The run yesterday went ok. Made the intervals but it was not pretty. Did the swim and bike today as a brick. My legs lacked the power they usually have for the bike sets, but got them done. Using a heart monitor now, that was an interesting exercise. I noticed that to keep the same heart rate I had to dial back the power after about 45 min of riding. Tomorrow is a swim run. Looking forward to that.
Thought I'd check in. First race of the season coming up on Sunday and I have been backing way off this week. I jumped on the 20th week of the short course plan and am following that for this week until I shift over to the IM 20 week training. I have the typical race week anxiety. My volume is way down and I have a whole day off today. Will do some light yoga, check over my bike, etc.... I'm excited to see how I do at this Olympic distance compared to last year to see where I am at for the upcoming IM LOU training. Keep getting faster!
Hello May Get Faster Folks. I'm going to be starting the GF plan (dropping in at about week 4) on Monday and before I start a whole new June thread, I thought I'd ask you May experts if you have any advice, tips, or words of warning for those of us about to start the plan. Looking at it quickly I'm actually quivering in my boots and wishing I was just doing the full Ironman plan instead! Yikes!!!!
I had hoped to work in some strength workouts during this block of training- but I'm struggling to figure out where to put that stuff (if any). So if anyone has had success there, please speak up!
i think the GF plan is as tough as the IM plans. I struggle fitting everything in with my job.
I move my swims all over the place to try and get them in. I live in Shanghai China so its better to run and bike in the mornings when the heat and air quality are better.
I'm in week 5 after completing Ironman Taiwan in April.
Nemo- My 2 cents, be sure to go easy and really recover in between all the high intensity intervals. Early on I would "cheat' say the 6 x2min VO2 Max intervals by riding at Z3 or so between sets and after a couple weeks I was dying. Don't think about a nice Strava feed, go hard for 2 min, then move to the small chain ring and spin nice and easy before the next interval. Same holds for swimming and running. Get Faster is a complete 180 focused on intensity over volume, takes some getting used to but you will see results.
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Thought I'd check in. First race of the season coming up on Sunday and I have been backing way off this week. I jumped on the 20th week of the short course plan and am following that for this week until I shift over to the IM 20 week training. I have the typical race week anxiety. My volume is way down and I have a whole day off today. Will do some light yoga, check over my bike, etc.... I'm excited to see how I do at this Olympic distance compared to last year to see where I am at for the upcoming IM LOU training. Keep getting faster!
I had hoped to work in some strength workouts during this block of training- but I'm struggling to figure out where to put that stuff (if any). So if anyone has had success there, please speak up!
i think the GF plan is as tough as the IM plans. I struggle fitting everything in with my job.
I move my swims all over the place to try and get them in. I live in Shanghai China so its better to run and bike in the mornings when the heat and air quality are better.
I'm in week 5 after completing Ironman Taiwan in April.
Good luck, ask away when needed
Good luck!