The Vision: To develop and execute a plan that will reasonably prepare me to complete an Iron distance triathlon and which will not adversely affect my role as a father, husband, and breadwinner.

The Plan: A 20-week, no frills, no fluff, schedule that generally prescribes one training session of one discipline each day. Weekly training volume steadily builds over the 20-weeks with a “step-back” every fourth week and a taper the last 2-weeks. Training sessions vary in length each day - the average session for the 140-day schedule is 90-minutes…

The Rules:
1.) Morning workouts only – Complete daily sessions early and spend the balance of the day focused on family and work.
2.) Involve the family – Try and share this special experience in both words and actions – anyone up for a run?
3.) Document the journey – There is only one first time. Pictures, thoughts, feelings – 20-years from now I am going to want to remember it all.
4.) Monitor weight/energy daily – Listen to my body and respond – More food? More rest? Total stud?
5.) Snack between meals – Eat Santa, eat. More frequent and smaller meals are the key.
6.) Master workout nutrition – Get it figured out during training. Nobody wants another Poopman.
7.) Missed workouts are missed workouts – At some point in the 140-day schedule, a workout will get missed. Let it go. Don’t even try to make it up. Move on.
8.) Maintain strength – Shoulders, chest, and lats… let us not be strangers. My swim will thank me.
9.) Train with heart rate – Dare to slow down. Burn the right energy source. Enduring depends on it.
10.) Train with joy. Race with joy – This is really the whole point. This adventure is supposed to be fun. Don’t get so bogged down in the details that the fun is lost!



Wednesday, February 5, 2014

*Base Build - 5*

Another blizzard.  Another snow day.  Another day on the treadmill.

I headed over to the Y at lunch and snuck in a 5-mile run - at a leisurely 9:05 pace.  With the slow pace and nothing good on the TV's, I darn near fell asleep (not really).  I wore my HRM to verify that I stayed in zone-2, which I did for the majority of the run.  Toward the end my heart rate crept up a bit and ended in low zone-3, but that's okay for now.  My mileage is quite low so recovery certainly isn't a problem:)

I'm heading home here pretty soon and then over to the University to watch the kids swim.  In my tag-line I state that one of my purposes with Ironman training is to inspire my boys.  The reality is, I am inspired by them nightly.  The work that they are doing is really quite something and I am constantly impressed by their dedication to their sport.  At some point my training will rival and surpass theirs, but right now I am not even in the same ballpark...
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