Another big week and weekend are in the books.
Another 100+ mile course ride, 2.4mile open water swim and 17 miles of running for the weekend along.
It is the Monday after and I feel pretty good considering the work load. I am definitely feeling more fit now than I ever have in my entire life and I am down to my race weight goal of 155 lbs as of this morning. I hope to lose a bit more before race day but I hit my number and hope to not gain when the taper starts.
Confidence is growing with every mile and this coming weekend should be the culmination of that and where I work on my final race pacing thoughts.
Doing another 100+ on the bike with a decent size brick run on Saturday then a long 14-16mile run on Sunday.
The week of training though is low volume to try to get fully recovered before the weekend.
All for now.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Biggest Training Week and Weekend of My Life
Today is Monday after I completed the biggest training week of my life and to be honest I feel terrific. I am not really even sore and I am a bit confused.
This week was 5hrs more volume than my avg for 2012 and 8hrs more than my avg for 2011. I have to give props to First Endurance and their products who fueled me through my long workouts using a combo of EFS and EFS Liquid Shot and helped me recover using Ultragen. This was my first week on the combination and a lot of how I am feeling I have to attribute to that.
Also a large thanks needs to go out to my wife and mom (who takes care of my son during the day) who both have sacrificed to allow me to get this training volume in.
I have another similar volume week this week with a bit more swimming and running and a bit less biking.
This week was 5hrs more volume than my avg for 2012 and 8hrs more than my avg for 2011. I have to give props to First Endurance and their products who fueled me through my long workouts using a combo of EFS and EFS Liquid Shot and helped me recover using Ultragen. This was my first week on the combination and a lot of how I am feeling I have to attribute to that.
Also a large thanks needs to go out to my wife and mom (who takes care of my son during the day) who both have sacrificed to allow me to get this training volume in.
I have another similar volume week this week with a bit more swimming and running and a bit less biking.
Break down of my nutrition below:
Bike Ride Per Hour
2 Servings of EFS and 1 Serving of EFS Liquid Shot (mixed with water in a sports bottle).
Total of 300 calories, 75g of carbs, 700mg sodium (I added some thermotabs to get me to 1000mg)
1 Bottle of water per hour on top of the liquid above.
Run Per Hour
2 Servings of Liquid Shot for the second hour of the run.
Total of 200 calories, 50g of carbs, 200mg sodium
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Big Week Update
Well it is now Wednesday and I am close to 50% through my biggest training week of my life. Not huge by triathlete standards but big per my norms.
I have already had three curve balls thrown my way when attempting my swim workouts this week. First being that I had to move a swim because my wife is on call and my normal Tuesday/Thursday was not going to work. No problem I am now swimming Tuesday/Wednesday this week. Base hit off that curve ball no problem.
The second curve ball came when my son decided to wake up at 5am on Tuesday morning as I was about to walk out the door to do my swim. I took an extra 15min to help take care of him so my wife can get some of her morning stuff together before I got out of the door. Instead of an hour swim it was 45min. Not bad.
The 3rd curve ball came this morning when again my son decides to wake up at 5am. This time though my wife is on call tonight so I spent 30min trying to take care of him so she could sleep a little bit longer. She is great though and took over so I could scamper off to the pool. Very constrained on time I decided just to get in and swim 1500 yds without stopping to make the most of my time. Out in under 30minutes and off to work. So, a planned two hours of swimming has become 1.25hrs but oh well I am rolling with the punches in this large volume week.
Tonight I have a bike ride and we will see what curve ball come flying my way.
I have already had three curve balls thrown my way when attempting my swim workouts this week. First being that I had to move a swim because my wife is on call and my normal Tuesday/Thursday was not going to work. No problem I am now swimming Tuesday/Wednesday this week. Base hit off that curve ball no problem.
The second curve ball came when my son decided to wake up at 5am on Tuesday morning as I was about to walk out the door to do my swim. I took an extra 15min to help take care of him so my wife can get some of her morning stuff together before I got out of the door. Instead of an hour swim it was 45min. Not bad.
The 3rd curve ball came this morning when again my son decides to wake up at 5am. This time though my wife is on call tonight so I spent 30min trying to take care of him so she could sleep a little bit longer. She is great though and took over so I could scamper off to the pool. Very constrained on time I decided just to get in and swim 1500 yds without stopping to make the most of my time. Out in under 30minutes and off to work. So, a planned two hours of swimming has become 1.25hrs but oh well I am rolling with the punches in this large volume week.
Tonight I have a bike ride and we will see what curve ball come flying my way.
Monday, April 2, 2012
IMTX Update
Well I have been plugging along. Had another 10+ hr training week last week thanks to my Saturday 1.5hr run and my Sunday 4+ hr solo bike ride and 20min brick run.
I have to say that I do not enjoy solo training for Ironman. Being by myself on the bike for 4hrs was both mentally and physically challenging. I really think my limit is 3hrs before it really starts to go downhill.
I have managed to average over 8.3hrs a week so far in 2012, which is not great but considering 2011 was 5.3hrs a week I am doing pretty well. I am also pretty healthy so things are looking good. I have 4 more hard weeks of training to put in before the big day and this week is my biggest to date with 15 hrs of training scheduled (2 swims, 4bikes, 5runs (2 are short bricks)).
I am curious to see how I feel next week with this kind of volume but I am also excited about the opportunity to post this volume.
I have to say that I do not enjoy solo training for Ironman. Being by myself on the bike for 4hrs was both mentally and physically challenging. I really think my limit is 3hrs before it really starts to go downhill.
I have managed to average over 8.3hrs a week so far in 2012, which is not great but considering 2011 was 5.3hrs a week I am doing pretty well. I am also pretty healthy so things are looking good. I have 4 more hard weeks of training to put in before the big day and this week is my biggest to date with 15 hrs of training scheduled (2 swims, 4bikes, 5runs (2 are short bricks)).
I am curious to see how I feel next week with this kind of volume but I am also excited about the opportunity to post this volume.
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