Help!
I'm going for my first Olympic distance race season after completing 3 sprints last year - objective is to complete somewhere around 3hrs to 3hrs 30min mark.
I've been in base period for 12 weeks and working Zone 2 (not much else). 2 x bike (2x 1hr20mins cycles = 35k per cycle), run (2x 30mins = 5k per run), swim (2x 25mins = 900m per swim) & wanted your thoughts on what i should do between now and first race in 22 weeks time?!!
Having read a lot on 80:20 rule I'm a little lost on how I go about continuing to build time/distance (currently adding about 7% time per session per week) but also intensity to be 'race-ready'?
I'm on training-peaks & have old power-pedals I got from my brother but don't have the money to buy a plan or hire a trainer and am struggling to find a free plan online that shows how to manage this!
Specific qs are:
How would you suggest I train between now and race day?
What zone should I race in? (I'm told race in low zone 3 but i've also read that I shouldn't do any training there!!)
All help greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
ConorMc
I'm going for my first Olympic distance race season after completing 3 sprints last year - objective is to complete somewhere around 3hrs to 3hrs 30min mark.
I've been in base period for 12 weeks and working Zone 2 (not much else). 2 x bike (2x 1hr20mins cycles = 35k per cycle), run (2x 30mins = 5k per run), swim (2x 25mins = 900m per swim) & wanted your thoughts on what i should do between now and first race in 22 weeks time?!!
Having read a lot on 80:20 rule I'm a little lost on how I go about continuing to build time/distance (currently adding about 7% time per session per week) but also intensity to be 'race-ready'?
I'm on training-peaks & have old power-pedals I got from my brother but don't have the money to buy a plan or hire a trainer and am struggling to find a free plan online that shows how to manage this!
Specific qs are:
How would you suggest I train between now and race day?
What zone should I race in? (I'm told race in low zone 3 but i've also read that I shouldn't do any training there!!)
All help greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
ConorMc