May 2013 Racing and Training Summary

This May was a little lower on time, like last May, and for good reason, like last May.  Last May I got married, this May Jackie and I went on our honeymoon\celebrate 1st anniversary \celebrate Jackie graduating\celebrate Jackie passing boards\celebrate Jackie getting a job trip.  We went to Honolulu for 3 days and Kauai for 7 days.  I did not do much training for that 10 day span.  Some running and some time on the elliptical trainer. 
As far as racing goes for the month, I did on 5K, one Tuesday Night Time Trial (TNT), and the Gear West Duathlon.  I was happy with my 5K results (7:08/mi pace) and my first TNT was pretty good.  For the hilly 11 mile course I went 29:53, which comes out to about 22.09MPH.  I will take that as a pretty good start to the year.  I was fairly happy with the GW Du.
I have a lot in June, a 5K, two TNTs, and 3 triathlons.
Since April of 2007 I have swam over 1.5 million yards.  That seems like a lot.  That is an average about 20,000 yards a month.
Below are the usual comparisons of May from year-to-year.  You can see this is the lowest since 2007, and close to last year.  I put in a whopping 30+ hours in 2008 and 2010.

Comparisons of May from Year-to-Year

Totals and Averages Since 2007

YTD Totals and Totals Since 2007

2011 Training and Racing Totals and Comparison to Previous Years

Below is a comparison of my training, racing time included, data from year to year starting in 2007.

My swim time/yardage was down from previous two years, but most of that decrease is in the later half of the year.  From 2010 to 2011 my average swim time, in races, basically stayed the same at the Olympic and Sprint Distance.

My bike training time was the highest of any year, without doing any half-IMs.  My average bike speed in Olympic, Sprint, and Duathlons was basically the same from 2010 to 2011

My run time has been increasing since my injury in 2009.  I would be surprised if I ever run as much as I did in 2008.  My run time, not surprisingly, improved from 2010 to 2011. 

I think there always needs to be a balance between intensity and duration.  I think that in 2012 I need to pickup some of my training intensity to show improvement in speed.  In 2012 I plan on racing less and continuing to race shorter (Sprint and Olympic), hopefully this will allow me to improve my speed.

Below is month-to-month, including 2010 off-season

The biggest months, are April and May, to be expected as we build volume before the race season, and July and August, the months where I did the most races.