Tuesday, May 29, 2012

NEXT...


While I am still excited about my recent Olympic triathlon finishing time, I know it is time to build on that win. I call it a win because it was a bug deal for me. It was nice to have a plan for a race and to be able to hit those marks I set. This race also gave me alot of confidence and also help me get over that wall of actually being able to call myself a triathlete. I know my 2:47:58 time may not be a great time for some of you that read this blog, but it was huge for me. Huge because I know that the hours of work I out in paid off, and I really want to keep this ball rolling.

I did end up taking a few days off after the race, partly because I wanted too and partly because of my work schedule and switching to working overnights (it totally FUBAR'd my sleep schedule). So I had time to recover and I did alot more stretching during this time than I have before which should be a good thing. I also took off the time because I wanted to be ready to get back to s/b/r. I did not want it to be an "I have to get back to training", I wanted it to be an "I want to get back to training". I have already mapped out my HIM training plan, which started on Memorial Day, so basically I took a week off.

My HIM plan is coming off of BeginnerTriathlete.com once again. The Olympic plan did me well, so I stuck to what has been working. I designed the plan myself in a way, by putting in how many swims, runs and bike I wanted to do in a week and then entered in pace I can do and it spit out a plan for me. I wanted to do 2 swims, 3 bikes and 3 runs a week. I feel very confident in my swimming already and preferred to work on my bike and run more for this race and for the most part, I feel really good about this plan.

Monday         Tuesday         Wednesday      Thursday         Friday          Saturday            Sunday
Bike short      Swim long        Bike Med        Swim Med      REST          Bike long           Run Long
                      Run short                                Run Med

Now there is more to the plan than just swimming and riding, each day has a very precise workout that is broken down, I mean I am not just hopping on my bike and running, or jumping in the pool. I have moved my rest day from Sunday to Friday this plan so that I can get  the long run in, The longest run of the plan is 15 miles, and there is no way I can do that before work.

Another thing I have decided is that I want to do as many of these workouts before work, so that means I have to get up early, which will be good for this Memphis heat. That is going to be trickier though, since no one else at my house has to be up at any certain time, which could also benefit me!

If I hit every workout on this plan, I will swim 36 mile, bike 1,100 miles and run 316 miles in the next three months!!  Sounds crazy to me!  I know with vacation and life in general, I will miss some workouts, but I will hit all of them I can.

In my mind, I am already training for my Ironman in 2013, and this is the next step. I want to do well at this HIM in Sept. I have to beat my Branson 70.3 time of 7:35, and after my last Olympic time, I know I can crush it.

NEXT...


4 comments:

  1. You are going to C R U S H that time. So excited for you!

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    1. Thanks Elaine, I am excited also, I think the week off helped me the most!

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  2. That is a great Oly time. I've only done one and didn't even break 3 hours... I agree, early morning workouts are key. If I try and push them out until after work, my motivation plummets and I'm more likely to skip the workout. So keep those AM workouts going! :)

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    1. Thanks Megan, it has only been a week, and it has been a challenge to hit a swim/run before 8AM, but I love not having to worry about lunch and falling alseep at night is not a problem!

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