Triathlon goals!

I wanted to do a triathlon last year, time slipped away and I never got to it. This year I'm doing it. I'm going to do the Ramblin Rose Women's triathlon.
http://ramblinroseevents.com/



It should be fun. I'm going to post my training plan and gear and all that fun stuff needed for a triathlon.

Month 1
Week	M	T	W	TH	F	S	S	TOTAL	Vol
1	12-Swim or upperbody	Off	16-Swim or upperbody	20-Swim	40-Bike	Off	20-Run Legs	2h 24m
	24-Bike		12-Run					144m
2	13-Swim upper	Off	18-Swim upper	22-Swim	44-Bike	Off	22-Run Legs	2h 38m	+10%
	26-Bike		13-Run					158m
3	14-Swim upper	Off	19-Swim upper	24-Swim	48-Bike	Off	24-Run Legs	2h 52m	+10%
	29-Bike		14-Run					172m
4	14-Swim upper	Off	14-Swim upper	14-Swim	29-Bike	Off	14-Run Legs	2h 8m	-25%
	29-Bike		14-Run					128m
Notes	Short Swim	Off	Med Swim	Long Swim	Long Bike	Off	Long Run
	Short Bike		Short Run
Grand total: 10h 2m

This is month one of my training plan. I run and workout on a regular basis (prior to this) so I'm condensing month 1 into 2 weeks rather then 4.

So I am on week 3 and going strong. I have not missed a workout yet. I tailored this plan to fit my lifestyle. I dont have a pool to use now so i do upper body and core workouts on swimming days. The rules around switching days is always have 2 rest days and don't run 2 days in a row. Use the 10% rule, only increase by 10% per week. I'm prone to injury from running, and i found that the cross training with the biking has greatly improved my ability to resist injury, also my stretching and exercises. I have been injury free since doing this! I will update on stretching and injury prevention in another post, until then!