Winter Training Season is here.

October is here. That means winter training season started today. Actually, it starts tomorrow because this morning I didn't get up because I got back late from drill last night and needed to sleep in.

My winter training plan is simple for the most part:
- Keep running 10k at lunch every day M-F at a moderate pace. Theoretically, that moderate pace will get faster over time. I have six months for that to happen.
- Bike in the morning. For October, it's a simple matter of getting up every morning and being on the bike for an hour at whatever intensity level seems right for the day. I want to get into the habit of morning workouts. In November, I'll start the workout earlier and then get in a 30 minute swim or weights session before I go to work. December through March is a matter of increasing intensity for the same amount of time during the specified workout.
- I'm going with a hard/short, moderate/moderate, and long/easy approach to workouts for swim, bike, and run. I did that with the run last year, and it worked pretty good, at least when I was consistent with it. The details aren't done yet, but that's the strategy I'm going to take. October is simply maintaining a consistent schedule at moderate intensity.

This past race season really fell apart at the end of June. I had great plans and expectations for the August races and then the September Xterra in Park City. Then I had to go to Korea for USMCR active duty training, and it all fell apart because my motiviation went out the window because I was really bummed about missing the August races (that's when I went to Korea). I could have kept up the training for the XTerra, but it just wasn't happening.  Oh well, the two races I did in June were nice. The Cache Valley was a great race. The Janet's Tri fell apart when I flatted, but that's my own fault because I was cheap and didn't get a new tire when I absolutely knew I needed a new one....I rolled the dice against the odds and lost.

Here's to a good winter training season!