Official milestones and goals

2009 - Endurance Training Stage 1

1. Swim the Deer Creek Open Water 10K in under 3:00
2. Participate in 3 Olympic Distance Triathlons
3. Run 3 Half-Marathons
4. Bike from Pocatello to Syracuse (162 miles)

2010 - Endurance Training Stage 2

1. Swim the Deer Creek Open Water 10 Mile swim in under 5:15
2. Participate in 1 Olympic Distance Triathlon
3. Participate in Lotoja
4. June 12th - Participate in the Boise Half Ironman
5. Do the Ogden Valley Marathon in under 4:00
6. November - Ironman Arizona

2011 - NO MORE TRIATHLON TRAINING - SWIMMING ONLY

1. Jan - Swim 20K yards/week
2. Increase swimming yardage by 4K per week each month until May (36K/week in May)
3. Starting June drop M-F yardage down to 30K due to long Open Water Saturday Swim
4. Swim 7-12 miles in Bountiful Lake (1 lap = 1 mile) every Saturday during months of June, July, August (no wetsuit)
5. Swim the Deer Creek Open Water 10 Mile Swim - no wetsuit - under 4:46
6. September - Swim across Bear Lake (19 miles) in 60 degree water for English Channel Qualifying swim

2012 - SWIMMING ONLY - COLD WATER ACCLIMATION/ENDURANCE

1. Jan - Swim 34K yards/week
2. Increase swimming yardage by 4K per week each month through April (46K/week in April)
3. Starting May drop M-F yardage down to 35K due to long Open Water Saturday Swim
4. Swim 9-15 miles in Bountiful Lake (or any other open water location) every Saturday during months of May, June (no wetsuit)
5. June - Swim across Bear Lake (19 miles)
6. July - Take three weeks off work for ocean training in Oregon
7. 2nd week in August - English Channel