Resting is as important as working out hard. If you don't give your body the chance to heal from time to time your performance will go south.

I initially planed resting for this week but since my wife was turning 21 (again!) and there were a hundred things to take care of I switched my plans a little bit and made last week a recovery week with very little workouts at super low intensity.

I ran once and rode my bike twice just to keep my heart pumping a little. I also bought an more than awesome bike - Cervelo S2

The bike is just pure badass and since my first ride I can't really wait for a real training ride on it. It's just amazing how much faster you can ride when you have the right tool. I got the bike 50% off since the bike shop was clearing their stash of unsold bikes. I just couldn't resist the offer and now I can call this carbon monster mine :)

From now on my workouts will get really tough. Bike/run bricks twice a week with 3-4 hour bike rides on the weekends will now be the norm. Clearing my diet more is also on the agenda. If you put garbage into your body you will produce garbage in your workouts. So eating clean(er) is also a big goal.

This is how my training will look like for the next 4 or so weeks:

Monday: 1.5 hour bike ride / 1 hour run
Tuesday: 1 hour swim
Wednesday: 1.5 hour bike ride / 1 hour run
Thursday: 1 hour swim
Friday: Off
Saturday: 3-4 hours bike ride/ 15 minute run
Sunday: 40 min open water swim (if the weather is OK) / 1.5 hour run

As you can see there are fun times ahead :)

Since I did very little during the last week (50 minutes run and 2 hours bike) I won't include it into my training total.

This week I am looking at roughly 12-13 hours of work which means a lot of kilometers will be covered and the first true tests for my form are in sight.

How everything works out is something I'll talk about next week.

Until then. Stay curious :)