Last week was a tough week. After the prior weekend's crash and day off, I somehow lost a bit of snap in my step. The wounds on my elbow were and are still keeping me out of the pool, but I was still perfectly able to bike and run... but it was just mentally tough getting up and out on those workouts, a classic sign of burn-out. So I slogged through a low volume week of biking (96 miles) and running (14 miles). When in the middle of a spell like that, one can only trust and hope that you'll break out of it and get back into form. When the endorphins don't come naturally, you find ways to stimulate them - singing songs in your head, invoking motivating movie scenes (er, like those in Rocky and The Karate Kid among others), and simple visualization of executing positively on race day.
So this brings me to my latest 10 week update. Tracing back, I started my training 30 weeks in advance of the race; now 20 weeks are down with 10 weeks to go. Here's a snapshot of my training volumes thus far [swim 14,100 yards; bike 2,169 miles; run 346 miles]. Compared to last year, I'm doing quite a lot more. Of course, need to get back in the pool as soon as these wounds heal up. Also need to have a few long rides and runs.
All that said, Monday was a great day back in training. I did my bike commute to and from work (29 miles round trip) and then went on a 7 mile transition run right afterwards. I rode very well and ran suprisingly better than I have thus far.
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