Today was an intense day, to say the least. There were back to back meetings that were high priority and high visibility from a business process standpoint. The meetings were from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm with no break for lunch. I had a tuna sandwich at my desk during one of the meetings.
The day did gave me a chance to learn a lot, however at the end I was ready to burn the energy at the gym and calm down. So I printed a couple triathlon articles and road on the stationary bike.
After reading the articles, I'm not quite sure how I should be training.The first article gives the impression that one may have to train for a year and up to 30 hours a week. I don't have a year, I'm not sure that I have 30 hours a week... Or maybe I do? On a long day, I may spend 3 hours in a day at the gym, then sometimes I'll ski all day on the weekend... 15 + 15 = 30? But that's not the norm. And the time definitely isn't dedicated to triathlon training. The second article highlights someone who trains up to 12 hours a week and did pretty well. The advice is not the most motivating for me personally. Limit your swim? I love the swimming... Ride a bike alone? I'm all about the social part. Heh, I think I'll just ignore that advice this is supposed to be fun.
As my take away points, the running is serious and I will continue to see my running coach to work on form. As much as I hate sprint workouts, they are most definitely necessary to include in the three triathlon training activities. I'll ask the swimming (masters) coach when she does the lactic acid workouts : P And I will try to incorporate weights.
Articles:
http://www.mensfitness.com/training/endurance/fitness-tips-training-for-an-ironman-triathlon
http://robbwolf.com/2012/09/21/10-ways-ironman-triathletes-avoid-chronic-cardio-self-destruction/
*** Tuesday training ***
1 hr top-rope climbing
45 minutes bike (steady pace)
30 minutes of abs from one of the most intense class trainers... I feel like I should give him a nickname... I'll work on that
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