Road to Ironman - January

I have a love of all things data so I ran some numbers for the end of year for my fitness adventures.  To recap 2025 I did 2 half marathons, a marathon and a half Ironman triathlon last year.  I was training into October until my last race then backed off a little but kept my base.

Stats from 2025 roughly

Run: 788 miles, longest run 26.4 miles, time spent running 160 hours, net climbing 29000 feet

Bike: 390 miles, longest 56 miles, time spent biking 30 hours, climbing 7600 ft

Swim: 96 miles, longest swim 3200 yards (1.8 miles), time spent swimming 61 hours

Stats from the end of the year

Stats from the start of this year, and totals from Sept.

I have no idea what my mileage will look like by October 20th but I know it will be A LOT more than last year. So far January has been alright.  I've been consistent with runs, bikes, swims, weekly strength work and daily dog walks, even with a week of work travel to DC.  So far I am feeling all right. 

First race of the season was an indoor triathlon two weeks ago.  400 yard swim at 6:32, 7 mile bike right at 22 minutes, and 2 mile run at 19:51 with a little walking due to tired legs.  Good first effort for the season.

The hard things right now are figuring out training nutrition and the right kinds of calories to support the training.  We are working hard to ramp up quality proteins, add supportive supplements like creatin and reduce empty calorie snacking.  I'm am also working hard to build strength to build speed in all three disciplines. 

This past week I started working with a professional triathlon coach. Her specialty is middle aged ladies, and people with health issues.  I am both excited and nervous.  The original first week workouts were not okay and made me very anxious, so we pulled back and adjusted and got onto the routine I already had working. Week one's workouts ended up being fine.  I'm building but not feeling over tired or overwhelmed, that is outside of perimenopause keeping me up at night.

More to come. I'll keep checking in on my journey to my first, only, last ironman triathlon (1OL).