For my birthday, my wife and girls gave me a book on nutrition for training and competing in triathlons. I have only made it a couple of chapters in, but I have been using what I have learned so far to help focus on fueling my body for training instead of just mindless eating. The book is very good and in less then a week, I have already noticed a difference. My recovery time has shortened and I have seen a measurable improvement in my running. I look forward to spending the off season playing around with my nutrition to find out what works for me.
With 3 weeks between races, I made a decision to cut out swimming and bicycling and increase my running to 6 days a week. The first week was a little grueling, but I got through and ran the best that I have all year. I ran over 32 miles on the week and my body held up well.
After the relay, I plan to take an entire week off running while I work on setting up my off season schedule. I'm still playing around with it but I'm thinking about including 4 days strength training, 3 days running, 2 days swimming, and 3 days bicycling. Just like last year, I plan to incorporate a lot of walking into my routine as well. I have a goal of dropping around 20 lbs before the end of the year and another 20 before next June (more on that in a future post).
I've also started to make some tentative race plans for next year. It may seem early to many, but much of my racing requires several months of training, so early season races require an early start to the training season. Once again, more on my plans for next year in a future post. I'm also starting to take inventory of my gear and order anything that I might need for the winter training months. Most of my cold weather gear from last year has become too small so I've been placing a few Amazon orders.
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