8:00 – 9:00:  core – I trained with Peter (17 year old athlete of Mario’s)  Normally, I do this workout at the end of the day, but Peter has a race in Germany so we had to train before he …

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10:00 – noon:  run
I had a good 2 hour run, first 60 minutes was smooth and the last 60 minutes was broken up with 10 x 30 second sprints interwoven into the run.  I was only scheduled to run …

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10:00 – 14:15:  Bike – 4h 15 minute non stop on mario’s turbo (stationary bike)
I was scheduled for a 5 hour bike ride, but it was raining this morning, so I went to Mario’s studio to ride on his …

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8:00 – 10:30:   Bike 2:20

It looked like it was going to rain, so I did my afternoon workout first (bike).  I had a good ride, and my knee didnt hurt.
I rode a bit longer than the 2 hours …

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8:30 – 10:00 Swim:  4,000 meters (various sets which added up to 4,000 meters, but too tired to type them all out now)

Worked from 11am – 13:30

14:00 – 15:45 Run:  My left knee hurt for the first 20 …

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I have 4 1/2 months left of hardcore training before my personal challenge – 7 ironman in 7 days. 

I will be using this part of my blog as training journal so my friends can follow my schedule. 
Also, keeping …

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woke at 4:30

weight:  89 kilo (196 lbs)

RUN:  90 minutes easy pace

Comments:  Although I have trained over the past months, I haven’t trained consistently, since end of August — since the english channel swim.  The swim blew my …

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woke at 4:00

RUN:  1 hour 30 minutes
comments:  my legs and lower body is still very sore from squats — i have squats again on saturday, and need to get back into my core training.…

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woke at 5:00
breakfast:  oatmeal, with banana and scoop of maple syrup (made with hot water, not milk)
strong coffee
60 min:  body pump class at the gym, squats, lunges, back, chest, bi’s and tri’s

lunch:  3 liters of water …

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