Rich's Week of HIM / IM Plan Micro

ricardoworth1

Hi Patrick,

I am on the advanced IM plan (for IM Louisville) and next week will will be week 12 of the plan. My B race for the year, Steelhead 70.3, is coming up on Sunday of the week 12 IM plan. How should I approach the next week (week 12)? According to the plan, I'm going to be doing a FTP test on Tuesday and brick on the Saturday (4:30 bike/0:40 run). Should I shorten the week up and reduce some of the volume throughout the week? I realize that IM Louisville is the ultimate goal and I don't want to take away from it, but I also want the HIM to be more than just another training day. I'm ok with you telling me to suck it up and treat it as a training day, but I'd like to race it. Thoughts on training for next week? If I modify the week, should I just swap the typical weekday ride with a FTP test?

Thank you in advance!!!

JeremyBehler

Rich - check out my Micro Thread here > Same guidance. I'm doing Kona which is the same weekend as Louisville and also doing Steelhead. See you next week!

http://members.endurancenation.us/Forums/tabid/57/aft/19213/afc/231303/Default.aspx

ricardoworth1

Thanks, Jeremy! I'll follow coach P's advice. I really want to race it, since I have some teammates (my local non-EN teammates) who are super fast and I'd like to keep them in sight. It would kill me to go at a full IM pace and have them just totally kick my ass...I think I'll try to chase down that HIM PR now! See you next week!