Just got back from a combination of vacation (last week of March) and soccer tournament (first weekend of April) and was only able to run for that 10 day period. On the positive side, I put in a lot of running miles (maybe 30 miles?), but on the down side, I haven't swum or biked at all.  My glut strain/hip bursitis/SI joint problem (or what ever it is that is bothering my left hip) is really bugging me.  I can still train, but its just very uncomfortable and tight.  Looking forward to officially starting coaching tomorrow and getting back in the pool and on the bike!    

Still trying to figure out the Garmin Vivoactive.  I can't remember to turn on the "record workout" button and then when I do, I can't remember to turn it off!  Eventually I'll get it figured out and hopefully by April when the weather is nice enough to train outdoors.

Tuesday 3/14: After shoveling the driveway, I headed to work and got in a quick 30 minute XC ski workout around campus (Lyman Woods).  The snow was a little sticky, but still really fun to get out early and be the first one on the trails.

3/13/17 Monday AM- awesome swim workout. I discovered that if I ignore all of the things that they teach you about swimming ("reach of a barrel", "have a supple wrist", "roll your hips", etc...) and just focus on swimming like I'm doing a commando crawl on my elbows, I can take 5-10 seconds off my 100s.  It definitely tires me out quicker because I'm working harder,but it is faster. Swam 1650 consisting of: 650 warm up, 6x100 at 1:45/100 on 2 min, stroke drills (100 single arm stroke and 50x catch up) and then 2x 100 at 1:35 and 1;40, respectively, on 2 min.  then easy 50 warm down.

3/7/17- Rode bike to work today and then ran 30 minutes for a 1:10 min workout. Then home for an additional 30 minutes.  Windy and cool.

Monday 3/6/17- great swim this AM- 1,700 yds: warm up x 600 moderate pace; 5 x 100 yds on 2 min with all < 1:40; Easy 200 yds of mixed breast and back; 200 in on 3:25 and then 4 x 50s on 60 sec and easy warm down.

Final MITCS race didn't go so well. I swam the same distance and ran about the same distance, but didn't adjust the bike seat and didn't realize until 5 minutes into it that I couldn't efficiently spin.  I was a full mile slower on the bike!  But no biggie: its just training.  Always fun to see my triathlon friends at these races.  

Good Valentine's day swim this AM (2/14): 1,750 yds. Missed more than a week of swimming, but felt good to get back in the water.

2/8/17: Monday swam 1 mile in 29 minutes straight and that felt good. Tuesday biked 40 minutes and ran 30 minutes. Today I rode the stationary bike and warmed up for 15 minutes at moderate-easy pace, then did two 5-min hard sets with 10 minutes in between and an easy warm down. Heading for FL tomorrow so likely won't get much of a w/o in this weekend, but maybe a run outside.

2/2/17- The first MITCS race went well. I swam 24 lengths (12 laps or about 600 yds) in 10 minutes, biked 9.1 miles and ran close to 2.5 (2.4 something) for a total distance of 11.8 miles.  I typically like to take it easy for the first 3 days after a hard race so I haven't done much until today.  This AM I swam 2K yds consisting of 1K warm up (in ~18 minutes), then a set of 3 200 yds coming in on 3:30 with 30 seconds rest. Then did some stroke drills (100 yds) followed by 3 hard 100s on 1:40 with 20 seconds rest with the last one the hardest (3:33).  Then I lifted for 25 minutes. Great start to the day!