My Road to Challenge: Training Week 1 of 40

Total training hours*	12:20
Swim	00:42 / 1500m
Bike	01:00 (spin class)
Run	04:08 / 39.9 km
Strength training	03:00
Yoga	03:30

* Not including Daily Challenge reps

(100 push ups, 100 squats, 100 reverse crunch tuck ups, 20 crunches, 20 bicycles, 10 hip raises)

I mentioned in my last post how great it feels to be back in training. And it does. Really. It does. I will confess though, now that it’s the end of the week… I’m tired. Tired in an “I wish I could feed my family cereal for dinner” kind of way. (No need to call social services, they’re getting turkey tacos, not Rice Krispies.) Somewhere in the week ahead, there’s going to be a rest day, and I’m looking forward to it.

This week, the training plan I’m using as a guide had a focus of simply unstructured workouts to get athletes who’ve been taking a recovery period uber-seriously back into the swing of things. I haven’t had an “off-exercise” period to come back from but I haven’t been in the pool. So really, this week, the plan was mine to construct – and that’s what I did, with some structure from my running coach’s half marathon plan and my personal trainer’s recommended workout schedule. This is how the week shaped up – the deets and a photo diary:

Monday	10.55 km run (and a very wet run it was!) Daily Challenge reps
Tuesday	Weight workout at home Yin/Restorative Yoga class Daily Challenge reps
Wednesday	Tabata workout at home Tri-Club Spin Class Daily Challenge reps
Thursday	6 km run at lunch (intervals!) Daily Challenge reps
Friday	4.7 km run 1 hour weight workout with my trainer Hatha Flow Yoga Class 1500m swim Daily Challenge reps
Saturday	Tabata workout at home 6.4 km run Hatha Yoga Class Daily Challenge reps
Sunday	12.25 km run (and post-run coffee!) Daily Challenge reps