My Road to Challenge: Training Week 8 of 40

	This week (Jan 6 - 12)	Cumulative
Total training hours	13:16	102:16
Swim	03:07 / 5.25 km	14:19 / 23.5 km
Bike	03:10 (spin class + trainer time)	15:05 (spin class + trainer time)
Run	03:34 / 33.6 km	33:38 / 315.3 km
Strength training	02:25	20:28
Yoga	1:00	18:45

In my training week 7 recap, I warned that week 8 would continue to look unbalanced so I’m not even going to talk about it. I worked hard to fit in all of the training in my plan this week and am proud to say, I managed to get it all done. I’d like to be doing at least 2 yoga classes a week but that wasn’t in the cards this week – and that’s OK. I got there today and boy, did I need it! I was a little stiff.

Week 8:

Monday Rest Day	Nothing at all. Family time, goodbyes.
Tuesday	7.5 km run
Wednesday	Tri-Club Spin Class
Thursday	6 km run 1800m swim
Friday	40 minute spin on the trainer 1 hour weight workout with my trainer
Saturday	1650m coached swim workout 1:30 spin on the trainer 45 minute weight workout 5 km run
Sunday	40 minute weight workout 1800m swim 15 km run Hatha Yoga Class

Picture diary? Yeah, haven’t really been on top of that. Partly due to family matters and partly due to dropping my phone and killing it… grabbing a quick pic pre-mid-or-post workout just hasn’t been happening.

The on-call schedule for 2014 finally came out at work, and as luck would have it, the weeks I’m on-call prior to Challenge already fall on recovery weeks. And those that fall while I’m still in this “transition” training, continuing the serendipitous streak, fall during fall-back or taper weeks before my running races. So here I am working a 12-week transition plan, getting ready to head into a 20-week ironman plan and with 4 “flex” weeks to distribute that I don’t really need. So in figuring out how to fill in the blanks in my training plan, I’ve been thinking about what other tris I might consider doing before Challenge. Oliver Half Iron in June? Squamish Olympic in July? Both? Something else? I’m still undecided.