Good heavens! Here it is June 28. I've been training since December. We started way back then with a weight-training program, and progressed onto an Ironman Canada training schedule. I also started attending weekly CycleU classes on Saturday mornings that were 1:45 long. They use Computrainers, so you get to see how much wattage you are putting out. By the end of the class sessions, my wattage was much higher. I was confused by this until we started biking out on the road. Once we got out on the road, it became apparent that the reason my wattage numbers were so high was because I had gotten much stronger on the bike! Whoo hoo! I had some swim setbacks - shoulder and elbow issues. Once those worked themselves out, I took a swim clinic with other members of my triathlon team. We also trained heavily for a four-day mountain pass ride, which we completed in early June. Wow, was that just three weeks ago? We followed that by doing a half ironman race TWO weeks ago, in Boise. All in all, I'd say my cycling fitness has improved dramatically, so long as I remember to refuel properly. My swimming form is much better, as evidenced by the fact that I can often swim in a straight line in open water now. Hard to tell if I am much faster, but I may be. My running is the biggest mystery to me right now. We haven't really focused on it, and I lost my Garmin Forerunner some time ago, so I really don't know how fast I'm running these days.