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Hi Coach and thanks for my first season plan Saturday morning. Just wanted to say I am thinking about 2014 still and may ask you to revise this once but only when all is firm. The change is likely to be starting the OS in January and perhaps a different half IM. I had a busy race season (a winter triathlon, 3 Xterra triathlons, and 5 races in Leadville Colorado) that ended a few weeks ago. I have been getting in 12 hours or so of training per week but all aerobic unstructured with no HR monitor on. Just not ready to follow a structured plan now. For now could I ask you a few questions?

I am a poor swimmer still limited by technique. I have tried so many approaches but seem to stay about the same. Any advice for me? I don't have a master team here. Would I be some one who should swim in the winter during the OS plan?

I had picked half IM St . George for a couple reasons (hills like where I live, place I wanted to visit) but was surprised to see it had 2600 racers last year. I thought it wasn't that popular which is why the full IM went away. Did it have some special designation for age groupers?

Just a final note about me. I live at 7000 feet here in Santa Fe and peaks go up much higher with several ski basin roads to climb. Beautiful environment. But we are somewhat challenged to find long flat or gently rolling miles of pavement where you can just crank forever on an aerobar. So my preference for taking on these road tris right now is to use my Cervelo Soloist carbon with a clip on or even my Vision shorty bar in road position for at least a course like Tahoe.

Thanks again!

Bill

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  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Posted By Bill Blankenship on 13 Oct 2013 01:58 PM


    Hi Coach and thanks for my first season plan Saturday morning. Just wanted to say I am thinking about 2014 still and may ask you to revise this once but only when all is firm. The change is likely to be starting the OS in January and perhaps a different half IM. I had a busy race season (a winter triathlon, 3 Xterra triathlons, and 5 races in Leadville Colorado) that ended a few weeks ago. I have been getting in 12 hours or so of training per week but all aerobic unstructured with no HR monitor on. Just not ready to follow a structured plan now. For now could I ask you a few questions?



    I am a poor swimmer still limited by technique. I have tried so many approaches but seem to stay about the same. Any advice for me? I don't have a master team here. Would I be some one who should swim in the winter during the OS plan? In a city like Santa Fe there's gotta be at lease ONE go-to-guy/gal you could see for 1 on 1 technique help a few times a month? That would be your best resource. Second best is the Swim Clinic ebook we have for the members. Short answer is that high quality technique help vs a masters team = fitness swimming would be a much better resource for you. 



    I had picked half IM St . George for a couple reasons (hills like where I live, place I wanted to visit) but was surprised to see it had 2600 racers last year. I thought it wasn't that popular which is why the full IM went away. Did it have some special designation for age groupers? WTC's definition of a successful full Ironman race is one that sells out, the sooner the better. The full IMSG was a killer, especially the run so it didn't meet their criteria, I guess, so they dropped it down to a half. But, yeah, 2600 is still a big fookin' race. 



    Just a final note about me. I live at 7000 feet here in Santa Fe and peaks go up much higher with several ski basin roads to climb. Beautiful environment. But we are somewhat challenged to find long flat or gently rolling miles of pavement where you can just crank forever on an aerobar. So my preference for taking on these road tris right now is to use my Cervelo Soloist carbon with a clip on or even my Vision shorty bar in road position for at least a course like Tahoe. Not a problem and not really anything you need to be thinking about right now. Pretty much all of my training is exclusively on a road bike with a lot climbing. I bust out the tri bike about 10-12wks out from my A-race and do my best to ride in the aerobars a lot. 



    Thanks again!



    Bill

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