April was a solid month

I couldn't be happier with this past month in terms of training. I officially got back in my groove of running, biked a hell of a lot more outside, and kept up my swimming. April 1st kicked off my official training for triathlon season and it was simply a solid month of ramping up.

Most notable this month is my running. Since I was pretty out for the count February and March, when I finally recovered from my IT Band flare up, my body was ready to run and run faster than it ever has ran. There are 4 major events of my running life this month that stick out amongst the rest and support that I'm improving.

1. I ran 2 consecutive miles hitting mile 1 at 7:52 and mile 2 at 7:48
2. I ran 4x800 hitting times of 3:54, 3:46, 3:44, and 3:39
3. I ran 11.6 miles comfortably at an 8:45 pace
4. I ran 100.29 miles in April

Those 4 things are HUGE to me. Those 800s didn't even feel that hard and I could have kept going on that long run, but coolest of all - I've never ran over 100 miles in one month! Very, VERY happy with my running right now. I hope to keep progressing, getting stronger and faster, but that's not without routine hip/glute work and rolling with The Stick.

Swim and bike are coming along well too. I got outside on my bike a lot more and ended the month with 333 miles. Swimming got harder with workouts from my coach, but I still managed to get in 25,100 yards. This month goes down as my 2nd biggest training month ever in terms of mileage. I had a big month last July that still stands #1.

So as I ride on cloud 9 from this great month, I can only think about next month! I have two smaller goals I'd like to hit:

• Run a 30+ mile week (never done that before)
• Do core work 2x per week

 Got any plans for May? I'm ready to see some flowers that all this rain has been promising!