I am going to have to take a break from serious training for the majority of this week starting tommorrow. My parents are flying in from across the country and I am going to want to spend time with them. That said I have a race (Olympic Distance) on July 10th where I am looking to make a substancial improvement on my result on the same course a little over a month ago.

Over the last five weeks I have averaged about 35-40 mpw running, 5000 - 7000 ydspw swimming, and 75-100 mpw cycling. I have not had a significant break in a while and my real goal races will be in mid-August/early Sept. My last tri race was disappointing, but in the two running races I have done since my runs have improved at a good pace.

What should I aim for in terms of mileage this down week? Should I ramp things right back up next week before the race? I have worked up to the training I'm doing now slowly since late Jan. and am just finishing what I consider the training to train phase. After July tenth I plan on hitting things pretty hard, maybe adding 25% in terms of volume from the numbers I mentioned before for one disipline a week on three week cycles - I am not looking to start a peak this early and my schedule has been light on intensity up until this point.

Input from the would be coaches out there?

Thanks