Last week was our first "official" week following an Iron Man training plan that we downloaded from Triathlon Geek. So far, so good! In fact, it was not that difficult...not that it won't be extremely challenging down the line, but I was pleased that the first week was really quite straightforward...it meant that I had been doing a good job staying in shape/keeping my fitness level up these many months, despite work and the move's best efforts to sabotage me!
The training plan is broken down into "Adaptation," "Endurance" and "Competitive" segments over the course of 37 weeks, with a "Taper" leading in to the race, as well as "recovery weeks" between the three main segments. So obviously "Adaptation" is going to be the easiest, helping us build up to things like "90 mile bike ride followed immediately by 10 mile run with a break after 6 hours"....HAHA I don't even understand that, that is how crazy that sounds!! I don't even get to SLEEP for more than 6 hours often enough, so there's that to add in to my bewilderment.
Within each daily workout, there are also three different levels: Age Group, Elite and Pro. I am going to try and stick with Elite/Pro for as long as I can/as long as I feel comfortable doing so, especially for the swim, as the Age Group swim is definitely too easy for me, but I'll adjust the run/bike as the distance/time begins to build.
Today's workout for the Elite/Pro is a 45/50 minute timed run, with some sprints thrown in mid-way, and an ab session afterword. One thing I like about the plan is that it forces me to do some strength work that I would never do otherwise. As I've said before on this blog, Amanda loooves to lift weights/has to keep up a certain level of base strength for her Army fitness tests, etc., whereas I am happy to stick with push ups/squats/carrying Sasha around and telling her what a wiggle worm she is. I don't see that listed as a workout in the plan, ha, but I may have her join me for those springs today out in the park! She is a speedster!
The training plan is broken down into "Adaptation," "Endurance" and "Competitive" segments over the course of 37 weeks, with a "Taper" leading in to the race, as well as "recovery weeks" between the three main segments. So obviously "Adaptation" is going to be the easiest, helping us build up to things like "90 mile bike ride followed immediately by 10 mile run with a break after 6 hours"....HAHA I don't even understand that, that is how crazy that sounds!! I don't even get to SLEEP for more than 6 hours often enough, so there's that to add in to my bewilderment.
Within each daily workout, there are also three different levels: Age Group, Elite and Pro. I am going to try and stick with Elite/Pro for as long as I can/as long as I feel comfortable doing so, especially for the swim, as the Age Group swim is definitely too easy for me, but I'll adjust the run/bike as the distance/time begins to build.
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| Run, Sasha, Run!! |
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