The thing is that my next race is scheduled 4 weeks after the first one. I really drained myself on this first one which was my A-race and for which one I was peaking.
My second is a HIM. My plan is just to see if it’s fun or not, i wanna do good of course but I don’t really have any expectations since my training has been more focused towards olympic distance traning.
My long workouts this spring has been for swimming 45-60min = 2500-3800m, biking 2.5 - 4 hours = 80 - 135km, running 90 - 120min = 18 - 26km.
I would consider that enough for me to feel comfortable that I would survive the distance. But it’s been a while now since, because of peaking and tapering, so I feel that I need some serious milage again before the race.
My plan was to do a 4h ride and a 2h run sat/sun 3 weeks out then a 4h brick 2 weeks out and maybe a 2h race simulation 1 week out.
Will this kill me?
Also planning to get down from 3 workouts per sport/week to 2. One long and one fast. And really rest the days in between since I’m gonna be on vacation from my energy consuming work. And drink a little more of that relaxing substance they call alcohol.
No-one can give you specific training advice without knowing your history in detail including the workouts you have been doing for the past few months. I’ll give you some general advice, though, that might help:
Personally, I like to race once a month. I train for three weeks, recover/taper for one week, race, then repeat the train/recover/race monthly process up until my end of the season “A” race where I taper and peak for the final three weeks. If I were in your shoes, and was healthy, I’d get right back into a normal training pattern after finishing the Olympic race and keep it up until a week or so before my Half IM. “Normal” means something in line with what you have been doing in the past, not something extreme or excessive. If I was interested in doing well at all, I’d also seriously cut back on bad habits like binge drinking.
With all that tapering you did, you might get best results with some low to moderate intensity training to rebuild your base over the next few weeks versus anything intense. The durations of the workouts should be consistent with the workouts you have been doing this year. It is much better to build up slowly and steadily than to overdo it and get sick or hurt.
I guess I just feel that I’m alittle short on time for both building up the endurance again and also get a descent taper in. but I’m gonna give it a go and hope for the best.