Week 7 Wrap up

Week 7: Swim 8,950 yards, Bike 128 miles, Run 19.9 miles Total 155 miles, 14.6 hours.

This was by far the most difficult week to get through. The long bike on Saturday was a bit slower than the the same ride the previous week, but I was only on my 9th consecutive day of training without a day off, and it was the first time I started questioning why I was doing this. I really started thinking that I wished I wasn't doing this anymore. However, the run following the ride again went really well, slightly easier than it felt the week before. This was the first week with 7 days of training without a break. Somehow I got through it. It also had the longest run of the season so far of 2 hours, just over 10 miles. It was actually quite an easy run considering the duration. I felt good the whole time and probably could've gone considerably longer. I also had my longest swim of the season at 4,000 yards, nearly the distance of the race swim. It too wasn't very difficult, though it was broken up into several sets instead of just a long slow grind. This was the hardest week, and unfortunately I have tougher one's coming. But I am about halfway through the most grueling part of the schedule. The coming week is a recovery week and should be very easy. The next two base periods will consist of 6 considerably more challenging training weeks with 2 recovery weeks, then the final period will be tapering down. So I feel that I'm about half way through at this point. I'm going to make it! I'm definitely going to make it. I'm excited about the race day and think about it a lot. I'm going to start my race day planning, such as figuring out where the water drops and water stops are. Where I'm going to catch and say hi to my family, most of all my wife! I hope to be able to see them a lot so I can break the race up into smaller segments. So I can think about just seeing them each time instead of the long grind of the day! Its going to be a hell of a day. I haven't even done a 4 hour training session yet, and race day will be between 14-17...holy crap!!!!