Current Training Plan

Since this is a multi-sport blog, I am clinging to the fact that anything more than 1 sport training can be considered multi-sport training. I can't say that I've been doing a lot of swimming. I'm trying to convince myself that the real reason is that I lost my best pair of jammers and I don't want to swim in my tri shorts. This is all true, but I really just haven't had the desire to don the goggles and put in the laps. That's all changing next week though. I've ordered a new pair of jammers and we'll be set to go as of Jan 20th (their expected delivery date).
As for the others, my focus has been on training for the Mercedes 1/2 Mary coming up on Feb 15th. My previous PR is 1:36 which is a 7:19 pace. There's a new course this year which totally takes out two climbs over Red Mountain so based on a faster course and better training I'm setting my goal at 1:32 which is a 7:05 pace. All of my runs have been dead on this goal. He's a typical weekly schedule:

Monday - off/rest
Tuesday - Cruise Intervals - 1.5 miles x 3 at 6:40 pace, core work afterwards
Wednesday - 4 miles easy - 8:15 pace with core work
Thursday - 6 miles - alternating between 3 mins at 6:40 pace, 1 mile at 8:15 pace.
Friday - Pace run 6-8 miles at race pace
Saturday - BBL Ride
Sunday - Run the Mercedes 1/2 Course at 8:15 pace.

This Sunday, I'm going to run a little closer to goal pace to see how I do. We're a month out so I want to take one of my last chances to push hard and test my fitness.

As for biking, my BBL post says it all. Nice long rides with a few intervals of speed. This is really helping me build a good base on the bike. Once the 1/2 Mary race is over, I'll take a couple of weeks to start slowly into a build phase for all three sports. My first race would be a Duathlon in April so with the training in the bank for running and biking, I should be in a perfect spot to put in a good show come April.

Big News - The Tour Down Under will be aired this Sunday night the 18th (5 central time) on Verses. 51K circuit race. This stage will probably be won by Robbie McEwen and his Russian squad. I'm sure Robbie will want to win a sprint race in front of his home crowd. Sad to say that this win will still take a back seat in media coverage to Lance Armstrong's comeback. I'll be pulling for him, but let's give the other guys some credit too.