Statistics - again !!!

Before I start, there's one thing I forgot to mention yesterday. The total time I spent training last week was 33h 52:08.

With only three weeks to go before the 24 hr race at Tooting Bec in London it's time to look in depth at how my training has been progressing recently. Below are some training comparisons between now and three weeks before the Hull 24 hr race. The figures in red relate to an average week during the period 1 Sep - 28 Sep 2008 and the figures in black relate to an average week during the period 26 May - 22 Jun 2008. Both these periods include one week of crash training.

running miles per week ... 87.68 ... 73.68
running time per week ... 12h 54:34 ... 10h 52:45
running sessions per week ... 5.75 ... 5.50

cycling time per week ... 2h 05:24 ... 1h 30:26
cycling sessions per week ... 2.50 ... 2.00

stretching time per week ... 1h 25:09 ... 1h 15:38
stretching sessions per week ... 6.00 ... 5.75

strength training time per week ... 1h 41:42 ... 0h 56:47
strength training sessions per week ... 3.00 ... 1.75

eccentric achilles stretches time per week ... 0h 27:21 ... 0h 53:53
eccentric achilles stretches sessions per week ... 2.50 ... 4.50

ankle massage time per week ... 0h 35:27 ... 0h 32:49
ankle massage sessions per week ... 6.75 ... 6.25

wobble board time per week ... 1h 11:13 ... none
wobble board sessions per week ... 14.00 ... none

total training time per week ... 18h 06:49 ... 14h 35:36
total rehab time per week ... 2h 14:01 ... 1h 26:42

grand total time per week ... 20h 20:50 ... 16h 02:18
grand total sessions per week ... 26.50 ... 20.25

pulse on waking ... 45.5 ... 47.1
weight ... 57.7 kg ... 59.0 kg

NOTES:
running - better no matter how you look at it

cycling - again better all round

stretching - light change for the better

strength training - more sessions per week with bigger weights and for longer

eccentric achilles stretches - now down to maintenance levels after achilles tendinosis late last year and early this year

ankle massage - better because I missed some in late May when on holiday

wobble board - began using late July for an ankle problem which began in mid May

total training time - increased by almost 25%

total rehab time - increased by over 50% because of wobble board use

grand total time - increased by over 25%

grand total sessions - A large increase but a training session is often composed of more than one element, eg I often do some stretching followed immediately by ankle massage followed immediately by wobble board work.

Overall, it appears that things are improving rapidly, which I'm pleased about. Perhaps I need to look again at my targets for the London race which is now less than three weeks away.