IMCHOO Training Wk 8/18 - 8/24
Hello Awesome EN'rs! Hope you've all had awesome training days this past week! I think today we all are super proud of our teammates at IMMT- Make sure to give them extra love on the dashboard and on FB if you're friends with them there. One of the best things about EN is how we always support, always look out for and always send mojo to our fellow teammates!
I had the privilege of meeting Liz Jackson at a triathlon today (where she placed first in her AG- CONGRATS LIZ) We had a little time to chat about IMCHOO since she is racing also, and I was reminded that camp is coming up (almost slipped by me)
If you're headed to camp remember to bring back all the info you learned for everyone who can't make it, I will be starting a camp thread for you to put your CHOO knowledge in there.
If you're on Twitter- Instagram- FB please post and tag Endurance Nation at camp- we want to continue to grow our team and the best way to do that is to let the world know.
Have a great week everyone!
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Everyone have a great week.
Today feeling good and inspired by watching the team crush IMMT I got back after it.
1.5 mile OWS with 2 x 1/2 mile intervals hard http://connect.garmin.com/activity/568802222#
2hr bike with 2 x 21' @ .96 then remainder RPP http://connect.garmin.com/activity/569068434#
4 mile progressive pace brick run http://connect.garmin.com/activity/569036084
Come on peeps.... wake up .... we got 4 weeks of work then taper.... time for discipline ! Don't blink we'll be inline race morning before you know it!
I'm somewhat tired at the beginning of this week -- trying to be in good shape for the camp this weekend;
Got in a good 4200 yd swim today and plan on swim race rehearsal on Thursday.
Need to make written plan for Friday 112/6 and will post in forum when I get it done.
Tim is right -- Were in the home stretch here. 4 weeks of work, 2 weeks taper and then its ON! I think were going to have a strong team toe the line in Chattanooga.
Nice swim workout after work today:
4 x 50m easy pace
10 x......[75m IM pace + 25m all out]
3 x 500m IM pace
Yes, only 4 weeks of hard work left
On a good note, I swam the course this weekend and it's going to be wicked fast! I was 24 minutes faster than my IMAZ swim and the locals that put the swim on said there wasn't much of a current Saturday and they expect that it will be flowing faster on race day.
If there is anyone going to camp this weekend be prepared for some uncomfortable heat. They are forecasting heat index's in the triple digits :-(
Kinda nice not getting up at 4am everyday for this week at least. :-)
Excited to get on board with all of you amazing people!
One quick request - since we just got back into town Monday night, I definitely can't swing a camp this weekend. I am hoping that Coach Rich will post up the talks that happen at camp so I can get more familiar with the course. I did ride sections of it back in April, but it's all kinda fuzzy now. I do remember Hog Jowl. Who can forget THAT name? :-)
Didnt realize you were doing the IM double. Great to have you in the group! I'm sure there will be several writeup posted concerning the bike course and run course. I plan to do a detailed write up for the team as well as post Ride data file. There is also a CHOO Strava group where people post training files -- I'll put rides from both days in there.
Hope you get recovered and feel better!
I had to skip my long bikes this weekend. I had some issue with saddle sores that needed some much needed healing and relief so I chose to do that over having a miserable camp week.
Monday- Got my swim in. My form is improving thankfully and I'm seeing small gains with each swim. I started having a tightness on the rear of my right shoulder near the end of that swim but didn't think much of it....until my tues swim.
Tues - 2x1's early in the morning and then I swam later in the afternoon. I ran for a total of 50 min. I lost 3lbs during that 50 min run! Geez it was way more humid than I thought. Good run though and looking forward to seeing the course this week.
Back to that shoulder. I must have pulled/strained something during mondays swim. I cut my tues swim to 40 min due to the that. Overall though, it was still a positive swim for me even with the pain. I hoping that focusing on my form the last few weeks will continue to help me improve.
long easy swim this am
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/569568907#
track wko w/3 x 1 @ Z5 and full recoveries
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/569719771#
Planning an fairly easy day tomorrow , and then a mini 2 day taper for a REV3 OOB HIM on Sunday.... after that 2 weeks of some volume before taper time!
I did my RR swim today and improved about 4:20 over the same distance RR from IMFL 2 years ago. Not in the same league as all the fish in the haus but a slow improvement nevertheless so I'm happy with it.
It is that time for me as well but I'm pushing self-doubt thoughts aside about not being prepped enough especially on the run and hearing all the positive mojo is certainly helping. Trying to nail the plan as written, sleeping more - at least for me - and watching what I shovel in my mouth will hopefully put me in the right place. So let's keep the mojo going this race is right around the corner!
Hope to see some great reports in the next couple of days plus updates from all our campers hanging out with Coach Rich.
Good luck to all.
Wednesday enjoyed a very up tempo 10K run. Missed my favorite Wed evening pain cave cycling session as I was participating in back to school parent night.
Thursday did same 10K run route but slowed it down to IM pace; I was feeling fatigue in the legs along with very tight calves.
Thursday evening got in long swim:
2 x 50m wu
2 x 2000m (15")
2 x 50m cd
Due to my scheduling, my RR cycling and brick run will occur this coming Monday. I will use everyone else's RRs as motivation for my solo adventure Monday. Saturday I am racing in a local triathlon.
I got in my RR swim at a local Y before camp started. Swam the 4200 in 1:09 which was a little slower than expected but my first 4200 yd straight in over 4 years so I can't complain. Had to stop 2x to work cramps out of my calves. I held a better pace for about 3000 yds then fell off in the last 1/4. Several more of those on the schedule though in the next few weeks to build some more swim endurance.
Riding the whole course today and will try to get in a run if I get back to hotel before it gets crazy hot outside ( Hi temp if forecast for low to mid 90's) Hope to run at least 3 or so.
@Mark looking forward to details from the camp!
yesterday 5 mile easy run EP+40 sec , 1.5hr easy bike IF .76
Today big swim , 1st lap hard then next 2 laps easy http://connect.garmin.com/activity/571005355#
1 mile ocean swim, 34 mile bike, 10 mile run. Got 16th in AG.
Sunday will just be a relaxed lengthy swim for me; gotta rest the legs. My RR cycling adventure occurs on Monday.