A good start to 2019 and a good training week. 760+ TSS, 11 hours of total training for the week – first such hard week for a long time.  Felt good. Missed one swim, but had two good swims and will work on the swim consistency.

1 week to go to Goa 113 (70.3 distance race) – it’s an unofficial race, and I’m treating it as a practice race or a tough training session. It is going to be tough – bike course has 900m of elevation gain and it’s rolling hills the entire way through. The run course is similarly hard – 22.5km run and it’ll be 33+ deg by the time I start my run. All of which constitutes great practice for Colombo and the Goa 70.3 in Oct. It’ll also help me do some race practice in the heat and give me a chance to work on my nutrition and hydration.

The coming week is going to be a tough one on the work front, so I’m hoping to just stay in touch with my training plan and keep something in the tank for a tough weekend of racing in Goa.

On to week 2.