JIM'S EXCUSES FOR NOT STARTING
I MUST ADMIT I AM A GREAT PROCRASTINATOR. I'm tired, I ate the wrong thing before a workout, I don't have EVERYTHING I NEED for a workout, the weather, I only have 4 of the 5 things I usually have for this workout, iwas sick 2 weeks and my recovery from IMMD and start of my OS are outa whack...or maybe the best. I haven't started; once I start i'll have a history of the days I stayed on schedule threatening me if I stop!...i'll start tomorrow. I'm not sure if the 2016 season schedule form has gotten to you or if you are injured. can you check to see if it's in your inbox to review or if my lack of computer savvy has it in limbo somewhere. I should get off my ass since my 2016 season schedule draft has a HITS Oly in early January just before the FL volume camp I registered for (hope the $ went thru to you guys!?). Part of my procrastination to get going on strength training is I haven't gotten past chapter 7 of the Strength of Training for Triathletes book by Pat Hagerman (1 more page and I'm supposed to pick the exercises, when to do them each week, how many reps, how many sets, time between sets, etc.) I'll be 69 next month and I've been doing, not really competing I say, in triathlons for over 20 years. Are my 5 planned tris in 2016; 2 "A" tris, 1 "B", and 2 "C"s OK? While a book may not hurt; I should be able to come up with a schedule of 3-5 exercises to do 2-3 times a week to improve my strength, stroke speed, and running speed. Some plank work, some type of burpies, and a good Kord use for my swimming sounds good!? I'm probably using my draft season plan to you as a "Stop" sign. Please help
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Coach,
I opened my 2016 season plan and it looks good to me. I have a question on starting. the 1st 4 weeks are RUN DURABILITY. but there are some bikes and occasional swims. dec 8 -27th I will be in Germany and snow is on the ground in Frankfurt so biking is out and I doubt my in-laws have a pool in their little village. should I replace those few bikes and swims with runs or added strength training. my sister-in-law is into yoga. should I use that as a replacement...or maybe hold off till I get back to the US? I'm sure no matter what i'll be doing some running over there while we do the tourist thing.
I recommend you keep the plan as is and just add/modify/adjust stuff as you need to, given your constraints while on vacation. In a perfect world you're able to run 3-5x/wk, if conditions allow that to happen
. Running in upper 30s to upper 40 s is also an improvement over what I can do on OBX!