Did you set a goal for 2014 (Couldn’t find the thread from last year)? With only 3 months to go and winter approaching, outdoor biking and running often decrease.
Personally 2014 was a bike year for me. My goals were:
5000 km Bike
1250 km Run
Learn to swim properly
YTD with excuses
3500 km with bike “vacation” coming up in two weeks. 1500 km in 3 months should be doable.
500 km Run - have enjoyed the increased volume on the bike, but this had led to fewer kilometers in the running shoes.
Can’t even crawl 1000 meter and I am thinking of taking a 14-days-in-the-pool approach to kickstart it - I really want to learn to swim, but it is not as funny when the sun is shining and my expensive bike screams for a ride.
So did you set a goal for 2014 and are you on track to reaching it?
My main goal was to run more this year than 2012 (before I added in cycling). Right now, I’m at 920 miles and should be at 962 to be on track. I might still be able to pull it off once the weather turns. It is an easier decision whether to run or ride if my only option is the trainer.
Did you set a goal for 2014 (Couldn’t find the thread from last year)? With only 3 months to go and winter approaching, outdoor biking and running often decrease.
Personally 2014 was a bike year for me. My goals were:
5000 km Bike
1250 km Run
Learn to swim properly
YTD with excuses
3500 km with bike “vacation” coming up in two weeks. 1500 km in 3 months should be doable.
500 km Run - have enjoyed the increased volume on the bike, but this had led to fewer kilometers in the running shoes.
Can’t even crawl 1000 meter and I am thinking of taking a 14-days-in-the-pool approach to kickstart it - I really want to learn to swim, but it is not as funny when the sun is shining and my expensive bike screams for a ride.
So did you set a goal for 2014 and are you on track to reaching it?
My only goal was to train consistently I didn’t set any actual mileage goals.
This is my training since January 1st:
Swim: ~50k in a focused block right before race season otherwise barely any
Bike: 3200 km - tons of climbing
Run: 1610 km - high frequency with a lot of trails and moderate climbing plus speedwork
Interestingly I have more hours running than biking 134 vs. 126.
Edit: Also just calculated average speeds out of curiosity. I’m at about 25 km/h on the bike and 5:00/km for the run.
Just a roadie, so a bit of a one trick pony. Had planned on 650 hours and roughly 13,000 miles. Raced more than ever (still not a lot) and have been a slacker since early August. Did the bike leg as part of a relay at Richmond Rox Half. That was fun! On schedule for 600 hours and 12,000 miles, but it’s gonna be close.
Finding a gf, adding camping and kayaking seems to have reducing my desire to ride a little… ;-))
I started my journey into triathlon with my first sprint in April of 2013 and went all in after that. I was total non-swimmer as of Feb. 2013 and have built that up from scratch and am happy to say that I’ve finally started enjoying training in the pool.
My training up to this point in the year:
Swim: 129 miles (84 hours)
Bike: 7,757 miles (419 hours)
Run: 814 miles (105.5 hours)
This volume has allowed me to have some pretty massive PR’s this season.
I went from a 5:23 HIM to a 4:41. HIM swim went from a 50 min to a 34, bike from a 2:45 to a 2:18, and run from a 1:39 to a 1:37. All these PR’s weren’t in the same race, but still give an idea what the volume has done for me from one season to the next. My running has also improved some moving my 10K PR to a 38:40 from a 40:40 last season but I definitely want to improve there if I’m going to get to the next level and go sub 4:30 someday in the HIM. Swimming has been a struggle, but I joined a masters class and learned how to swim sets and push myself instead of just swimming for 45-60 minutes like I did the previous year when I was just learning the discipline.
I’m registered for two full IM’s next season: CDE and Wisconsin so hopefully I can put down some solid times in those next season.
As a side note, I’m a single teacher so I have a lot of time to train and up to this point I’ve still been able to keep it fun!
I didn’t set any volume goals for this year, as I got married in June and was uncertain of my race schedule until much later than last year (my first season). With that said, I saw some solid results, especially in the run as I laid off the bike most of last winter/spring. The low volume on the bike showed in my races, and that as well as the swim will be an increased area of focus for me beginning now, but certainly going into 2015 as I’ll be racing Ironman Coeur d’Alene - my first Ironman.
So far:
Run: 1,111 miles (139 hours)
Bike: 2,654 miles (145 hours)
Swim: 172,900 yards (51 hours) (no swimming for 3 months this year)
Strength: 30 hours total
For October I am swimming 12-15k a week, and doing my first Trainerroad block. The run is simply focused on frequency, concepts of the Barry P plan to maintain form and develop economy. These numbers should look pretty solid by the end of the year.
Running: 747/750 - Will knock this out today
Swimming: 66/50 - Should have set the bar higher
Mountain Biking: 122/300 - Little bit of a stretch, but doable
Road Biking: 1819/2000 - Should be no problem
If I didn’t travel Mon-Thurs for work I would set much loftier cycling goals. Would love for them to be double these numbers.
I believe training consistently is the key, but often it is nice to compare volume with everyone else.
Personally I find out that a lot of people are training with much higher volume - ofcourse volume and training in general is connected to what goal people have.
Furthermore it is nice to have a mileage goal or time goal, due to being able to celebrate - yes, I really made that 5000 km in the saddle and what an unforgettable experience with the long summer rides and cold hardcore hill intervals.
I think that it’s interesting to look at the overall time in each sport for the year, and it definitely matches with my performance level in each. I’m a poor swimmer, decent cyclist and pretty strong runner. I think that since the goal for 2015 is to really work on IM distance and not just the open marathon that I need to increase the overall time spent training in swimming and cycling.
Assuming that I’m working on 10hr IM goal, this would have a breakdown of about 1:10 swim, 5:25 bike, and 3:25 run (excluding transition time). The percentage of time in each sport during the race is:
12% swimming
54% cycling
34% running
For 2014 my percentage training in each was:
13% swimming
41% cycling
46% running
I should really perform this analysis on only the time period during IM training if I want to apply this to IM training but it looks like I have my answer as to why I perform better as the day goes on!
I definitely need to ramp up my cycling to close to ~55% of my overall training volume, but the big question is how much more swimming should I realistically do? Where is the point of diminishing returns in swimming? Boosting it to 15%, 20%, 25% where is the point that it takes away more from the other sports than you are gaining in the swim?
I see many people using the race approach, but I don’t think it is a good approach. Especially swim being very technique dependent, you will need to put in a lot of time to be a decent swimmer. In my opinion… when you hit the 60-75 min/3800 m swim, increased focus towards running and biking will probably yield better results on the ironman distance then improving that swim time by 5-10 mins.
On the other hand in draft legal races, it will be different due to the need of getting in the front pack to get the benefit of drafting.
Didn’t set any goals but here is my mileage from this year up to 10/3.
Swim: 321160 yards in 83:46 hours (17% of training time)
Bike: 4331 miles in 232:52 hours (49% of training time)
Run: 1265 miles in 155:26 (33% of training time)
since I only ride, I will present a different set of values
miles 11,202
time 568:34
kJ 503,983
AP 246w
goal…went out window with second concussion of year when taken out by car in May(1st being slip on snow dusted icy sidewalk) took until mid July to feel right
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