The beat goes on--3 big weeks in a row and a record January

This past week was much like the two prior:

Swim: 12,000 yards

Bike: 405.9 miles

Run: 4.4 miles

Time: 29:05

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January is now complete and I set record months in the Swim and Bike.  Here are the totals:

Swim:  47,850 yards

Bike: 1,714 miles

Run: 19 miles

Time: 124:00 

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Here is how this compares to my top 5 months all time in each discipline:

As you can see, I just barely set a new monthly volume record for the Swim.  On the bike, I by-far had my biggest month ever.  Time-wise, it was my third biggest month.  I feel especially good about these totals as I lost 3 days driving Jen out to Kansas and returning, so these totals are effectively for 28 days.

This next chart shows how this January compares to my prior Januarys:

I show the past three years for comparison--my commitment to swimming at the outset this year is substantially more than the past 3 years and is kind of a throw back to ten years ago when I used to do big swim blocks in the winter. 

While this year was huge on the bike, it's similar to the last two years as I've been in "bike monster" mode on Zwift to kick things off in the new year.  I deemphasized my run again this year and probably won't start ramping it up until the spring.

It's interesting to compare this January to my 11-year averages....my relative commitment to the three disciplines has radically changed over the last couple of years!

I set aggressive goals for the swim and bike this January and basically met them and then some.  Onward and upward!