Sunday, January 16, 2022

2022: Off to a big start!

So, here we are, the 3rd Sunday of 2022!  I thought I'd give you a quick update on the first 16 days of training in 2022.  

As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm aiming for some big bike numbers ("Bike Monster") early in the season and I'd also like to put up 120,000 yards of swimming through the end of March (40,000/month).  My plan was also to do a bunch of weight/yoga sessions at a form of self-PT.  My plan was to deemphasize run/walk/climb/hike in the early part of the year.

I'm pretty much right on plan so far.  I just finished a really big week:

Time: 30:45

Swim: 11,000 yards

Bike: 444.4 miles

Run: 3.0 miles

Weights/Yoga: 63 minutes


Through the 1st 16 days of January, here is where we are at:

Time: 60:38 (3:45/day)

Swim: 22,150 (1,385 yards/day)

Bike: 848 miles (53/day)

Run: 7.3 miles (0.46 miles/day)

Weights/Yoga: 3 hours (11.3 minutes/day)


The January totals include three days where I drove to Kansas and back, so the above totals are really for effectively 13-14 days.  Any way you look at it, this is a lot of volume for me--especially in early January when my A race is in October.

Here is snapshot of Slowtwitch's Annual Aerobic "points" contest called the Big Kahuna--I won't stay here but I'm leading the way so far.  Last year I finished 10th (out of 248)....


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