I've said it before, and I'll say it again

Swim days are days of accomplishment.

The week before last was my first week of trying for a cumulative half ironman distance each week, and it was successful. Last week I was not successful (thanks, unexpected electrical fire). This week, I decided to take a sort of frontloading approach. Even if there is ample time later in the week to get in a run or a swim, I should do a serious workout every day, unless there's a REALLY good reason not to. That way, if everything goes well, Saturday is a relatively light day (or even a day off), but something going wrong won't necessarily torpedo the weekly goal. If I assume two trips to work in a week, and two trips to the beach for swimming, that's 45 kilometers right there. So I can have each week include one long bike ride (55K is the most I'd need to achieve 100K for the week, but other rides not accounted for here would almost certainly take place and lower that number). I've started to think of that as a "big" workout, along with my swims and any run of 10K or more.

On Monday, I worked the night shift, then came home, did stretches and strength training, then ran 10K. After that, I slept, then biked in to work. Yesterday, I had the night shift, biked home, stretched, did strength training, had breakfast, biked to the beach (including patching a blown tire), swam, biked home, did laundry, washed dishes, filled one of my 7-gallon jugs, went on a walk, practiced spanish, slept, then got up and came back to work. Which is where I am right now, on my last night shift for the week. Going at this pace, each weekday could include either a swim, a 10K run, or my one long bike ride for the week, and all that would leave for Saturday is a 5K run.