Training stats from 17th Feb to 13th Mar, 10:00am:
- Swimming 6h:21m/17.05km
- Cycling 16h:50m/416.51km
- Running 4h:07m/50.35km
- Gym 4h:00m
Week The "On Week"
After reading some articles on Ironman training and talking to an Ironman veteran late last week about my training, I started to worry about whether it is structured correctly or that I was (more accurately) blindly following the plan without thinking about training intensity and the "On Week - Off Week" methodology.
"On Week" meaning building and training at a higher intensity throughout the week and "Off Week" being the week for active recovery while still doing the large volume of training required to ensure the muscle endurance necessary to make it to and through the race.
The internet is full of articles and blogs discussing every aspect of training, nutrition and recovery. It is resource overload. I have so many articles that I want to read, adding them to Instapaper and Flipboard that I can't keep up!
This week is pretty full on. I am now looking forward to my "Off Week" next week! I have a half rest day tomorrow (Friday), thank goodness. All I have to do (somehow) is fit in a 5km swim. I am going out with Michelle (the missus). Good chance to carb-up for Saturday's big 4hr ride, 16km run and 2km swim. This will have been my first opportunity to have a "big day", linking all the disciplines together. I am thinking of doing it either at the Macquarie Fields pool & bike track or at the Regatta Centre in Penrith which is a lot flatter. I'll let you know how I go.
Somehow I stumbled on the highlights from the 2013 Cairns Ironman posted on YouTube. It makes me nervous just looking at the swim course. It goes out so far! I will be doing that twice... Wow...
The internet is full of articles and blogs discussing every aspect of training, nutrition and recovery. It is resource overload. I have so many articles that I want to read, adding them to Instapaper and Flipboard that I can't keep up!
This week is pretty full on. I am now looking forward to my "Off Week" next week! I have a half rest day tomorrow (Friday), thank goodness. All I have to do (somehow) is fit in a 5km swim. I am going out with Michelle (the missus). Good chance to carb-up for Saturday's big 4hr ride, 16km run and 2km swim. This will have been my first opportunity to have a "big day", linking all the disciplines together. I am thinking of doing it either at the Macquarie Fields pool & bike track or at the Regatta Centre in Penrith which is a lot flatter. I'll let you know how I go.
Somehow I stumbled on the highlights from the 2013 Cairns Ironman posted on YouTube. It makes me nervous just looking at the swim course. It goes out so far! I will be doing that twice... Wow...
Eating
In one of the articles I read recently, I realised I am not eating enough carbohydrates. So I have stepped that side of my nutrition up and now eating almost every hour on days where I have around 3 to 4 hours of training in the day.
Aero Helmet Sorted...
Look at this awesome piece of hardware!
It basically came down to the Kask Bambino and this Garneau Vorttice which I mentioned in the TdH post.
With any luck I might get it before the NSW Club Champs at Forster in early April.
Now I am on the hunt for a wetsuit which will hopefully be suitable for training here in Sydney as the water gets colder and the Ironman in June, up in Cairns... I need to swim with the added resistance on the shoulder movement.
Bye for now...
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