Iron Week 24

New Years Bye. It's official. I've decreed it...we all get a bye for last week. Pool closings, cold weather, family in town, partying (not me..you young people out there) all contribute to a lackadaisical first week of the year. That is, of course counteracted with the plethora of New Years Resolutions out there to lose weight and get in better shape. For me, however, those resolutions would be redundant.

We are far enough along now that a casual mention won't jinx the project. Taconite Boy and I have been working on a podcast. It's nature is completely conversational, with an interview and some well-written comedy "bits". Yes, it's a triathlon podcast. NO, you probably won't glean any big tips or earth shattering knowledge about training from it. Yet. More on the podcast at a later date.

For all my pre-excusing, Week 24 wasn't that bad. I got back on the stick and ran 31 miles last week. I thought that was good until reading Blink's blog - where he casually mentions his three 20 mile runs last week. My one long run of 15 miles hurt bad enough, thank you very much. Blink's an animal.

Biking...well, not so much. I got in 2 bikes for a total of 82 miles...my longest was Sunday, after Saturday's long run, of 46 miles. Remember....think "New Years Bye".

Swimming...not so much either. One swim this week. 2k. It was cold. I'm a Big Floridian Baby. 'Nough said.

So I got in a total of 11:08 of training this week - not too shabby.

This coming week is an easy recovery week, but I'll try and get some better frequency at the pool. Only 2 more "hard" running weeks before tapering for the Gasparilla Marathon - it should be interesting.