4/14/17: One week and a few days into training with Coach Cheryl and its going pretty good.  I'm definitely working harder than I would have been training if I was doing this on my own.  I'm not quite sure if that is a good or bad thing. I guess I'll know in a few weeks or months depending on whether my times improve or if I get injured or burned out.  What I'm struggling with is the intensity of the workouts, not so much the total distance.  The swim, bike and run tests were all extremely intense and pushed me over the top and then I immediately started in on a lot of short, high intensity run intervals and that just added to the fatigue.  But then I talked with her and she backed it down for a few days and now I'm feeling better. Today I ran 11 miles pretty easy and am feeling tired but otherwise ok,  I can see that its going to take a little while to adjust to this schedule and the intensity and I'm really hoping that it works out!