February Numbers

With my "eyes on the prize" (USMS National Championships) combined with the colder weather, I have had the lowest voluntary output of cycling in 5 years.  Since IMAZ2012 (almost 15 weeks), I've been in the saddle for a whopping 3 rides for a grand total of.....wait for it....95.47 miles.  To put that into perspective, take a look at my lowest output of miles since December 2009 (when I officially started to keep track):

• December 2010 =164.17

• October 2011 = 76.36

• December 2012 = 55.46

• January 2012 = 0

• February 2012 = 40.01

My running this year started of great, but got axed this month.  I've really tried to embrace running over the last 3 years by taking a class, having a coach, trying to lace 'em up more, doing drills, and really focusing on form.  In the end, however, while I now like running more than I once did, I still can't quite fully accept it into my life.  I'll still get after 3-5 mile runs with a certain amount of pleasure, but other than that, well....I guess I tried.  That's not to say that I'm quitting running, but as of now, I don't really want to put any more effort into it and anything that involves more than a 5k or even 10k doesn't sound all that appealing.

Swim training, and coaching, on the other hand, has brought me back to a very happy place.  Training for meets, doing butterfly, and doing backstroke all bring back memories from my age group days as a kid, or even those 2-a-days in high school.  Coaching allows me to pass on my knowledge of swimming and to hopefully make impressions on those I teach.  All of this is good.  Wow, I got a bit deep there, didn't I?  I wasn't anticipating taking that personal route, but it just came out as I was typing, so I'll keep it.

I better get onto the numbers before I start to get all misty eyed and emotional with more blasts to the past.  Hmmm, could it be that I'm turning 40 in 6 days?!?  Nahhhhh!!!  As a side note, while I didn't write down all of my miles biking and running or my yards swimming in 2011, I do have the Garmin data.  I'm going to try and include those for comparison purposes too since that was a "non-IMAZ" year:

FEBRUARY 2010 TOTALS:
SWIM = 24050 yards
BIKE = 459.25 miles
RUN = 39.5 miles


FEBRUARY 2011 TOTALS:
SWIM = 37189 yards
BIKE = 321.10 miles
RUN = 0 miles

FEBRUARY 2012 TOTALS:

SWIM = 13300 yards
BIKE = 431.63 miles
RUN = 0 miles

FEBRUARY 2013 TOTALS:
SWIM = 40600 yards
BIKE = 40.01 miles
RUN = 4.02 miles   

ENDLESS POOL =  100 Minutes