January was kind of an "odd ball" month in terms of training. My road/criterium racing team (Arizona Masters) was gearing up for the race season by holding inter-squad crits on the weekends (which took up most of the peak triathlon training hours), Kristi's cousins were in town (for the PF Changs Marathon), and I ended up getting a 24hour bug that kept me out for about 3 days.
ZERO pool work this month. I'd say that my excuse was because it was too cold out, but then I remember that the pool (at the YMCA) is a comfy 80.
My bike rides weren't anything to write home about. My longest was a 61 mile hammer fest with James and AZ Masters teammate Dave. Outside of that ride, and one other 60 mile ride, I stayed between 25 and 35 miles. The crit training did, however, provide some great intensity workouts.
Most of my runs were only 3 miles long and were clocking in around 9 minutes per mile. I did have a 5 mile run, and a 4 mile run, that clocked in around 9.5 minutes per mile and 10 minutes per mile. My notes, for the 4 mile 39+ minute run, did say, "Felt slow and sluggish, but it was all uphill." That was my excuse then, and I'm sticking to it.
January also saw my first "bricks"....A bike ride followed by a run. According to my notes, my bricks were:
60 mile ride / 3 mile run
40 mile ride / 3 mile run
JANUARY TOTALS
Swim - 0
Bike - 364.75 miles (246 tri / 118.75 road)
Run - 32 miles
Gym - 3 times
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