Week of April 7-13

I started commuting to work on my road bike this week, which I guess kicks off my official training schedule that I hope will get me ready for some fast duathlons or an Ironman later in the summer. The commute isn't too long — about eight miles one way — but it's a good chance to get on the bike twice a day for about 30 minutes each time, it wakes me up in the morning and after a long day in the office, and it saves some money in gas. I plan on commuting to work the four days I'm in the office (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday), work on my turnover and one-legged riding on my indoor trainer on Wednesday and get in a longer ride on the weekend. After I feel comfortable on the bike, I'll add swimming into the mix, then work in running.

Here was the week of April 7-13:

Monday: Off
Tuesday: (20 miles biking) 8 to work, 6 to the Eminence baseball field, 6 home.
Wednesday: (12 miles biking) warmup on indoor trainer, 10x 1-minute hard, 1 easy, one-legged drills, cooldown.
Thursday: (16 miles biking, 3 miles running) 8 miles biking to work, 8 miles biking home, followed by 3 miles running right off the bike.
Friday: Played basketball for 3 hours.
Saturday: Off
Sunday: Off

My plan for the next few weeks is to commute to work 3-4 times per week, get in one run per week, work in the water on technique one time per week, and get in two tough rides each weekend. After I feel more comfortable on the bike, I'll add in a few more days in the pool each week to work on conditioning, then add in running a few more times per week as well, mainly right off the bike.