutes – 4 (28k)
Long Ride  –  easy ride 3 hr ride on saturday with the missus
long 7.5 hr ride on Sunday – 190k.  nice weather so made the most of it.  I feel slow but its winter so not pushing it

Training peaks tss graph – blue line is the important one – its an estimate of fitness.  Nice build over the last 10 weeks since the start of November.  Poor weekend rides last weekend, and 3 missed days this week = the blue line stalling a bit.
Aim at the moment is just 1 zero day a week – they will go later in the year

rising blue line is good 🙂
falling blue line is bad 😦

Steady week till xmas parties started so lost 3 mid week days – no turbos as a result.  Oh well.

Really really must get to the pool again

Other

1 * easy 30 min run
1 * strength / mobility sessions

Highlight of the week was getting my bike back on the road – rear gear shift had been sticky / appalling.  I only fitted them 8 weeks ago and they already were screwed.  I also had to fight to get the shimano cables into the SRAM shifters – so this time I bought some SRAM slick shift gear cables.

coated, the right size,  they went straight in :-).  replaced the outers and now they feel lovely 🙂 – super slick gear shifts today

Summary
xmas interuptions – and hangovers got in the way – oh well – its xmas afterall!