After a winter of doing virtually nothing, I've resumed triathlon training, which I have been doing fairly religiously for about two months now. I haven't been running much, but I bike and swim quite a bit. The results are beginning to show, as I've dropped 11 lbs from 220 lbs to 209 lbs mostly from increasing my mileage on the bike (I've actually been swimming about 2-3 times/week since January, but I hadn't seen much loss in body fat). That's a far cry from the 182 lbs I weighed at Ironman Wisconsin, but it's a start.
We're about to see the results of integrating marathon training into my current training schedule, which should (if my body still acts like it did when I was training for the Ironman) melt away the LBs pretty quickly.
Today marks the official start of the marathon training plan for the Denver Marathon. Unfortunately, there's nothing scheduled in my training plan. I decided to use Hal Higdon's Intermediate II marathon plan, which calls for a cross-training day on Mondays. So... in view of that requirement, I did nothing except commute by bicycle to work.
Plan for the week:
| Weekday | Workouts |
|---|---|
| Monday: | Cross-train: Commute to/from work - 16 miles |
| Tuesday: | Run 3 miles easy; Commute to/from work - 16 miles |
| Wednesday: | Run 5 miles aerobic effort; Bike 15 miles -Hill/Power workout |
| Thursday: | Run 3 miles easy; Swim 2500 meters; Commute to/from work & pool - 21 miles |
| Friday: | Day off - Swim 2500 meters; Commute to/from work & pool - 21 miles |
| Saturday: | Run 5 miles @ goal marathon pace; 40 miles on the bike |
| Sunday: | Long Run: 10 miles @ marathon pace -45 to 90 seconds |
Totals
Swim: ~2 hrs, 5000 meters
Bike: ~7.25 hrs, 130 miles>
Run: ~4.25 hrs, 26 miles
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