Monday, April 30, 2012

Training update

My basic training plan for the ironman consists of five four-week cycles.  The first three cycles have three weeks of increasing hours each week with the last week being mostly rest - except for swimming.  These first three periods are more about volume than intensity.  The last two cycles have three weeks with the same number of hours, but increasing intensity.
Sunday was the last day of my third real week of training.  So far my body seems to be reacting pretty well to training.  I was a little sore on Sunday after running a controlled half-marathon Saturday -  but I was able to make it through my longest swim ever (2 hours), 90 minutes on a trainer and a four-mile run - which put me at 20 hours of total training for the week. 

4/9-4/15
Monday: 1 hour swim & 2 hour bike
Tuesday: 30 min swim followed by 1 hour run
Wednesday: 1 hour swim & 3 hour bike followed by 30 min run
Thursday: 1 hour bike
Friday: 1 hour swim
Saturday: 1.5 hour run
Sunday: 1 hour bike followed by 30 min run
Total: 14 hours - 7 hours bike 3.5 hours swim 3.5 hours run
 
4/16-4/22
Monday: 2 hour bike followed by 30 min run
Tuesday: 45 min run
Wednesday: 1 hour swim & 3 hour bike followed by 30 min run
Thursday: 1 hour bike
Friday: 1 hour swim & 45 min run
Saturday: 1 hour swim & 3 hour bike followed by 30 min run
Sunday: 1 hour  swim & 1.5 hour run
Total: 17.5 hours - 9 hours bike 4 hours swim 4.5 hours run
 
4/23-4/29
Monday: 1 hour swim & 2 hour bike followed by 45 min run
Tuesday: 1 hour run
Wednesday: 1 hour swim & 4 hour bike (71 miles)
Thursday: 1 hour run
Friday: 1 hour swim & 2 hour bike followed by 30 min run
Saturday: 1 hour 45 min run (Half-marathon using heart rate moniter 3 miles 140bpm 4 miles 150bpm 3 miles 160bpm 3.1 miles 170bpm - final time 1:20:40)
Sunday: 2 hours swim followed by 90 min bike trainer followed by 30 min run
Total: 20 hours - 9.5 hours bike 5 hours swim 5.5 hours run
 
4/30-5/6
Monday: 1 hour swim
Tuesday: 1 hour run
Wednesday: 1 hour swim & 2.5 hour bike followed by 30 min run
Thursday: 1 hour swim
Friday: 1 hour swim
Saturday: 1 hour swim and 2 hour bike followed by 30 min run
Sunday: 1 hour swim & 1 hour run
Total: 13.5 hours - 4.5 hours bike 6 hours swim 3 hours run


 

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