First Race Complete - Requesting feedback

Well, there's fantasy, then there's reality.

With the newborn on the way, it's probably better to focus on reality, and the reality is (for me, at least) that bike training (on a trainer) is far easier to get done while juggling a busy family schedule.

I wouldn't personally adopt a specific plan -- taking care of the new one is the 'plan'.  My only 'plan' would be to be ready to 'ride' (on the trainer) whenever the opportunity presented itself.

And have fun with the new little one!

First off, congrats on your first race.  way to go!

Second, with a new one coming you're going to find that training takes a back seat, if not, it probably should.    Mid night wake ups and all nighters are going to make you tired so make sure you get enough rest.  Pay attention to your body when it tells you it's tired or that it hurts.  Pay attention to the wife and what she needs help with and she'll support you longer in triathlon than if you are gone training all the time.

Third, if you CAN, join a masters swim class and get some help on your technique a couple days a week, then the trainer should take car of the bulk of your bike workouts.and the run, well just run.  At the very beginning it's pretty simple: run a little more than you did last week (no more than 10%), bike a little more than last week, and swim a little more than last week.  No need to make it any more complicated than it really has to be.

I got 3 ages 2, 4, & 8.  Triathlon is tough on the spouse of newborn.  Some people put triathlon on hold the first year.  Some know how to make it work.  I figured out a way to make it work.  One way was scheduling my workouts at night.  I'd get back around 11 - midnight and do the midnight feeding before I went to bed.  Wife and I would rock, paper, scissors for the morning feeding. 

When my wife found out that we were expecting our third she requested (stronger than that in reality) that I take a break from Tri's for the pregnancy (her's are very tough and we already had two kids to manage) and after the birth.  I was fine with that - training at effective levels can put a big stress on a relationship already stressed by kids - not to mention adding pregnancy and  newborn.  Our 3rd was born in Feb '10 and the first event I did after that was a fall HM and 10k.  Realistically I would have been too tired to even think of training for three disciplines in the spring and summer of 2010.  Running was a bit easier as you can walk out your door and do it.

Even now, between job and family I struggle to have the energy I want, but have managed to cycle and run pretty regularly over the last month or so.

So, my recommendation is to take it easy and play it by ear.  You may be gifted with an incredibly easy baby and of course I don't know your wife or your relationship. 

If you can, focus on your weaknesses while trying to maintain run volume.  If swimming is a big limiter instead of pounding out 100's of meters get some coaching - small amount of effective coaching can yield a lot of improvements.  Try to maintain whatever cycling fitness you can on a trainer at off hours in the basement.  Can you work out at lunch during work...you will have to get creative on fitting your workouts to your work/life schedule.  Trying to schedule your life around your workouts probably won't work.  Good luck.