Here we are….poof, May is done.  And it looks like we might be getting some better weather, and this past month was somewhat of a mixed bag for training.

Swimming:  This should have been in the 22k yard range, but it’s not, why?  In the last week and today, my pool has been closed because the ceiling tiles are falling.  Not sure when it will reopen but it looks like I may have to look for an alternative.  I did order a wetsuit so hopefully I can get in some open water swims in the next couple weeks.  So this is up 13% from last month, but down approx. 14% of where it should have been.  Shooting for 20k yards for June.

Running: Another disappointment in a real bad way, and it showed at the duathlon last week.  I’m going to have to pick this up or it’s going to screw up all my races.  Down 16% from April, down approx. 30% from where it should have been.  Very bad.  Shooting for 110k for June.

Biking: This was the only positive of the month, and it was needed considering the lack the previous months.  I predicted 300-400 kms for May, but managed 500k.  But my longer rides on the weekends have been with the road bike, not the TT bike.  I need to start doing the longer rides with the TT bike to get use to being in the position for longer than an hour.  Up 300% from April.  Shooting for 600k for June.

Unbelievable as it may seem, another training month is done.  Volume could have been worse, but it also could have been better.

Run is on par to what I expected since the 30k race was done, I was expecting to be lower, but not 36% lower.  This should come back up a little for May, closer to the the 110k mark.

Swim is a little disappointing though.  I was expecting to at least be on par with March, but a few weeks I only managed to get to the pool 3 time instead of 4.  So that volume was down 16%.  Again, for May this should be back up to at least March levels.

Biking: I knew there would be a big spike with the warmer weather showing up (sort of), but I was hoping for more.  But, considering we’ve had rain on 80% of the days in April, I guess I can’t complain.  From what I’ve seen so far, my bike fitness hasn’t drop too bad and should recover fairly quickly once I can start logging some miles consistently.  I expect 300-400 kms in May.

Another month of training in the books, and overall it was pretty good.  A little light on the cycling side which should change this month now that the weather is starting to improve and I also have a 60k mountain bike race in less than 3 weeks…yikes!

Extremely happy with the swimming volume.  I have almost as many yards done in March than in all of 2010 at 20,050 yards, or 11.4 miles, or 18.4 kms.

Run volume is on par considering I was training for the 30k race.  Run volume in April should be a tad lower.