Triathlon Training: Week 4

Monday Schedule: Swim: 300 yds, Run: 20 min Actual: Tumbling: 1 hour, Run: 15 min (~1.2 miles, ~12.5 min/mile) Comments: For possibly the first time ever, I had "too much power" at tumbling while I worked on round offs and front tucks! I had a good night in general including a few consecutive cartwheels on the high beam without falling off. After we got back from tumbling, we decided to run. We skipped the 5 minute walking warmup since we just got back from the gym. I increased my run times between walking as well to something like 1 min then 1.5 min then 2 min then back down. Tuesday Schedule: OFF Actual: OFF Wednesday Schedule: Bike: 8 miles Actual: Bike: 7.3 miles (~45 min, ~6.2 min/mile) Comments: I don't like hills and I'm starting to get bored with my route. I would like to find a different location that is more flat but probably not likely since our surrounding area is the most convenient. Thursday Schedule: Swim: 300 yds, Walk: 30 min Actual: Swim: 300 yds, Walk: ~30 min Comments: We walked to and from our neighborhood pool but I'm not sure how long that took so we'll just approximate it to the 30 minutes though I'd guess it might be closer to 20...maybe. My swimming is improving! Breathing is easier and doing it from both sides. Stroking is getting smoother, longer, and more rhythmical. I probably did 70% freestyle too. I read a couple of articles with some techniques that definitely helped me out. Friday Schedule: OFF Actual: OFF Saturday Schedule: Run: 40 min Actual: OFF Comments: I did go for a walk on the beach which is more difficult than walking on a sidewalk. Kendall went for a 10 minute run down the beach. Maybe our meager efforts count for a little bit even if they weren't the right amount and the sand added difficulty. Sunday Schedule: Bike: 10 miles Actual: OFF Comments: I had time but I was lazy. =( Overall Thoughts:

• This upcoming week will most likely not follow the schedule because we have other plans that will only allow us to keep up with about half of what is necessary this week. We do have at least an extra week before we would do a triathlon so I think this will work out ok as long as we do what we can when we can.