January 21

It has been a little more than a week since the last update and a lot has happened. Not all that much on the training end, but small things like a new President for our country among other things. Hopefully the refreshed leadership will roll over to refresh my diet. Who knows!
Since the last update I have been able to do a few varieties of spin/swim and spin/run. I am going to try and run for a few minutes after all my rides even if it is not a formal brick. I had a real hard time at Tugaloo last year coming off the bike and into the run and it kept me from hitting any kind of stride during the entire run. We shall see. I would like to have had more workouts over the past 11 days, but I had a sales conference that took up 2 ½ days last week, combined with a trip out of town last weekend. I still feel good about my workload since this is really more about waking up the body at this point in time, not about serious planned work.
So, since my last update on 1/6 I have had 6 workouts. The 7th was a 45min spin class and 250m in the pool. (I wanted to hit 500 but did not feel good in the pool that day). The 8th was 3.1 miles on the treadmill with some intervals at 6.6, 7.0, 7.6, and 8.0 mph; total run time was 31 minutes. On the 10th I was able to get out on the road for a 5 miler. The 12th had my second spin class of the year (45 min) and did 10 minutes running after. The 16th I was able to run a mile and then swim my first mile of the year (30:19). The swim felt great, but I was coasting most of the time, not pushing the pace at all. This Monday I also got another 45 min spin class with a 10 min run after and felt good as well.
I will drop back in later this week and update.