Training Summary

Training totals for Base 1, weeks 2 and 3.

Training for the week of Monday, Jan 17 thru Sunday, Jan 23 (second week of Base 1):

• Swim: 4125.00 Yd, 1h 38m 18s
• Bike: 49.25 Miles, 2h 37m 30s
• Run: 21.85 Miles, 2h 53m 01s
• Strength: 50 min
• TOTAL Training: 7 hours, 58 minutes, 49 seconds
• Total planned was: 7 hours, 26 min

Training for the week of Monday, Jan 24 thru Sunday, Jan 30 (third week of Base 1)

• Swim: 3171.7.00 Yd, 1h 23m 31s
• Bike: 56.70 Miles, 2h 57m 55s
• Run: 17.6 Miles, 2h 21m 42s
• Strength: 1h 20 min
• TOTAL Training: 8 hours, 3 minutes, 8 seconds
• Total planned was: 8 hours, 6 minutes

The running miles spiked up in the week of Jan 17 thru Jan 23 because I moved a run from Sunday Jan 16 to Monday Jan 17--making it add miles to the next week.  Normally I never move workouts from one week to the next as this creates an imbalance in training flow.  Keeping balance or controlled flow that increases and/or decreases consistently allows your body to adapt and/or recover the ways its supposed to.  I didn't think this was an issue considering it was a one day move.  Now, skipping a Thursday run and moving it into then next week would have been a problem.  Then you're talking too much time between runs, increasing from one week to the next by over 50%, etc.  That would not have been good.

This week (Jan 31-Feb 6) is a much needed R & R week (Rest and Recovery).  Planned training drops, then with the start of Base 2, it will increase gradually again.  Long workouts will get a bit longer, and some of the work will go up in intensity just a bit...

R&R week of Jan 31-Feb 6 training outlook (planned):

• Swim: 35 min
• Bike: 2 h 17 min
• Run: 1 h 22 min
• Weights: 1 h 2 min
• TOTAL: 5 hours 16 minutes

Train on!