2019 Triathlon Recap
Triathlons: 8 (2 half irons, 2 olympics, 2 sprints, 2 supersprints)
Total swim/bike/run time: 611 hours (beat 2018 by 2 hours!)
- Swim - 125 hours / 471k yards
- Bike - 315 hours / 4.2k miles + trainer “miles”
- Run - 151 hours / 1.1k miles
2019 was another really great year for me in triathlon. I spent winter and spring building up for Chattanooga 70.3, and saw a lot of progress on my run especially. After Chattanooga, I moved from being coached to planning my own training and using TrainerRoad. I shifted my training focus to be more bike-heavy and worked on my fueling strategy in prep for Lake Logan Half. I raced a number of shorter local races throughout the season as well, mostly for fun and/or as a part of my elite team obligations. I finished my season with my last ever collegiate conference championship race, where I was pleased to see I could hang in there with some of the top young kids. After conferences, I planned my off season to keep the training focus on the bike while reducing overall training time to put more focus onto wrapping up my dissertation.
I’m looking forward to another season in 2020. I’m really motivated to keep working on my cycling for now, and my primary goal for the coming year is to reach an FTP of 4W/kg. Outside of that, I don’t have anything lined up yet in terms of races or targets, as there’s going to be a lot of change going on in my life next year and I’m not totally sure where I’ll be or how much time I’ll have for training. I do feel like I’ve had more life balance in the past few months with the reduced volume, so we’ll see where things go from here!