It was an interesting week of training for me as my training schedule shifted and I ran into some unexpected hurdles. Although I am mostly focused on my triathlon at the beginning of September, it was important to start increasing my running mileage as I will be running a half marathon with my wife at the end of September. Along with that, I also needed to make sure that my schedule would work with the school year about to start and my work hours shifting to allow for dropping the girls at daycare in the morning. My new schedule is as follows:
Monday: long pool swim, medium distance bike, core strength training
Tuesday: brick (bike/run combo), upper body strength training
Wednesday: intervals or tempo run, long open water swim, lower body strength training
Thursday: short recovery run, interval pool swim, interval or short bike, core strength training
Friday: REST
Saturday: pace run, long bike, upper body strength training
Sunday: long run, lower body strength training
The first week of my new schedule brought along some adversity. On Monday morning I arrived at the pool to a sign that said the pool would be drained and closed from August 15 - 28 (2 of the 3 weeks prior to my race). I guess I will be spending more time in the open water then originally planned. On Monday evening I managed to break a spoke on the rear wheel of my bicycle about 2/3 of the way through my ride. Luckily, I was able to call one of my co-workers to give me a lift home and I was also able to get it in for repair the next day.
On Thursday morning at work, my upper back really started to bother me. It bothered me enough to leave work early and skip my remaining workouts for the day. Luckily, an afternoon of laying down and a good night sleep seemed to help. I haven't quite been able to figure out what caused my back to hurt, but I'm very glad that it stopped.
Lastly, I wanted to write a little bit about how my swimming has been progressing. I'm just going to come out and say it, I suck at swimming. Luckily, at this point, I don't really care. I started swimming a mere 8 months ago, and at that time I could barely make it a single length of the pool before having to take a break. My endurance is no longer an issue as I can easily swim the distance required for the race, I just do it VERY slowly. I'm not quite sure what I'm missing, as I know so little about swimming, but it has to be something.
On a positive note, I have gotten much better at sighting while swimming in the open water. I can now spot the next bouy without stopping and am feeling much more comfortable in the open water.
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