OK--April totals:
Swim: 25.9k yards
Bike: 849 miles
Run: 106 miles
Time: 77 hours
While not bad, these are somewhat disappointing for sure. They're low of-course due to the investmenst I made in racing--especially the taper/recovery cost of the H-IM. However, my training volume needs to be higher going forward. This becomes clear in the context of how the 4-month YTD totals look over the last 5 years:
Swim
2010: 145,000
2011: 134,000
2012: 127,000
2013: 92,000
2014: 82,000 Down 43% from 2010
Bike
2010: 3422
2011: 3013
2012: 3026
2013: 2333
2014: 2408 Down 30% from 2010
Run
2010: 509
2011: 553
2012: 589
2013: 406
2014: 269 Down 47% from 2010
Time
2010: 368
2011: 339
2012: 329
2013: 309
2014: 316 Down 14% from 2014
Of course these numbers are skewed by the big investment in climbing in both 2013 and 2014--I've actually "trained" quite a bit in 2014 but it just hasn't been that much in swimming, biking and running. Still, I definitely need to step it up in May--especially in the swim and run. This will be especially important as I've made the mental commitment to race the Long Course national championships in Grand Rapids in early June--and I want to be a whole lot faster than I was in New Orleans (although is a low standard for sure).
Time to really get to work!
Swim: 25.9k yards
Bike: 849 miles
Run: 106 miles
Time: 77 hours
While not bad, these are somewhat disappointing for sure. They're low of-course due to the investmenst I made in racing--especially the taper/recovery cost of the H-IM. However, my training volume needs to be higher going forward. This becomes clear in the context of how the 4-month YTD totals look over the last 5 years:
Swim
2010: 145,000
2011: 134,000
2012: 127,000
2013: 92,000
2014: 82,000 Down 43% from 2010
Bike
2010: 3422
2011: 3013
2012: 3026
2013: 2333
2014: 2408 Down 30% from 2010
Run
2010: 509
2011: 553
2012: 589
2013: 406
2014: 269 Down 47% from 2010
Time
2010: 368
2011: 339
2012: 329
2013: 309
2014: 316 Down 14% from 2014
Of course these numbers are skewed by the big investment in climbing in both 2013 and 2014--I've actually "trained" quite a bit in 2014 but it just hasn't been that much in swimming, biking and running. Still, I definitely need to step it up in May--especially in the swim and run. This will be especially important as I've made the mental commitment to race the Long Course national championships in Grand Rapids in early June--and I want to be a whole lot faster than I was in New Orleans (although is a low standard for sure).
Time to really get to work!
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