As most of you know, I'm not big on writing about the details of my training. There are a few reasons for this, one is that I know most of my readers aren't triathletes and so the details don't necessarily mean all that much to you, and the other, bigger reason is that I don't like to obsess about my training. I do this for fun and I choose to not let it consume me and be the be-all end-all of my existence. Also, I don't like to make a big deal about my training because while I do think that doing triathlons, especially the longer ones, does take a lot of work and commitment, I also think that most people are capable of doing a triathlon if they put their mind to it. That being said, I fully appreciate everyone's praise and of course I love the compliments - who wouldn't?
So while I rarely post just about my training, I do occasionally feel obligated to share. I've had quite a few questions from non-triathlete friends and family about my training schedule. What, when, how long, how often? Well, I'm not really one to track numbers all that much. I have a coach, Brandon Marsh - check out his blog for good triathlon training tips and amusing insights - and he puts together my daily workouts and long term plans so tracking numbers hasn't really been a huge concern for me. I log all my workouts and I could dig up everything from recent years and put together totals, but it's not really my thing. Anyway, Brandon has been using a spreadsheet for the past few months to track my workouts so the totals are right there. I actually haven't even been looking at the grand totals for the week, I just log my workouts for the day and move on, but it's time to start ramping up my training in preparation for the Gulf Coast Half-iron in May so I was curious about this week's totals.
My basic weekly training schedule is this - 3 set runs- Tuesday - quality, Thursday - tempo, Saturday - long, there are other runs that get scheduled, but those 3 are always there; 2 swim workouts Tues and Thursday, straight swim on Sunday, other swims get scheduled depending on volume for the week; bike - Wed - interval workout on the trainer, Fri - ride, Sun - long ride, other rides as scheduled or as I feel like. Sometimes I ride the trainer in the evening if I have time to kill before dinner or I feel like it. Sometimes I go for a ride if the weather is nice and I want to. I like riding. I have other workouts on my schedule - these are for core strengthening, so pilates, yoga, the stadium workout. Brandon started putting them on my schedule to help keep me motivated to do my strength work. So here are my totals for this week, which was an easy week. Swim: 1:50 hr, 4100 yd Bike: 6:45 hrs Run: 3:25 hrs, 20 miles Other: 5:45 hrs Total 17:45 hrs of training. 17:25 hrs was scheduled. This doesn't include the yoga classes I teach or any other yoga I do that is in addition to the specific core workouts.
I can't really put these numbers into much of a meaningful context since I don't have much to compare them to, but I do know that quantity and duration of several of the workouts will go up considerably as training ramps up. This is probably the last time I'll go into this much detail about my training so I hope you got your fill.
My basic weekly training schedule is this - 3 set runs- Tuesday - quality, Thursday - tempo, Saturday - long, there are other runs that get scheduled, but those 3 are always there; 2 swim workouts Tues and Thursday, straight swim on Sunday, other swims get scheduled depending on volume for the week; bike - Wed - interval workout on the trainer, Fri - ride, Sun - long ride, other rides as scheduled or as I feel like. Sometimes I ride the trainer in the evening if I have time to kill before dinner or I feel like it. Sometimes I go for a ride if the weather is nice and I want to. I like riding. I have other workouts on my schedule - these are for core strengthening, so pilates, yoga, the stadium workout. Brandon started putting them on my schedule to help keep me motivated to do my strength work. So here are my totals for this week, which was an easy week. Swim: 1:50 hr, 4100 yd Bike: 6:45 hrs Run: 3:25 hrs, 20 miles Other: 5:45 hrs Total 17:45 hrs of training. 17:25 hrs was scheduled. This doesn't include the yoga classes I teach or any other yoga I do that is in addition to the specific core workouts.
I can't really put these numbers into much of a meaningful context since I don't have much to compare them to, but I do know that quantity and duration of several of the workouts will go up considerably as training ramps up. This is probably the last time I'll go into this much detail about my training so I hope you got your fill.
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