A month away from race day

Race day is a month away and training is going smooth.  I have started to make some mental notes as to how I will approach the race.  Overall, I am looking to improve my personal best half-iron distance time by 30 minutes.  Since my last race, at this distance, I have become a stronger swimmer, as well as,  I am going into it with more knowledge on my nutrition both pre-race and during. 
Fall is finally here and the sun is rising a little later everyday. This makes for a dark start to an early ride, and starting to get a little cooler here in Arizona. 

Let the training begin

Last week I got in just over 125 miles in on the bike during training, only to finish it off Sunday with a flat tire just under a mile away from my house. After taking out the tube in my tire, I found a piece of brown glass that worked its way through the tire and eventually punctured the tube. Fixed it pretty quickly and was back on the road home. Over the past week I have learned in just my recovery on how much I need to increase my fluid intake on the bike and just in general day to day.
Today, June 13, starts my training program for a half-iron distance race in late October. The training pretty much has me going five days a week, with two rest days. I am looking forward to the training I will do and trying to follow this plan as closely as I can.