Tri / Triathlon / Triathlons - do they float your boat?

Damn that's a lot of of hours! Have you been doing triathlons for a long time? These last two weeks for me with 4h each have really put a toll on my body, guess I'm not used to the volume. This is a recovery week which suits me well, specially after a long 217km ride I did on Sunday.

I'm guessing the 217km ride will have put more of a strain on your body than the other 4h of training. It certainly did when I was riding 200km Audaxes regularly. You can't claim to only be doing ~4h a week and then throw in that you did a 217km ride!

As for my 10 hours a week, it's nicely spread out so I tend not to feel it too much. Here's my current week:-

Mon: rest day but 10min swim (usually just kick) and then spa pool recovery whilst daughter having her swimming lesson
Tue: 2x35min cycle commutes (medium intensity), 40min 5-a-side late evening
Wed: 1h lunchtime run, 45min swim (drills mostly) before collecting daughter from school
Thu: 1h10min run in to work, 1h 5-a-side after work, undo all good work in pub
Fri: 1h15min swim (distance), 2h-3h cycle ride (4-6 laps of Richmond Park), gentle swim with daughter after school
Sat: 25min run (parkrun - high intensity)
Sun: 1h (or longer) run

(I thrive on routine.)

It's taken a while to build up to this and not feel shattered, but soon the hours really start ramping up; the Wednesday runs will switch over to speed/intervals once I move to 4+ hours of running a week and I'll have to get up early (ugh) one morning (Mon/Tue/Wed) to fit in another hour+ swim.

I rarely fail to get 10,000 steps in during a day and my average is closer to 16,000/day thanks to the running.