Specifically, Long Course Aquabike Nationals which is on November 12th. It's in Miami this year which is only a couple hours drive for me.
Here's where my weekly training currently sits about two weeks out from my A-race for the year which will be on August 27th:
-5 hours of swimming for ~15,000m/week
-4 hours of cycling, mostly Z3 and higher (2x20s, VO2 max work, etc... I've been short-course focused for the last two years)
-5 hours of running for ~34 miles/week
I'd like to hang on to some of the run gains I've made over the summer but I also realize I'll have to reduce my run volume. I'm not sure it makes sense for me to add any more swim volume. With my current swim volume I should be out of the water in just under 30 minutes if it's not wetsuit legal and about 27 minutes if it's wetsuit legal. I can't imagine that an extra 3,000m/week for 12 weeks would add up to more than a few seconds saved on the swim whereas that same hour per week on the bike could be worth a minute or more.
Here's what I'm thinking:
-5 hours of swimming
-7 hours of cycling
-2 hours of running
For 70.3s I've done in the past I've followed TR's 70.3 programs. However, I'm thinking that since I won't be running after the bike, maybe it would be better to follow TR's High Volume 40k TT plan? Thoughts?
How should I break up the run? Two hour-long easy runs? Four thirty-minute runs? Ideally I would combine runs with my swims (swim first) for the sake of time efficiency. Maybe just a 20 minute easy run after every swim?
For what it's worth, running seems to take the most out of me in my training. Other than "heavy arms" after a swim or "heavy legs" after a bike, those workouts never really get me down. However, if I go out for a long run (and my long runs aren't really that long) I feel like I need to take a nap when I get back home.
Thanks for any input.
Here's where my weekly training currently sits about two weeks out from my A-race for the year which will be on August 27th:
-5 hours of swimming for ~15,000m/week
-4 hours of cycling, mostly Z3 and higher (2x20s, VO2 max work, etc... I've been short-course focused for the last two years)
-5 hours of running for ~34 miles/week
I'd like to hang on to some of the run gains I've made over the summer but I also realize I'll have to reduce my run volume. I'm not sure it makes sense for me to add any more swim volume. With my current swim volume I should be out of the water in just under 30 minutes if it's not wetsuit legal and about 27 minutes if it's wetsuit legal. I can't imagine that an extra 3,000m/week for 12 weeks would add up to more than a few seconds saved on the swim whereas that same hour per week on the bike could be worth a minute or more.
Here's what I'm thinking:
-5 hours of swimming
-7 hours of cycling
-2 hours of running
For 70.3s I've done in the past I've followed TR's 70.3 programs. However, I'm thinking that since I won't be running after the bike, maybe it would be better to follow TR's High Volume 40k TT plan? Thoughts?
How should I break up the run? Two hour-long easy runs? Four thirty-minute runs? Ideally I would combine runs with my swims (swim first) for the sake of time efficiency. Maybe just a 20 minute easy run after every swim?
For what it's worth, running seems to take the most out of me in my training. Other than "heavy arms" after a swim or "heavy legs" after a bike, those workouts never really get me down. However, if I go out for a long run (and my long runs aren't really that long) I feel like I need to take a nap when I get back home.
Thanks for any input.