Training Day 1

Yesterday was the first day of training. Thankfully it was an easy day. We (girlfriend) spent Saturday coming up with a plan. The short term goal is to complete the Fisher Sprint Triathlon. The long term goal is a half-ironman, and you have to start somewhere.

Early in the training I expect to do more general fitness work and specific triathlon training and then convert that to more specific and less general training as I get closer to the half-ironman. For the general fitness work, I'm going to be doing Chalean Extreme. I already completed P90x and really didn't think the time required for that would fit into triathlon training, but Chalean has shorter workouts and you can always vary the intensity. Chalean goes longer than I have to prepare for the triathlon so that will just get cut from the plan during the taper week before the race.
For the triathlon training itself, I'll be following a beginner 11 week plan. The first day had only 15mins of running and some of that was really walking. The hardest thing about this plan is probably doing less than it seems like you should be doing. After reading (very little so far) of the triathlon training bible, this seems to be a common problem, so I'm going to my best to stick with it. The first day of Chalean was about 35mins and then run was 15mins. For a Sunday there was plenty of time to get this done. I have no soreness today.
For food, I'm staying away from the meat and have plenty of supplements. Probably more than are needed at this point. I'm drinking muscle milk (1 scoop) before workouts and Monster Milk (1 scoop) after workouts. I'm talking CLA and the GNC vitamin pack for joints (read old guy). That's a lot of vitamin content when you add it all up. On the days I don't do Chalean I'll skipping some of the shakes. I haven't decided yet, and it will depend on how I feel really.
For food, I made some post workout organic eggs(2) with salsa and some cheese for about 165 calories. Chicken tortilla soup, for lunch and dinner. I added some almond snacks too.
I failed to get to bed on time. I'm not sure what bed time should be, but I wasn't tired. I watched TV until a little past midnight, but I was up until 1am.
Good thing day 1 always feels good.