(First of all, you can’t have great family time and “complain” about training “suffering.” I’m not going to be that jerk. I’m just using this post to show that I was able to still fit in workouts while out with my family.)
When we camped in Wisconsin for 3 days and 2 nights, I swam before going out there, ran out there the 2nd morning, and then hit the trainer for a quick workout on day 3 once we got home.
Then when the boys and I camped at Fort Ridgely, I swam that morning, and then took the boys to the track the evening we got home for a good interval workout.
The only missed workout in these last 5 weeks came when Charlie was in my cousin’s wedding and then we camped afterwards. (It’s also the only time I had to change up my normal routine of what workouts I do on what days.) I biked on Saturday before leaving for the wedding (when I usually run on Saturday), because I knew that the day after the wedding, I could wake up and go for an early morning run. (Obviously easier to fit in a run while on the road than a bike ride.) Then we camped on Sunday afternoon through Monday morning, and we got home later on Monday. So I skipped my Monday swim. I’ve been swimming real consistently, so I had no issue skipping that. That ended up being my only unexplained hole in my training in the last few months - I think back through finals in mid-May 9 weeks ago.
Finally, the boys and I camped with my in-laws this past weekend, and I actually fit in a race while out there. And because it was more of a “use this race for a good tempo effort workout,” I didn’t even skip my workouts before and after it in the name of rest. So I swam on Friday morning before we left, then raced on Saturday morning as my boys were with my in-laws at our campsite. Then biked a bit (not much - heavy legs) on Sunday morning.
We’ll see how this training holds up this weekend at my first triathlon of 2019!
Related: I posted this on Facebook yesterday about our most recent trip:
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