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, June 4, 2014

*Base Build - 41*

Monday I biked for 120-minutes on the trainer.  I fueled with Shot Bloks every 10-minutes followed by a couple swigs of water.  This seems to work pretty well and I must admit that I like the taste of the Bloks quite a bit and look forward to each one.
I felt pretty good and strong for the ride and rode they second hour harder than the first.  By the ride's end my rump was getting anxious to be done, but overall a good ride.

Yesterday morning Ian and I lifted weights.  He was sort of dragging (5:15 is pretty early for him still) and was kind of going through the motions.  I felt great.  I think if I were to look back, the Tuesday workout is always a little off for him.  He will likely be a different animal come Thursday.

Last evening I ran 7-miles while the kids swam at the University.  Most of the run was executed too fast, but I forced a slowdown the last couple miles and finished very loose.  I am please with how comfortable my legs feel on both the long runs and these shorter, supporting runs.  Hopefully I will continue to feel this way as the distances continue to build:)
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