My Road to Challenge: Training Week 7 of 40

	This week (Dec 30-Jan 5)	Cumulative
Total training hours	13:05	89:00
Swim	01:57 / 2.75 km	11:12 / 18.25 km
Bike	01:45 (trainer time)	11:55 (spin class + trainer time)
Run	04:37 / 44.1 km	30:04 / 281.7 km
Strength training	02:16	18:03
Yoga	2:30	17:45

In my last post, I mentioned that life had overshadowed my training – and in a big way. My mother in law was admitted to hospital on December 23^rd, unexpectedly. Six days later, the doctors advised that she would not recover from her ailments, and that we were looking at a few more days with her, another week at best.  And so training, and blogging about training, have not been a priority. I haven’t abandoned my training completely. Oh no.  But I have tried to keep my training in perspective as I manage my time, and support my husband. For my planned workouts, I missed a spin, a run, and a couple of strength workouts. And I know in the big picture, those won’t hurt my race efforts, and they won’t return me to my former size 26 self! My mother in law was a fighter and some would argue she was stubborn to boot. On December 29^th, we were told “a few days, a week at best”. She passed away last night, 10 days after her best case scenario. We’re going to miss her.  

So for training week 7, things still look pretty unbalanced – a trend that is continuing into training week 8. I know I’ll get it sorted out, when the time is right. And these last 2 weeks, it hasn’t been the right time to obsess about my training schedule.  

Monday Rest Day!	Nothing at all. Hospital & family time.
Tuesday New Year’s Eve	1750m swim Hatha Yoga Class
Wednesday New Year’s Day	10 km race 45 minute spin on the trainer 15 minute TRX Chest & Back workout Daily Challenge WOD: squats, tuck-ups, burpees
Thursday	6.1 km run 16 minute Daily Challenge Tabata: lunges, push-ups, tuck-ups, jumping jacks 15 minute TRX Legs & Hips workout 1 hour spin on the trainer
Friday	5.4 km run 15 minute Daily Challenge WOD: sprints, burpees, tuck-ups 1 hour weight workout with my trainer Hatha Yoga Class
Saturday	1000m coached swim workout
Sunday	22.6 km run

Picture diary… stay tuned.