Coeur d'Alene will be my 5th Ironman. After completing the previous 4, I've written a race recap that detailed my experience racing a 11+ hour, 140.6 mile Triathlon. However, the race is the easy part. The training is where the commitment and dedication lies. This blog will detail my journey through the next 6 months as I prepare for Ironman Coeur d'Alene...including the progression of the workouts, nutrition, and the challenges of day to day life has on IM Training.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Thursday 12/18
Today was a little recovery day after the strength session on the legs yesterday. Just 1 workout today.....a 6 mile recovery run done in zone 2 (easy enough that you could hold a conversation w/ someone). Even w/ just 3 days into Training, I can already tell how I'm going to need to up my calorie intake to sustain training. And this is low intensity. Later in training, I'll detail a days nutrition.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Cycle / Strength Day
Woke up at 5:30am for a 1:10 cycle trainer workout. During this base period, will focus on developing aerobic endurance. The cycle workout was done in an aerobic heart rate Zone 3. Trainer workouts are typically hard to do b/c its no better than running on a treadmill (boring), but I'm watching Dexter on Netflix. Once these workouts get into more intense heart rate zones, it'll be hard to watch TV. Then it'll turn to itunes for some heart pumping workout music.
Then after work I did a 1.5 mile warm up on the treadmill, and then hit some leg, lat, and abs strength training at the gym. Feels good to be back focused on a race. The goal of this first week is just get back into my training routine. My cycling pain cave below:
Then after work I did a 1.5 mile warm up on the treadmill, and then hit some leg, lat, and abs strength training at the gym. Feels good to be back focused on a race. The goal of this first week is just get back into my training routine. My cycling pain cave below:
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Day 1
12/16 - Today marks the first day of training for IM CDA. After a nice weekend trip to Vail to cap off my off-season that started late October that consisted of light workouts, nothing structured, and gaining a few pounds, it's time to get to work for IM CDA on June 27, 2015. Today's workout consisted of a 3.5 mile run with hill repeats in the AM, a 1800 meter swim at lunch, and a 50 minute cycle on an indoor trainer. The updates will be on a weekly basis, but wanted to get an entry in to mark the start of the Journey.
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