Sorry for the slowdown on posting. I promise I've been training, in fact, here's my weekly training snapshot (including the time I'm spending on workouts, which doesn't include getting ready, warm-ups, warm-downs, stretching, showering, eating, maintaining equipment, etc.):
Swim 4300 yards, Bike 178 miles, Run 22 miles, Time 15h 33m
And for anyone keeping a tally, my total cumulative training snapshot (after 26 weeks of training, with just 4 weeks to go until the race):
Swim 29,000 yards, Bike 2,994 miles, Run 451 miles
Definately been light on the swimming (what's new), but trying my best to make it to the pool and put in the time and effort. Same for the run, injuries are keeping at bay, so now just have to increase the mileage slowly including a long run.
Today (Sunday), had a long training day: 74 mile bike ride followed by a 7 mile transition run. It was a bit cool and windy on both the bike and run, and that coupled with being so far into training, has left me both physically fatigued as well as a bit mentally fatigued. It's definately not easy keeping up with training at such a high consistency and intensity for such a long period of time, i.e. for the past 6 months! It's wearing on me for sure. Times like this I know I have to keep focused, stay mentally strong and continue putting in a hard training effort. Not always easy to do when there are so many more comfortable options on how to spend my time. Ah well... I'll just keep on keepin' on...
Four weeks to go!
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