Slightly by my situation and slightly by my curiosity, I ended up more or less exclusively running the whole summer. I noticed significant gains in running ability as result; I am a hardier, faster runner now than the beginning of the summer. Capstone event for the season is a marathon in 2 weeks.
This will be my 2nd year of this "tri" gig and I only did 2 events this last year. I am 21 and have long term goals to prepare for a strong HIM in a few years. In fact I would be more than happy to be suboptimal for the 2006 race season if it meant a better 2007 & 2008 season.
My basic idea is to heavily emphasize one sport per season (something like 75% of my time/focus to that sport) and then use the summer as balance/tuneup and race. Example would be Fall-Swim, Winter-Run, Spring-Bike, Summer-Balanced
Since my swim is the weakest right now, I'm looking at how best to put together a swim intense 12 week program. I know right now I cannot swim more than 5k on a 2 day basis, but I hope to be able to get some quality meters in by the end of this block. Ultimate goal is a 30k meters in week 12. The basic week for this block is the following (building up to this):
M: Morning 1h swim w/ club Afternoon 1h swim drill focus
T: Morning 1h swim Afternoon 30m swim + 1hr run
W: Morning 1h swim w/ club
Th: Morning 1h swim Afternoon 30m swim + 90m Bike
F: Morning 1h swim w/ club Afternoon 1h swim drill focus
S: Morning 1-1.5 hr run Afternoon possible 1-1.5hr bike
Su: Morning 2+ hr bike (slow slow slow)
Saturday w/o would be every other week. I am sure I cannot handle the swim volume right now, but I'm more worried about going backwards in the other two fields. Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Daniel Heineck
The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important.
-Albert J. Nock
This will be my 2nd year of this "tri" gig and I only did 2 events this last year. I am 21 and have long term goals to prepare for a strong HIM in a few years. In fact I would be more than happy to be suboptimal for the 2006 race season if it meant a better 2007 & 2008 season.
My basic idea is to heavily emphasize one sport per season (something like 75% of my time/focus to that sport) and then use the summer as balance/tuneup and race. Example would be Fall-Swim, Winter-Run, Spring-Bike, Summer-Balanced
Since my swim is the weakest right now, I'm looking at how best to put together a swim intense 12 week program. I know right now I cannot swim more than 5k on a 2 day basis, but I hope to be able to get some quality meters in by the end of this block. Ultimate goal is a 30k meters in week 12. The basic week for this block is the following (building up to this):
M: Morning 1h swim w/ club Afternoon 1h swim drill focus
T: Morning 1h swim Afternoon 30m swim + 1hr run
W: Morning 1h swim w/ club
Th: Morning 1h swim Afternoon 30m swim + 90m Bike
F: Morning 1h swim w/ club Afternoon 1h swim drill focus
S: Morning 1-1.5 hr run Afternoon possible 1-1.5hr bike
Su: Morning 2+ hr bike (slow slow slow)
Saturday w/o would be every other week. I am sure I cannot handle the swim volume right now, but I'm more worried about going backwards in the other two fields. Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Daniel Heineck
The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important.
-Albert J. Nock