Wow, ten weeks. Even I didn’t think I would keep training up for this long.
Another pretty abysmal week of training but not for want of trying. I started off well with a good solid workout in the boat but ended up with the rest of the week spending more time thinking about training, than training.
Sunday. 4.5 hour Kayaking trip down the Severn. Thoroughly knackered.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday all became rest days. Unfortunate but couldn’t be helped.
Thursday was a great session in the gym and I worked hard to make a dent into the lassitude that had somehow set into my regime.
Friday is a rest day.
The weekend should see me at the gym and also in a boat but experience has show that something I plan sometimes doesn’t happen. I will let you know on Monday.
The Stats.
Most people who know me, know how much I love my stats. I will make stats out of anything. This training regime has seemingly avoided my creative calculator skills but no longer. From now on, the end of week report will also feature some statistics.
In the last 10 weeks I have been to the gym 23 times, I have been out in the kayak 3 times and have also taken on a mountain (I am including the Wrekin here. Don’t laugh, it’s sort of a mountain) 3 times.
That is a training session per week ratio of 2.9
And a gym session per week ratio of 2.3
Actually that’s not bad. Nearly 3 session a week is about the target. I read back over all of my posts (to find out Nigel’s stats that I will list in a minute) and it seemed that every other post I was making excuses for not going to the gym.
I think a good aim will be to up the weekly sessions ratio.
In the last ten weeks Nigel has been to the gym 12 times (there are ten sessions that was with me and I know of two occasions where Nigel went to the gym without me) he has been up the Wrekin once, and also been kayaking with me once.
That is a training session per week ratio of 1.4
And a gym session per week ratio of 1.2
Nigel has not been to the gym as much. This isn’t news to anyone, Nigel work means that he pulls some pretty antisocial shifts. On the plus side he is currently fitter than me but he is going to need to up the training over the coming months.
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Training, Planning and Running the Devizes to Westminster Race
Welcome to my blog where I am documenting all of the training and planning toward competing in the Devizes to Westminster kayak marathon in 2010.
When I started this my one and only goal was to be ready to take part in the DW race but once I begun my training in earnest I started to look around at other endurance events with a desire to take part in those as well.
On the 22nd of March I took part in the Ironbridge half marathon finishing the race in 2h 01m 32s.
The 12th September I will compete in the Great North Swim.
8 days later I will take on the Great North half Marathon.
And then in April 2010 is the reason for all of this, the Devizes to Westminster kayak ultra marathon.
Thank you for your support.
When I started this my one and only goal was to be ready to take part in the DW race but once I begun my training in earnest I started to look around at other endurance events with a desire to take part in those as well.
On the 22nd of March I took part in the Ironbridge half marathon finishing the race in 2h 01m 32s.
The 12th September I will compete in the Great North Swim.
8 days later I will take on the Great North half Marathon.
And then in April 2010 is the reason for all of this, the Devizes to Westminster kayak ultra marathon.
Thank you for your support.
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The Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race is the longest non-stop canoe race in the world. It starts in the quiet market town of Devizes in Wiltshire and finishes 125 miles later at Westminster Bridge, directly opposite the Houses of Parliament in the heart of London.
It is held over the Easter weekend each year and has been a fixture in the British sporting calendar since 1950. But DW is much more than just a canoe race - it’s an adventure! It forces competitors to dig long and deep into their reserves of physical and mental stamina which is why the race is often called “the canoeists’ Everest”.
Having the technical skill to paddle a kayak or canoe is essential but the most important quality needed to complete DW is raw determination. And the reward for making the mighty effort needed to cross the finish line is a sense of satisfaction so profound that many paddlers can’t resist coming back year after year.
It is held over the Easter weekend each year and has been a fixture in the British sporting calendar since 1950. But DW is much more than just a canoe race - it’s an adventure! It forces competitors to dig long and deep into their reserves of physical and mental stamina which is why the race is often called “the canoeists’ Everest”.
Having the technical skill to paddle a kayak or canoe is essential but the most important quality needed to complete DW is raw determination. And the reward for making the mighty effort needed to cross the finish line is a sense of satisfaction so profound that many paddlers can’t resist coming back year after year.
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You could fight Phillip for Nigel's time... If you win, you would achieve your aim of getting him into the gym more and in the interim a vigorous boxing bout would provide a good cardio workout :)
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