IMCDA Week 11
Hey team,
I'm committed to trying to be more involved in the CDA forum this year!! After almost doubling my workout times from one week to next last week, feeling a bit fatigued this week, but still working to get in the main sets. Think it is mostly the run, but we'll have to see how the long run goes tomorrow morning. I feel like I'm a lot farther along this year than I was 9 weeks prior to race in the last two years, but still have a lot of places to improve over the next 9 weeks, mostly building the endurance engine.
Hope everyone else's training is going well ~ race day will be here before you know it!!
Mark
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Weather hasn't cooperated to get outdoors yet for rides consistently, but I tried being aero inside and realized I have lots of work to be done there- no more sitting straight up watching Netflix! Hope everyone has good long runs tomorrow!
The weather here isn't really cooperating here either. Not sure I'm going to be able to do the big training day due to some events I have to attend this weekend, but will still try to get as much ride time in as possible; perhaps all APB or so. Didn't feel like running yesterday, but went out and did it anyway ~ amazing how things are better once you just get going. Turned out to be a pretty productive run and may look to ramp up the pace a bit going forward.
Bike/Run test next week!! I hardly ever do the run test and just swag those paces ~ this is my first year with power so hoping to see a little FTP bump.
Have a good weekend all.
Mark
I wasn't able to put together the big training day, but I'm not stressing it much. I've been putting in a lot of work, and I feel mostly comfortable with where I am ~ do feel I need to pick up the overall bike time. The bike is definitely my biggest weakness; I purchased a power meter this year to help focus my training. I've got dreams of a sub 6-hour bike split, but not sure I will be able to pull it off on this course.
Got a good swim in on Friday...after reading Mike Roberts swim post and listening to the corresponding podcast, I decided to put in a bunch of 100s and was pleased where I was. Weather, other commitments, and laziness gave me my first day off in weeks on Saturday, and got in a 3 hour or so APB ride on Sunday after waiting for someone to come look at the house I am renting, only to have him no-show. Weather is supposed to be on the up and up this week, so hopefully no more lows in the 20-30s to make early mornings impractical.
Anyway, already moving on to week 12 ~ things are moving fast.
Mark