3Yr Sabbatical Ending; How to Transition Back?
Hello -
After 3 years of rest, relaxation, and pretty much hectic life over the last three years, I have found my spark, carrot stick, and best of all two new buddies to assist in the accountability aspect and journey back to IM. My physical activity over these last three years, while not a complete couch potato, has been erratic at best with no steady frequency. A few runs here and there (normally 5-6 miles), mountain biking, hiking and an occasional jump into a pool for some laps. I am targeting IM Santa Rosa in May 2019 as my return to IM.
I do not want to focus my mind on Santa Rosa this far out (Thx to EN teachings) but need to start slow and steady to regaining fitness prior to focused IM training by the time we hit Dec 2018 and Jan 2019. I also need to focus on my body composition as I am about 15-20 lbs (Ugg
) heavier from where I was three years ago. I was thinking the phase one run durability plan may be a good start at this juncture. Thank you.
After 3 years of rest, relaxation, and pretty much hectic life over the last three years, I have found my spark, carrot stick, and best of all two new buddies to assist in the accountability aspect and journey back to IM. My physical activity over these last three years, while not a complete couch potato, has been erratic at best with no steady frequency. A few runs here and there (normally 5-6 miles), mountain biking, hiking and an occasional jump into a pool for some laps. I am targeting IM Santa Rosa in May 2019 as my return to IM.
I do not want to focus my mind on Santa Rosa this far out (Thx to EN teachings) but need to start slow and steady to regaining fitness prior to focused IM training by the time we hit Dec 2018 and Jan 2019. I also need to focus on my body composition as I am about 15-20 lbs (Ugg
) heavier from where I was three years ago. I was thinking the phase one run durability plan may be a good start at this juncture. Thank you. 0
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Step three is to identify one or two intermediary events between now and the fall. I recommend something like a metric century and a five or 10 mile race has a good target. Let me know what those are and I can put the early structure in place for your season.
The plan is loaded up; my only tweak is to move each day of the week forward by one day (eg my week begins Tuesday rather than Monday) so my first Run under the plan will be on Wed Jun 27. I have Monday’s off from work so I like to treat that day as Sunday for the plan.
Talk to you soon! Thx
I was in San Francisco over the past weekend so changed up the 2 hr bike workout into a easy pace 10 mile run along the waterfront to the Golden Gate Bridge.
Please keep me posted!
I've been doing well with run consistency while intensity feels labored at times. I've picked a marathon! The race is Sunday October 21, 2018 in SoCal. I've been traveling a lot recently but managed to get in approx 5-6 miles runs in the evenings while off on various business trips. The good news is that my traveling schedule is now very limited between now and the end of 2018 so this will assist with maintaining and building upon consistency and frequency. I was also provided a nice gift (a Garmin watch) and I have linked it up with my FinalSurge app so you can now begin to monitor my progress. Let me know how I should plan out for the marathon, while keeping fresh with the bike and swim too. Thx