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!



Thursday, May 1, 2014

*Base Build - 33*

Tuesday Ian and I went to the Y and lifted weights.  We had a good lift - not much else to say about that.

Yesterday morning I biked 60-minutes on the trainer.  For whatever reason my shorts felt perfectly fine and I was able to just concentrate on the ride - which I executed at a pretty decent effort level.

This morning Ian and I lifted weights again.  We increased the resistance on three different exercises with little difficulty.  Excellent - my plan is working (rubs hands with glee)...

Later post:  At lunch today I ran 9.3-miles outside.  It was chilly and was "threatening" rain.  About hallway through the run the "threat" turned real and I got dumped on pretty good for about a mile.  No worries though.  I was feeling great and ran a fair bit of the distance with a smile pasted on my face.  My legs never got to "achy" and my general energy level stayed fairly constant throughout.  Go Homey!
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