Eric Burney's macro thread for 2015

Eric Burney

Rich,

In late December I submitted a list of races and you sent me a season roadmap. I made some changes and wanted to get your input.

I also listed to Patrick's talks about setting expectations parts 1 & 2...the question I have is as follows:

 Are the races that I have selected going to prepare me or prevent me from finishing IMAZ?

My swim is right around 2:00/100m...should I get help with my stroke?

My bike is TBD...I have been riding a road bike (R3) with aero bars but bought a P2 in December and have mainly been on an indoor trainer using workouts on trainer road.com. If the course is not full of hills, I can hold a 18-20+mph pace on my old bike. We will see how I do on my tri bike ?

Running is my weakest event...should I do a marathon before IMAZ ?

Here are my 2015 races/events:

March 7th Bayshore 70.4...an early season /local event before I have built up my fitness

Marc-April-May no events planned .....this is a 90 day window to do whatever it takes...Train for a marathon ?

June 13th Boulder 70.3

July 11th June Lake 70.3

July-Aug no events planned but want to train for the 70.3's and IMAZ ...build run durability 

Sept 4-6th  Swim 1.2mi /Bike 100mi /Tioga Pass 9mi Run  Graniteman Mammoth/June Lake

Sept 27th  Superfrog 70.3 ...5 miles of running in the sand !

Oct-Nov  focus on IMAZ RR and the steps necessary for the first time finisher @ IMAZ 

Let me know your thoughts....Thanks

Coach Rich

Posted By Eric Burney on 20 Jan 2015 12:55 PM

Rich,

In late December I submitted a list of races and you sent me a season roadmap. I made some changes and wanted to get your input.

I also listed to Patrick's talks about setting expectations parts 1 & 2...the question I have is as follows:

 Are the races that I have selected going to prepare me or prevent me from finishing IMAZ? Your schedule is good, I don't recommend any changes

My swim is right around 2:00/100m...should I get help with my stroke? Yep, always a good idea, especially with Cali around the corner

My bike is TBD...I have been riding a road bike (R3) with aero bars but bought a P2 in December and have mainly been on an indoor trainer using workouts on trainer road.com. If the course is not full of hills, I can hold a 18-20+mph pace on my old bike. We will see how I do on my tri bike ?

Running is my weakest event...should I do a marathon before IMAZ ? NO!! Absolutely not. Please read this

Here are my 2015 races/events: Ok...now I see your list of races below which is very different from the TSR I did for you about 4wks ago, included below. In particular, no mention of Cali 70.3 in your notes here but you did in your TSR so I wrote the plan for that. Also no June Lake in your TSR, no Silverman, etc. Uggg

I'm going to stop right here and ask you to:

1. Finalize your schedule and....
2. Once done, submit a new TSR request via the link under the Training tab above. 

March 7th Bayshore 70.4...an early season /local event before I have built up my fitness

Marc-April-May no events planned .....this is a 90 day window to do whatever it takes...Train for a marathon ?

June 13th Boulder 70.3

July 11th June Lake 70.3

July-Aug no events planned but want to train for the 70.3's and IMAZ ...build run durability 

Sept 4-6th  Swim 1.2mi /Bike 100mi /Tioga Pass 9mi Run  Graniteman Mammoth/June Lake

Sept 27th  Superfrog 70.3 ...5 miles of running in the sand !

Oct-Nov  focus on IMAZ RR and the steps necessary for the first time finisher @ IMAZ 

Let me know your thoughts....Thanks

Eric Burney

Rich,

I am signed up for the FTF program for IMAZ....I recently received the 2 race rehearsal emails...

Welcome to the next step of the FirstTimeFinish Program -- your first Race Rehearsal! Your race is approaching and it's time to start thinking about what it means to actually put what you've learned and done to the test.

Here's what this step entails:

Submit Race Rehearsal 1 Plan

Pick a Good Route

Complete It

Counsel Thyself on Failure

Report Back

When you are ready.....My IM Race is not until November....when am I supposed to do these rehearsals for the FTF program ? or the dates on the TSR above (Oct 5th and 26th ?

Eric Burney

Coach Rich

Posted By Eric Burney on 09 Mar 2015 01:25 PM


Rich,



I am signed up for the FTF program for IMAZ....I recently received the 2 race rehearsal emails...



Welcome to the next step of the FirstTimeFinish Program -- your first Race Rehearsal! Your race is approaching and it's time to start thinking about what it means to actually put what you've learned and done to the test.



Here's what this step entails:



Submit Race Rehearsal 1 Plan



Pick a Good Route



Complete It



Counsel Thyself on Failure



Report Back



When you are ready.....My IM Race is not until November....when am I supposed to do these rehearsals for the FTF program ? or the dates on the TSR above (Oct 5th and 26th ?



Eric Burney

Hi Eric,

The short answer is that those emails are synched to your race date / the workouts that appear in your training plan. So...

1. Just follow the workouts in your training plan and..
2. Save those emails to read, etc beginning #x weeks out from your race. Or, of course, you could read them now, but understand that action items/guidance within them is meant to applied #x weeks out from your race vs when you may actually be receiving the emails. 

Hope this helps!