Hey ST Brains,
I'm thinking a lot about my run recently and debating which type of plan to go with. Let me caveat this by mentioning I've had an in-person coach and it didn't work as I ended up injured (mostly due to my own genetics and stupidity, but being an in-person coach, I wish it had been noticed earlier and I ended up needing 6+ months recovery).
With that out of the way, I'm open to coaching if I find the *right* coach for me, I've been looking and haven't found the person I jive with.
So in the short term I'm self-coaching and thinking a lot about my run. Why the run? Because I'm a slow land beast and need to focus there.
What's a slow land beast? I don't train the swim at all due to my strong swimming background and can easily crank out a '28 on the 70.3 with no fatigue and get sucked into the sub '25 group if I dumb and don't think about the rest of the race. Last race I went a '31 because of the aforementioned injury and wanted to make sure I had no back pain coming out of the water. For the bike I can crank out a sub hour 40km in my training rides with no drafting/group and can lay down a 2:20 90km when I'm just out on a bike day.
But when I run, I suck. Going sub-50 on a 10k is work for me. Like real work. I can easily turn around and go 1:50 on the 20k so its not just endurance. I literally spend my last 70.3 on the run getting passed the entire time. Until the last 1km when I still had a little leg left. The finisher directly above me in the age group beat me by about 30 seconds total and 24 minutes on the run.
So yeah, slow land beast.
And I'm big, but no longer big big. When I signed up for my first full IM I was 120KG, ran it at 97. I got down to 79kg, but generally race at around 83 now cause that's where I'm comfortable.
So as I tackle this conundrum I'm debating if I should start with something like a 3:30 marathon training regiment or a 1:30 half marathon training plan, or something completely different.
For context, as I'm still in PT, I'm only racing 70.3 and below in 2020.
Also, if you can think of a great coach for this type of thing, remote (I'm traveling a bit for work, but based in Latin America), would love to hear it.
I'm thinking a lot about my run recently and debating which type of plan to go with. Let me caveat this by mentioning I've had an in-person coach and it didn't work as I ended up injured (mostly due to my own genetics and stupidity, but being an in-person coach, I wish it had been noticed earlier and I ended up needing 6+ months recovery).
With that out of the way, I'm open to coaching if I find the *right* coach for me, I've been looking and haven't found the person I jive with.
So in the short term I'm self-coaching and thinking a lot about my run. Why the run? Because I'm a slow land beast and need to focus there.
What's a slow land beast? I don't train the swim at all due to my strong swimming background and can easily crank out a '28 on the 70.3 with no fatigue and get sucked into the sub '25 group if I dumb and don't think about the rest of the race. Last race I went a '31 because of the aforementioned injury and wanted to make sure I had no back pain coming out of the water. For the bike I can crank out a sub hour 40km in my training rides with no drafting/group and can lay down a 2:20 90km when I'm just out on a bike day.
But when I run, I suck. Going sub-50 on a 10k is work for me. Like real work. I can easily turn around and go 1:50 on the 20k so its not just endurance. I literally spend my last 70.3 on the run getting passed the entire time. Until the last 1km when I still had a little leg left. The finisher directly above me in the age group beat me by about 30 seconds total and 24 minutes on the run.
So yeah, slow land beast.
And I'm big, but no longer big big. When I signed up for my first full IM I was 120KG, ran it at 97. I got down to 79kg, but generally race at around 83 now cause that's where I'm comfortable.
So as I tackle this conundrum I'm debating if I should start with something like a 3:30 marathon training regiment or a 1:30 half marathon training plan, or something completely different.
For context, as I'm still in PT, I'm only racing 70.3 and below in 2020.
Also, if you can think of a great coach for this type of thing, remote (I'm traveling a bit for work, but based in Latin America), would love to hear it.