My training has been pretty haphazard so far this year. Woke up this morning and decided I needed a better plan. My first step is to look at the different disciplines and allot hours to them for the week. I can’t actually lay out a schedule because my work schedule is variable. My long runs are usually tues with long ride on thurs. I work weekends so most available plans are hard to adapt for me. This is my hours commitment first draft. Opinions?
Run 5-7 hours
Bike 8-10
yoga 3 hours (very necessary for me)
gym, I am currently doing 3-5 hours on weights with lots of core and stabilization excercises will drop weights for swim later in season, but will keep 1-2 hours core work in routine.
swim 3 hours (probably won’t add this for a bit yet)
My goal this year is to do 1-2 1/2 irons with more of an racing attitude as opposed to just finishing. Long range goal is IM Japan in 06.
If you hit your max run and bike hours, with two hours of weights and not counting yoga, that’s 22 hours a week. If you work full time and have any kind of life outside work and tri, that’s a ton of hours. You might want to at least consider looking at Joe Friel’s Triathlete’s Training Bible and become acquainted with the concept of periodization (provides for a week of fewer hours and some testing/intensity every third or fourth week).
Of course it depends on your goals, but I’ve been fine in a half-IM with roughly 5 hrs of running, 8 on the bike and 3 swimming in a high volume week.
I’ve got the training bible. The way my schedule is my rest weeks tend to fall where I can’t get all my training in. Happens way more than I like. thought my run hours were a bit high.
A lot depends on your weaknesses and strengths…your goals…your background…but in general I think time training should be proportional to time racing. Lets say you do a half IM in 30 - 2:30-1:30 = 4:30 (very fast but its an easy example) - I’d spend roughly 1/9th of min time swimming - 1/3 running and the rest biking…I think you are running too much rel. to your bike…and core stuff is great if you have time or have injuries but I think you’d be better off swimming/biking/running.