At the end of each season I like to take a look at my training numbers to see if they are trending upwards over the course of the year or not.  For the most part, 2009 was a fairly consistent training year with only one injury that took me completely away from running for 11 days.  Aside from that there weren't any big voids in training.  The table below shows my average weekly volume in each sport from mid November to mid November of the previous year.  That's when my seasons start and end.  These numbers include end of season breaks and mid season breaks as well as recovery weeks so the numbers look pretty low but don't show the complete picture.  The good news is that I've trended upwards in all three sports and hit my yearly records in the swim and bike.  I've also increased the intensity at which I train this year so my overall training stress was much higher this year than in previous years.  This should set me up nicely for next year.

Year	Swim	Bike	Run
2005	5,000 yds	105 mi	19 mi
2006	7,000 yds	142 mi	21 mi
2007	8,000 yds	148 mi	35 mi
2008	8,400 yds	115 mi	24 mi
2009	10,200 yds	155 mi	26 mi

* Aggregate data courtesy of athleticore.com

I first started my triathlon training in the 2004-2005 season and the numbers trended upwards until 2008.  The 2008 season was my first season racing pro and I had an injury that crippled me for most of the season.....hence the low training numbers.  I made a conscious effort to get in the pool more in 2009 and it is noticable by the jump in weekly average by 1,800 yds per week.  In 2010 I hope to increase my swim and run significantly since I feel that these are the areas where the race is won and lost.  My bike mileage won't be as high in 2010 but the bike intensity will be higher.