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Week 1/20 IMWI
Hey, hello, Ola, Guten Tag, Yo, wassup? "let's get this party started!" and week one starts today!! m
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Hey, hello, Ola, Guten Tag, Yo, wassup? "let's get this party started!" and week one starts today!! m
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There you are!!! Here we go. I cheated and did my swim yesterday ( 2nd swim since IMAZ
Roll call, please!
The Four Keys girl is lassoing the cow is the IMWI logo. Awesome!
Supersized OS has me in the pool tonight.
I have been waiting for this thread! I am so happy it is here!
I did my swim yesterday too. Off to yoga now, but I'm gonna kick my own a$$ later today and get on the trainer.
Chica, chica, moo, moo!
Just checking in as the IMMOO Chica Chica Cheerleader! Go Team
! I'll be cheering you on during the 20 weeks. My 12 week Race Prep starts next week
I'm drinking out of my IM Lake Placid Coffee mug right now. A friend gave me years ago after doing some training rides with her. On the back it says " To Do Is To Be"- Socrates
Have a great week 1!
I swam this morning and did my T-Test. I didn't look at the watch yet to see what it said (need to remember how to do "recall" on that thing). And I'll run this afternoon. I really need to get my butt back into a routine of getting the swim & run done before work though- splitting it up like this gets really risky for me (as in, if doesn't happen before work- it might not happen).
aww yea! It's funny. I haven't really been on any structured plan for the past few months so when I booted up this morning, there was a swim workout instead of the usual "you're plan hasn't started yet" message.
oh man do I need to get back in the pool. still trashed from the weekends race and ride/run yesterday. It was definitely one of those sinking kind of swims where I secretly hope the 15 yo life guard isn't sleeping like he usually does.
September seems like a long way off. When you say 20 weeks, it really is'nt is it? I'm glad I still have the Mooseman 70.3 to think about (June 6th).
Still glad you started this thread though, I'll take all the extra motivation I can get.
Started MOO training with a whimper, not a bang.
Day off. LOL!!!
Seriously, I'm in week 8 of HIM training for the Patriot HIM that I will likely NOT do. (Maybe the aquabike, we'll see.) So after two rides this weekend, and a weird work day, I just let the swim go. This HIM training has been SO loose it's hysterical. More of a "hmmmmm, do I feel like doing that today?" than anything structured. Time to get this sorry arse in gear for real, believe me.
20 wks
Actually, I am really excited about finally getting to the training. I have been itchy to get going. I know the short fast stuff is fun, but I really miss the focus of having an A race to get you going.
The pool was pretty nice this morning, but I am still feeling like I am drowning with every stroke. I ususally find my stroke somewhere near the 3-4 week mark and I start to feel a little better about things. Now the hard part of scheduling all the workouts into my life begins. And of course I am going to try to keep everyone involved in the nitty-gritty of the decisions. Ah...If only John Stark was here to tell a story or two.
Anyway, I am glad this is finally going,
Todd, official fan of the EN IMMOO gang
I have split my season in two, so right now on week 15 HIM plan. Will switch to IM plan June 21st. Must say though with all the volume increase, feeling the fatiuge and this is only HIM training. Read a great book this past week, "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrel....anyhow there is some adice in there that caught my eye. " Don't look ahead to the pain, just one day at a time, one workout at a time." I liked that, it is helping me focus and try to be mentally strong while Im in the moment and not think about what is to come.
Still in the OS for me (sort of). Starting up the 12-week plan in mid-June.
3x6 bike
and 20 min run done!! I lurve to run off the bike, always feel soooo much better
. Everyone have a great day!!
I wussed out of my 3x8' FTP intervals today!
my bike legs be dead after the weekend. got 1.5 done and settled in for an easy spin. Weird to be back on the trainer today after all the nice weather.
I am still in rogue mode.
I keep changing days and workouts around, and cannot settle down. I've been on the HIM plan to build for Patriot, and I think I'll stay on that "schedule" until June race. I'll likely do the Aquabike. Then take a little break, ramp up to Moo Camp, take a little break in Maine, and then do the final build. Yep, that's my current plan.
Today I did 7 on the treadmill with 3x1 at TP. A squall line came through just as I wanted to go outside, but the whippin' wind and 40 degree temps chased me indoors. I just turn my brain off, the music up, and glad I can get the workout in and not have to skip it entirely.
It's so much easier for me to do my LR on Wednesdays, but I can't seem to figure out how to move all the other pieces around to make that work. I work from home on Wed., so I have a lot more flexibility. Thursday mornings are the worst day for me to do the LR. Must ponder. Will likely suck it up like I did last time.
Long run tomorrow! I'm ready. This will actually be my first "Long run" since the whole calf injury thing. I'm gonna take it nice and easy to make sure I stay healthy. 90 min is what the plan calls for, but I may just do 75 to be safe. Good luck tomorrow everyone!!!
I am so totally in the mix it up stage (insert Cars song.. "shake it up") I am doing century ride this weekend then (shutter.... ) Kansas in only 5 weeks (what was I thinking?????). Same combo as last year though and I started swimming back in Jan. VERY happy now that I can get in 3000 swim in the mornings and finish.. well, still in the mornings! I've been loosely following the HIM plan with a bit more biking and hill work thrown in. Taper ride tonight felt good- broke out the tri bike (Nemo would be veeerrryyy proud of me for the cleaning job I did on the road bike last night.. can't get 'er dirty until ride day Sat). Long run tomorrow but will take easy a bit with the interval stuff. Still have an achey leg from some over aggressive hill work, which thanks much to Leigh, is on the mend. I am finding the Wed bike/Th long run combo doesn't work for me. I can't get in an am bike session here unless I hit the trainer so that back to back Wed night bike/brick and Thurs am long run just doesn't bode well for me. I've been doing the bike/brick on Tues (ole school '09 EN schedule) & swim on Wed. I am also finding, I am requiring more recovery time now to keep performance fine tuned so I am thinking of the Monday swim as "optional". If I need the rest, that's what goes...
I'm still doing the Propulsion drill workout as I missed most of the swims last week from the pool being closed. While I have no love of drills, I do love what they've done for my stroke rate: 17 per 25 yards. And doing just drills leaves enough energy to get that long run done after work tonight!
Kris- I've been trying on the new EN plan with the Brick on Wednesday. That Mon/Wed/Fri swim just felt so "normal" in the past. But I see the value of keeping that hard interval run farther away from the interval bike & long run. Anyway- provided I actually get the work done in the morning- I think it will be a good schedule. I just gotta get back into the routine (with my AIP at 5:30am on Mondays!)
I did the "long run" today. It was supposed to be 90 min but I only 75 min long with the 2x10' intervals. The longest I've run before today was 60 min and I thought jumping to 90 would be a recipe for re-injury. I'm just being ultra conservative about this comeback trail. Anyway, I'm still really slow, but I gotta say, it felt sooooooo good to be back doing a Thursday morning "long run" again. I'm finally starting to feel like myself again.
I've got a massage scheduled for tonight to help the recovery process from todays run. I've decided to keep working with this guy on a bi-weekly basis through the season. I think it will help keep me healthy- even if it is a bit pricey. No way could I afford to do it every week, so the foam roller will have to be my friend on the off weeks!
Swim tomorrow!!! Looking forward to practicing my flip turns!