Somehow I feel like I'm in full Ironman training mode, but I know it is so far from that! I guess the last minute decision to do a half ironman can lead to serious cramming which isn't the best idea. I had a decent week training-wise that looked like this:
Monday: 3.7 mile run in the morning, 1 hour strength class in the evening
Tuesday: 4.7 mile track workout in the evening
Wednesday: :45 minute spin class, :45 minute strength class in the evening
Thursday: 3.14 mile run in the evening
Friday: off day
Saturday: 12 mile long run and 750yd swim (the first in a while...oops)
Sunday: Sprint tri (300m swim, 12 mile bike, 3 mile run) in the morning, then a 1 hour ride on the trainer in the evening.
I guess that is why I'm tired now. That is certainly the most training I've done in a week since IM trianing. I'm also trying to actually do the running/marathon training thing right this time around, for the first time ever. I am trying to actually follow the "don't increase weekly mileage by more than 10% a week" rule and it is plain hard! I have set a goal of 2-3 forty mile weeks in preparation for my October marathon and that means I have to stick to a schedule no matter what. I know several people wouldn't even consider a marathon on less than 45 miles a week, but I guess us triathletes do it a little differently because of the cross training and I'm also just slow. If I ran 45-60 miles a week, I might have to reduce my job to part-time because I'd need so much extra time to get all that running in.
The plan for this week is to get 28 miles of running in, including a track workout on Tuesday and a long run on Saturday. The rest will be "plan as I go." I HAVE TO SWIM!!!! No question about it. I had a hard time swimming 750 whopping yards on Saturday. 2000 isn't going to be pretty in a few weeks if I don't do something about it. I also need to get in at least 2 good bike workouts, but I'm not 100% sure I see that happening as I'm heading to the beach as soon as my long run is over on Saturday.
Monday: 3.7 mile run in the morning, 1 hour strength class in the evening
Tuesday: 4.7 mile track workout in the evening
Wednesday: :45 minute spin class, :45 minute strength class in the evening
Thursday: 3.14 mile run in the evening
Friday: off day
Saturday: 12 mile long run and 750yd swim (the first in a while...oops)
Sunday: Sprint tri (300m swim, 12 mile bike, 3 mile run) in the morning, then a 1 hour ride on the trainer in the evening.
I guess that is why I'm tired now. That is certainly the most training I've done in a week since IM trianing. I'm also trying to actually do the running/marathon training thing right this time around, for the first time ever. I am trying to actually follow the "don't increase weekly mileage by more than 10% a week" rule and it is plain hard! I have set a goal of 2-3 forty mile weeks in preparation for my October marathon and that means I have to stick to a schedule no matter what. I know several people wouldn't even consider a marathon on less than 45 miles a week, but I guess us triathletes do it a little differently because of the cross training and I'm also just slow. If I ran 45-60 miles a week, I might have to reduce my job to part-time because I'd need so much extra time to get all that running in.
The plan for this week is to get 28 miles of running in, including a track workout on Tuesday and a long run on Saturday. The rest will be "plan as I go." I HAVE TO SWIM!!!! No question about it. I had a hard time swimming 750 whopping yards on Saturday. 2000 isn't going to be pretty in a few weeks if I don't do something about it. I also need to get in at least 2 good bike workouts, but I'm not 100% sure I see that happening as I'm heading to the beach as soon as my long run is over on Saturday.
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