Easy week

After yesterdays hard bike ride and a heavy training schedule the previous week I was looking forward to my "easy week".  This is built into the programme every four weeks to allow your body to recover.  So a long lie till 6.45am and then I noticed I had a 10km run - no problem there but my coach had asked me to do a personal best time!  Not sure of the motive here but as she wasn't well today I went out when I got home and gave it everything I had.  Turned out that wasn't enough for the PB but I was delighted to have been able to make the effort following yesterday so although physically knackered, mentally I felt I'd visited the hurt locker (again) and survived.
So tonight will be a stretching session to make sure the muscles are recovering.  I am going to try and get a sports massage tomorrow before our club swimming session in the evening.  Now you might be thinking, didn't he say an easy week?  Yes that means only 6 hours training instead of 12!  Surely you didn't think it meant "easy"?  You should know better by now!  You don't play triathlon.