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!



Sunday, June 8, 2014

*Base Build - 43*

Yesterday my 60-minute bike ride got cut short by 15-minutes due to family obligations.  It was a very busy day and we were running around like crazy people for most of it.  Fortunately, the time spent on the bike was at a higher intensity than usual so I wasn't quite so disappointed to finish early.

Today I ran 10.5-miles around town.  Tour de Valpo.  This week the tour took me west and north through the rolling rural hills.  I was diligent to keep my pace down as I was a little concerned about my calf tightening up again.  Fortunately, it never did.  Perhaps the slower pace helped (or maybe I was just better hydrated).  I must admit, though, that my legs felt a little achy for about the last third of the run - that surprised me a little.  My 10-miler last week felt great so I sort of expected the same.  Oh well.  It was a decent run and executed reasonably well:)

So... tomorrow officially begins my 20-week program.  It will be exciting to work through the schedule I created.  My base building went pretty well and both my bike and run are ahead of where I wanted them for the start of the 20-week program.  The swim... well, thats another story but I know that I can get it on track.  It was a conscious decision to hold off on my swim training.  I simply felt that my energy was better spent on building a nice fat base for the bike and run.  And so onward we go.  Iron Training begins... now.
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