My Road to Challenge: Training Week 15 of 40

	Week 15 (Feb 24 – Mar 2)	Cumulative
Total training hours	12:02	201:21
Swim	04:42 / 9.5 km	35:14 / 66.95 km
Bike	01:45 (spin class + trainer time)	42:50 (spin class + trainer time)
Run	03:34 / 33.19 km	53:27 / 544.07 km
Strength training	1:00	31:08
Yoga	1:00	33:30

Week 15 was an on-call week. Before my tour of duty started, I went for a swim with something to prove. Negative voices in my head that needed to be quieted… I needed to know: Can I swim 3800m? Can I swim it in the time cut-off? Now, I know that my swim is going to be longer than 3.8 km, because I can’t swim a straight line if my life depended on it. And  just in case I was labouring under the misconception that I *can* swim a straight line, well my Garmin 910 sure set me straight. I’ve had some swims that look like freaking EKGs! Case in point:  http://connect.garmin.com/activity/353521155. So I headed to the pool, with steely resolve and you know what? I can swim 3800m. And I can swim it in 1:50. Well within the cut-off. I was on a high. Great confidence booster. At least until a few weeks later when I had my first swim in a 50m lane setup and realized that I’m really maximizing that push off the wall. Damn it! Well, for a moment anyway, confidence was boosted!

Here is week 15. On-call negated several workouts. I moved on.              

Monday	3800m swim
Tuesday
Wednesday	3.1 km run Weight workout with my trainer (1 hr) Tri-Club Spin Class 2150m swim
Thursday Rest Day
Friday
Saturday	1400m coached swim workout 25 km run
Sunday	2150m swim w/pull buoy Hatha Yoga Class 45 minute spin on the trainer 5.1 km run (PRM TT#2)

The Tri Club run time trial happened under less than favourable conditions. At 28:31, it was definitely not my fastest 5K in the last year. But despite the slushy, slippery conditions, it was still faster than my first TT with the club last year. Progress!