Kristina Vetter micro forum
Hi Patrick,
I am just writing in response to our first phone conversation this morning. My current plan is as follows:
Goals:
Enjoy 6 day road bike trip June 23-28 (50-107 miles/day)
Donner Lake HIM July 27
Current training week:
Mon 6:15-7:15 masters swim, 8-9 CrossFit
Tues Run 5-8 miles
Wed 6:15-7:15 masters swim, 8-9 CrossFit
Thurs Bike 2 hours or bike/run brick
Fri 6:15-7:15 masters swim, 8-9 CrossFit
Sat long bike
Sun Run intervals
I recognize that I may (will!) need to decrease swim and XF. Part of the point of swimming a lot now is that I am still learning to swim crawl effectively. I have a kink on the left side. Once I have the form issue out of the way, I won't need to swim as much. But I do enjoy it, and find swimming a great way to get rid of soreness.Thanks,
Kristina
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Hi Patrick,
I enjoyed our conversation as well, Patrick. I also liked seeing the overall schedule. Thanks so much. Rich just has me on the regular intro trial week this week, with a move to week 1 of the beginning ironman program on Monday if I stick with it. I have done the first few workouts as prescribed (except did 7 mi hill run today and no bike), but since it's a lot of time trails, etc., it's hard for me to get a sense of what it is really going to be like, especially once swimming is folded into the program. I may have to check out the program for a few more days before committing one way or the other. Regards,
Kristina
Thanks, Patrick.
Am I supposed to post the results of the workouts somewhere, or just the time trials? I have used the HR calculators for the bike and run; I don't have a power meter. Briefly, I ran a 5k time trial in 26:34, with HR of 150-160. The mile splits were roughly 8:49, 8:59, 8:44. I had a hard time finding a good flat course for the bike, couldn't get my HR up, but did a 50 minute 6 mile hill 6% grade, 160 bpm. That was near max effort- hot day- pretty wobbly at top. Thanks,
Kristina