It’s the end of the first quarter of ‘09. Big corporations checking the numbers to see how they did. In the same vane, I’ve decided to take a look at how I did. I took a similar look last year in response to a post on Trifuel.com that I responded to, so I will also compare myself to last years first quarter numbers. In both years, the majority of the work is off-season and early season Base training. However, this year my focus is HIM’s whereas last year was Olympics, so I should be putting in more hours regardless of whether my fitness has improved.
Here’s the breakdown:
2008
| Discipline | Hours | Miles | Rate Avg (mph) |
| Swim | 8.173 | 9.3 | 1.14 |
| Bike | 19.383 | 333.4 | 17.20 |
| Run | 18.5 | 130.45 | 7.05 |
| Weights/Core | 4.3 | N/A | |
| TOTAL | 50.356 | 473.15 |
2009
| Discipline | Hours | Miles | Rate Avg (mph) |
| Swim | 12.6 | 23.99 | 1.90 |
| Bike | 39.37 | 712.65 | 18.10 |
| Run | 37.53 | 278.38 | 7.42 |
| Weights/Core | 16.87 | N/A | |
| TOTAL | 106.37 | 1015.02 |
Even though the average speed doesn’t really mean much since different workouts have different focuses and intensities, it’s good to see that I’m working out at a faster speed for all 3 disciplines. I can definitely tell a difference in my running speed, but haven’t had a good chance to test my improvement in biking and swimming at more of a race intensity.
It’s fun to break things down every once in a while to really see improvement in the numbers. It’s especially helpful in this time of the year when there are few to no races to keep motivation up. That’s all for now…happy training.
Oh yeah, and my birthday is in 2 days, so I will be the big 24…only one more year of racing before I have to step into the big leagues (25-29) for at least the next 10-15 years…oh well, I’ll just have to get faster.
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