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stevehiattstevehiatt
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I'm assuming all you received the IS Plans via email.  Holy Crap!  It looks like we're doubling and in some cases tripling our weekly training hours, luckily some of that includes swimming.  I'm looking forward to dailing down the intensity in most cases but we'll still keep a fair share of intensity scattered through the week.  It's real now and the next few months will get us up to speed to go the distance of IM. 

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  • Tom BrasherTom Brasher

    Steve I am looking at just the beginner plan and it is brutal, I cannot imagine what you other guys have going on. Well I wish I could say I was ready, I have been laid up about a week with this nasty cold. I have been feeling better during the day but at night, the cough starts back up again. I might go see a doctor later today. On top of that, next week will be interesting because of the fact I am also bringing my kids down to Disneyland. I hope that I can get rid of the cold and get some of the workouts in. I am excited to start building some distance.

  • ht001ht001
    Yep. Carrie and I were in the Women's forum expressing our "Holy Crap" responses to our initial looky-loo into the plan. We've decided that we WILL do this and that all it takes is to shift our thinking and start some serious schedule management.

    Funny thing is that I'll bet after 2 weeks this will feel like normal to you. HAAAA! keep saying that....it'll happen!

    Besides look at it this way...some schmoes have been doing crazy volume for the last 7 months! Us, we're the smart ones, we're only doing it when it matters!!

    I'm getting excited now!!! Let's get this thing going!!
  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Hi Folks,

    Good to see everyone digging into the schedule. Please note that by doing the OS plan for as long as you could, we kept the volume as low as we could for as long as we can...but the calendar doesn't lie. I suspect many of you are in a place where May doesn't really give a crap about the fact that you're in the NE and still on your trainer. Welcome to joys of an early season IM and lessons that IMAZ peeps have been learning for years, until they changed the date of the race . That said:

    • Coulda been a LOT worse. RnP could be a couple clowns telling you you're fooked cuz you're not riding 4hrs on the trainer in December for this race.
    • None of you will have ANY issues at all ramping up the cycling volume. Physical, endurance issues, none. It's a complete non-issue as you'll soon find out. Mental issues of doing the volume on the trainer...likely but, again, it could be a lot worse. That said, if the volume of the plan is just going to crack your head like an egg, switching z3 time for total time is still a good call. IOW, crushing yourself for 2.5hrs is still better than a 3.5hr trainer ride, if 3.5hr ride puts on the roof with a rifle. This is just the nature of the early season IM beast.
    • I think you'll find the increase in run volume to be not so a big a deal either. You've all be doing some LEGIT running and are likely much more endurance-fit than you realize.

    Anyway, congrats on sliding into your Big Boy/Girl Pants...time to get to work!

  • stevehiattstevehiatt
    Right on Coach R! image I do have confidence in the plan. Yes, the OS is now clearly ingenius. Thanks for keeping an eye on our group and providing the direction we need.

    Olivia, no doubt you'll get through this, Ms. Tenacious. Yeah, I'm so glad we haven't been doing LSD for a 6 month build up before the race. My psyche would be totally fried!

    Tom, Coaches reminded us that taking 2 weeks for transition is acceptable. You might be forced to take the 2nd week but no worries there! I hope you can drop training for a few days and just enjoy the family time with the kids. Disneyland is always magically, if you can allow yourself to be present in the moment, sort of easy to do with your kids. Absolute delight!
  • ht001ht001
    Posted By Rich Strauss on 05 Feb 2010 01:56 PM

     Anyway, congrats on sliding into your Big Boy/Girl Pants...time to get to work!





     

    Interesting word choice. Rich is clearly thinking about the [under?] pants he's gonna have to fit into in Sept for Moo! Time to get to work is right, bro!

    I just blocked my work calendar for these workouts. Going to ask my boss to work from home on Thursdays for the long runs. No sense in added commute time where not necessary. Will have to see where else my schedule can flex. Will be sitting down with Brian over the weekend to orient him to what our next 12 weeks are going to be like at home....i'll use some of Coach Rs points, no doubt, in the expectation setting.  

  • CerveloCervelo
    HI, I haven't received the IS Plans via email. Any help please .....

    thanks
  • ht001ht001
    Cervelo, Per a note in one of the other threads, if you haven't rec'd your plans send a message to admin@endurancenation.us. It might be worth confirming that you're joined up with the IMSG Group and the Beta Test Group.

  • CerveloCervelo
    Thanks you Olivia :-) , cant wait to see the plan
  • ht001ht001
    Let me know if you still don't get anything by Sunday. I can forward you the email if you need me to.
  • CerveloCervelo
    Thank you Olivia I just got the email. I'm just trying to determent what plan to use :-).
  • JohnSJohnS

    I just want to make sure I'm looking in the right place for the swim drills - Swim_Clinic_PDF_2008 - Section Three : Position Progression.

    For Tuesday's swim, it has us doing 2 X 50 for each of the six position progression drills. In the manual there are 10 in the list, with two of them being repeats. What am I missing here?

    Thank you.

    John

  • ht001ht001
    John, I've been studying that match up and was confused. Not sure if I've got it right, but, the way I'm looking at the drills for the workout against the swim clinic eBook is that the drills I'll do today are just the position progression ones :

    1. Fist
    2. Half & Half
    3. Fingertips
    4. Climb the Ladder
    5. Hand and Side

    Then for the head , hip, & shoulder position stuff in the latter part of the WO I'll concentrate on the drills in the first part of the book.
  • JohnSJohnS

    Thanks Olivia,

    Yes, that was throwing me for a loop, so I will follow your lead until one of the coaches point us to the error of our ways!

    After being out of the water since Oct. I got winded and my upper back and shoulders weren't too happy, but I survived and tomorrow's another day!

    John

  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    ALL

    I've posted the Swim Supplement files here: http://endurancenation.us.dnnmax.com/Community/Forums/tabid/101/aff/62/aft/1081/afv/topic/Default.aspx

    I just want to remind everyone:

    • PnI don't monitor these group forums for training questions.
    • You know where to find us when you need us.

    Thanks!

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