Yesterday was finally almost a proper bike day, free of interruptions. I had cycled in to work although early rain meant I hadn’t done the laps of Centennial that I had planned to do. I cycled home last night and made up for it, incorporating 4 laps of the park into my commute.

This was the first time I got to use my new Profile Design Carbon Stryke aerobars, which I’d had fitted just before Christmas. The general idea is that you get rest your elbows on them, and get your overall bike position changed around to allow this. You end up with more of your weight over the front wheel, which takes a little bit of time to get used to, and far more aerodynamic, meaning you can go faster for the same amount of effort. In my case, I was 3km/h faster around a lap of the park with no extra effort which is a pretty good investment as far as I’m concerned. Time will tell.

Today’s lunchtime swim was pretty good. Lots of 200s which was a nice change from the usual fare of 100s. Felt pretty good and relaxed. The swim sessions are recovery sessions as far as I’m concerned, and are far less important than run or bike sessions, so I just use them to loosen out and stretch a bit.

800 as: 
    200 FS
    2 * {100 Catch/100 BC}
    200 FS
3 * {
    25K / 175 FS on 3:30 (2:55)
    200 Pull on 3:30 (3:00)}
2 * {
    100IM on 2:00 (1:30)
    100BC on 2:00 (1:40)
    100 8FS/8BC on 2:00 (1:42) }
Total: 2600m

S: 5200m – B: 67.3km – R: 12.5km