Joe McDowell Official Coach Thread
Here's your updated Season Plan, as promised. This is where you'll return to post all your "coach" questions as responses; I'll see them and reply. This first post is my best outline of how to proceed with your races, but you can ask any / all questions you want. So post away, know that I reply here usually M/W/F each week.
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Your Notes
I maintained a fitness level that would have supported a Half Ironman through July, but was at sea on a submarine and lost some of that fitness. Further, I hurt my left knee and it wasn't improving, so I took 2 months off of running and was using the elliptical up to 4 hours a week and HIIT style workouts to stay fit. I am back to healthy with my knee now. I swam though college and beyond and have never had to try very hard to be able to succeed in the water. I have done a full distance a 5 half distance triathlons in the past, with many more olympic distance races.
Your Races
- 05/06/2018 Peasantman Olympic Distance Triathlon
- 06/24/2018 Philadelphia Escape Olympic Distance Triathlon
- 09/30/2018 Mighty Man Montauk Half Iron distance triathlon (A RACE)
Season Update
These are your recommended training plans, including the date you should start each one (sometimes you won’t complete a full plan but transition to another one). You can change your plans on the Training Plan page by clicking the Move / Change button. Learn more about each plan on the Training Plan Central Page.
- Last updated by Coach on 01/18/2018
- On 1/15/2018 Load the -- Run Durability 2 (8 months out) -- 4 weeks to end on 2/11/2018
- >> Transition Early <<
- On 2/5/2018 Load the OutSeason (Run Focus) Plan, 14wks to end on 5/13/2018
- On 5/14/2018 Load the -- Swim Camp to end on 05/27/2018
- On 5/28/2018 Load the Intermediate Get Faster Training Plan, 10wks to end on 8/5/2018
- On 7/9/2018 Load the Intermediate EN*Half to end on 9/30
- On 10/1/2018 Load the -- Post Half Iron Transition Plan, All Levels (2wks) to end on 10/28/2018
- On 10/29/2018 Load the -- Run Durability 1 (9 months out) -- 4 weeks to end on 11/25/2018
Coach Notes
Joe, looking forward to helping you get back on track with some structure and focus. Your year looks great from a "do-ability" perspective. I'd like to put you into our Run Durability Program for the first bit, exit early, and then join the Team in the February OutSeason Plan for some good old fashioned work. A bit of post OS recovery in the Swim Camp and then we do a shot of GetFaster (unless you want to follow a SHORT COURSE plan here) to get another dose of speed. Then it's EN*Half time into Montauk.
Let me know what you think...if you'd prefer to talk it out, please set up a call with me here: https://calendly.com/pmccrann/15min
Let's get to work!
~ Coach P