I'm not preparing for a competitive event, but when I got to the end of my formal triathlon training program, I found I needed a metric of some sort to live up to. So I decided to use this rule of thumb, and use the distances for a half-ironman triathlon as a starting point. I've rounded them up slightly, so my goal for this week is to bike 100 kilometers, run 25 kilometers, and swim 2 kilometers.
Monday was a strong start; I biked over 50 kilometers in a single trip. Tuesday, I swam a kilometer (even though my watch failed to record it). That was a very instructive swim, aside from being my first swim in December. I learned that broth is not a particularly appetizing beverage to warm up with after you've been in salt water. Tuesday and Wednesday were extremely hectic, and saw no progress. Thursday, I ran to work and home, racking up a bit shy of 16 kilometers total. These last two days are going to be rough; I'm at work for the day shift, I get eight hours to go home and sleep before the night shift (and I usually get my Saturday stretches and strength training done towards the end of that shift, if I have time), and then 16 hours off before I have to be back at work. I'm well past 100 kilometers of biking for the week, thanks to a lot of commuting, but I still have a touch over 9 km of running and a kilometer of swimming to do do reach a HIM this week without breaking into my rest day.
I could go home, sleep, bike to work, work (with exercise), bike home, change, bike to the beach, swim, bike home, sleep, and then run to work for the Sunday night shift. When did I become the sort of person who plans significant portions of their life around exercising?
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