Training Update

I'm in week 8 of my Ironman training and it's coming along pretty well - I've spent more time on the bike trainer than I ever have in the past thanks to Spinerval videos, and I can definetely tell the fitness, and overall strength and power is improving. I'm excited to get outside to really see if the training translates on the open road. My swimming has really improved this year as I've put a lot of focus on technique and drills, and am using the Swimming Immersion technique - my times have improved, and I'm not near as tired at the end of the sets as I would have been at the same time last year. I spent a lot of time on the off-season working on my running - doing hill work, 400 and 800 intervals, and general speed work. Running is the area I need the most work in improving, I feel the off-season training is starting to pay off. I'm up to about 10 hours a week, plus 1.5 hours of weight training/core work.