Tomorrow begins our official training!
You might be wondering what we've been doing this entire time since we first signed up for the IronMan AZ in November, but it's what we've been calling "building our base," and trying not to get too crazed or burned out in the process. We've both taking some longer-than-we'd like hiatus' from consistent training, which is just life, but now the real McCoy begins!
We have picked a training plan from Triathlon Geek and while a lot of people understandably invest a lot more in a coach (either through a team, personal, virtual, or some amalgam of all three), for our lifestyles and budgets, we feel secure in the decision that this will be the best plan for us. We may decide otherwise when we really are amp-ing up the distance and doing doubles this summer (haha, I see that one Sunday way out calls for an 80-90 mile bike ride, with a 6 mile run immediately afterwards), and while I get sweaty palms and a nervous, rumbly gut just thinking about a workout like that, I feel confident that when we get there, we will have built up to it effectively and safely.
Additionally, having both been competitive in other sports throughout our lives, we do have a pretty good bead on what our bodies need/can do/what is just exhaustion/soreness versus a real injury/issue, but thankfully we both have triathlon friends/team-mates to turn to for advice, and Amanda at least should have a growing cadre of doctor friends on hand!
As a last hurrah for freestyle fitness, I went for a 10 mile lope in Prospect Park. No pace, just a strong run, and enjoyed the sunshine (until the last 3 miles, when the sun started to fade and it got COLD very quickly!)
Tomorrow, the plan calls for a 50 minute L1 run (L1=low intensity, near warm-up/cool down levels, and able to carry on a conversation easily). Onward and upwards we go!
You might be wondering what we've been doing this entire time since we first signed up for the IronMan AZ in November, but it's what we've been calling "building our base," and trying not to get too crazed or burned out in the process. We've both taking some longer-than-we'd like hiatus' from consistent training, which is just life, but now the real McCoy begins!
Additionally, having both been competitive in other sports throughout our lives, we do have a pretty good bead on what our bodies need/can do/what is just exhaustion/soreness versus a real injury/issue, but thankfully we both have triathlon friends/team-mates to turn to for advice, and Amanda at least should have a growing cadre of doctor friends on hand!
As a last hurrah for freestyle fitness, I went for a 10 mile lope in Prospect Park. No pace, just a strong run, and enjoyed the sunshine (until the last 3 miles, when the sun started to fade and it got COLD very quickly!)
Tomorrow, the plan calls for a 50 minute L1 run (L1=low intensity, near warm-up/cool down levels, and able to carry on a conversation easily). Onward and upwards we go!
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