Alright this was my first year as a triathlete. Somewhere at the end of 2007 I decided to start training for a triathlon for 2008. I started of in the beginning of this year and everything unfolded all fine until I hit my first injury at the end of January which stopped me from running for 16 weeks, followed by 4 weeks of very low mileage. This obviously had a great influence on my first triathlon. I had to cancel my first planned triathlon one and competed in the Nokia Windsor Triathlon. The original plan was to finish an olympic distance. I was able to practice my cycling and swimming during my injury.

For me it is very important to keep track of every single workout. This stimulates me enormously and I can see my progress in Excel charts. Nice to see them going up and not South. I realize I'm just a beginner and I cannot compete with many more dedicated people out there in terms of the number of training hours put in on a weekly basis. I have a quiet demanding job and need to travel daily almost 4 hours. 

I have swam this year about 62K, including pool and lake swims and I spend in total for 29 hours in the water. I haven't been swimming since my last race. I ran 385K in 39 hours, this doesn't include the treadmill running. I was on the road with my bike for 1800K or 69 hours, this doesn't include the hours lately on my Turbo Trainer. I tend to run 3 times a week for short distances, with a maximum of 27K during one week. I cycle on average 3 times a week and I cycled, as a maximum, for 131K during one week. 

That was it for this year, I will still go out a few times for a run and make use of my new Turbo Trainer and I need to start swimming again very urgently. 

I'm still in doubt what races and when I will be doing in 2009, but one thing is for sure I have enjoyed my first year as a Sprint Triathlete and I'm looking forward to complete my first Olympic distance in 2009. 

Best of luck to all of you if you decide, just like me last year, to start competing in triathlons. 

Many thanks to all the people sending me e-mails and leaving feedback. 

Happy festive season!