@run.vince.run Weekly Training Log - Plus My Daily Routine

Weekly Training Report

	Total Training Sessions	Total Distance(kms)
Runs:	8	52.08
Rides:	4	100.01
Swims:	3	6.61
Walks:	3	7.64

When people see the number of training sessions I do, I often get asked what my daily routine is and how I fit that many sessions in. In all fairness, I am only doing 12 to 14 hours of training a week, which is not that high in the scheme of things, but I understand that there are a lot of training sessions that I cover, and a lot comes down to what I do during my week day training.

I think getting into a daily routine that does not really change from day to day, is the best way I have found to getting this all done. As well, it sets me up for a good day when I am sticking to this daily routine. At the moment I am fortunate enough to be working from home, but if I wasn’t I would be doing adding in training sessions as part of my daily commute. For example, I would be riding my bike to work, once or twice a week, or running to work, once a week.

As normal weekday will usually go like this:

• Wake up between 5.30am and 6.00am depending on what training I am doing.
• Snuggle with my wife for 5 to 10 minutes, concentrating on my breathing during the time
• Make sure there are no issues with work or the Strava2Hive service(Yeah I know it is not the best to be checking my phone first thing)
• Check my Heart Rate Variability with HRV4Training App. I am not on the pro plan, but simply use the one off purchase of the app and like that I don’t need a chest strap to get my HRV.
• Get out of bed, use the bathroom, brush my teeth, get dressed, etc.
• I will make my wife’s lunch/breakfast/morning coffee. I like making sure she has something good to eat for both breakfast and lunch.
• Have something small before heading out the door…This will be a protein shake with a shot of coffee, or a pre workout drink with creatine.
• Head out the door and will be training by about 6.30am and 7.00am…Either a swim, bike or run. Usually the biggest session for the morning and usually over 50 minutes.
• My second training session for the morning, will be a little smaller, and be starting around 8am or 9am, depending on the day.
• I will get home, shower and head out to the shops to make sure I can get groceries for the day…I usually go every day as it is nice to simply get out and move easily after training sessions.
• Usually at about 10.30am, I will be home and sit down to work for the day. I will usually be eating my breakfast when I start work for the morning.
• I will work through to lunch, which is about 2pm for me. Lunch for me will usually be an omelette and a couple of pieces of fruit, and I will just try to get my focus away from work for about 30 minutes.
• Just before heading back to work mode, I will do about 5 minutes of breathing and body weight exercises, and make a coffee as I get back onto my laptop
• I will usually work through till about 5pm before I take another break. Usually about 20 minutes to get onto the treadmill for a quick walk or run just to give my brain a break from work.
• I will then get back to work till about 7pm when I try to finish up for the day. I get straight into cooking dinner and eating dinner by about 7.30pm with Kirsty.
• I try not to do much more work, but if I need to do anything, I will only try to spend about 30 minutes on my laptop after dinner. I will usually do this as I am using my compression boots.
• The hour before bed, we usually just watch some TV and I will practice my Italian on Duo Linguo for a little bit.
• Bed time is usually about 9.30pm for me. There is not a lot of fuss, I am pretty quick to get into bed and hopefully sleep as soon as I can.

I didn’t realise it was going to be this big, but there you go…I’d be interested to see what works for other people. The only recommendation I can give you is that you need to find what works for you and is moving you in the direction you want to go.

Strava Activities For The Week Ending: 2023-06-11

2023-06-06: Morning Swim 2.8km 55mins Link
2023-06-06: Morning Run Home 7.77km 37mins Link
2023-06-06: Afternoon Run 4.28km 25mins Link
2023-06-07: Morning Ride 34.63km 78mins Link
2023-06-07: Afternoon Run 2.09km 23mins Link
2023-06-08: Thursday Morning Swim Squad 2.7km 56mins Link
2023-06-08: Morning Run Home 7.77km 36mins Link
2023-06-08: Morning Walk 3.81km 33mins Link
2023-06-08: Evening Ride 0.0km 29mins Link
2023-06-09: Morning Ride 37.54km 90mins Link
2023-06-09: Morning Run 4.42km 25mins Link
2023-06-09: Afternoon Walk 1.52km 21mins Link
2023-06-10: Morning Open Water Swim 1.11km 23mins Link
2023-06-10: Morning Walk 2.31km 23mins Link
2023-06-10: Afternoon Ride 27.84km 62mins Link
2023-06-10: Afternoon Run 5.12km 36mins Link
2023-06-11: Morning Treadmill Run 14.53km 82mins Link
2023-06-11: Afternoon Run 6.11km 38mins Link

Up Coming Race Schedule

The Wellington Marathon will be here in less than two weeks. I am feeling pretty strong and looking forward to it.

• Jun 25 - Wellington Marathon
• Jul 15 - Samoa Marathon
• Aug 8 - Sri Chinmoy Half Marathon
• Aug 13 - National Duathlon Championships
• Oct 29 - Auckland Half Marathon(Pacer)
• Nov 05 - Mission Bay Olympic Triathlon
• Dec 03 - Maraetai Beach Olympic Triathlon
• Jan 2024 - The Mount Half Ironman
• Apr 2024 - Auckland Half Ironman

About Me

I am an Aussie living in Auckland, New Zealand and I love swimming biking and running with my wife. I tell people 'I wanna change the world, one run at a time'.