The days seem to be flying by right now.  The past two weeks have been a blur with logging above 12 hours a week of training.  I am becoming physically spent.  I'm finding myself waking up only to think of all the training I have in front of me for that day.  On the upside, every time I have worked out these past two weeks I have felt amazing during and after them.  Am I sore? yes.  Do I crash the moment I get home? yes.  Am I getting more excited with each passing day? OH HELL YES!  Even with the longer hours I've been spending training, seeing the distances I am massing at the end of the each week is incredibly motivating.

Last week, I managed to log over 105 miles on the bike and nearly 17 miles running and 6000 yards swimming.  This week, my plan is to start surpassing the iron distance mileage for my total bike miles of the week and maintain my running distance and swimming distance.  This week will be another long week but I have the recovery week next week to look forward to and motivate me to really push hard this week to get to that nice easy recovery week.  With so much extra time I won't know what to do with myself!  Couple other training tidbits to note, the past few weeks I've begun a new weight training program and have noticed a huge difference in my run.  The emphasis has been on leg, butt, and low back and I'm noticing a lot more power being generated from my strides.  Beginning this week though, I am forcing myself to finally place some emphasis on core training hoping that will improve my run and swim even more.  It's a busy week and hopefully sleep will be involved!