March 2009
Posted by trytotri on April 6, 2009
At the start of another month and exactly five months to my A race, the London Triathlon. More of a worry is that my debut triathlon is now less than two months away. Having looked at my work out log I can’t see any regular sessions appearing and so I have decided to try and come up with a weekly schedule.
Born2Tri run a swim session on a Monday night and very early on a Friday morning and in the warmer weather there is an open water swim on a Tuesday night. They have a run session at the local running track on a Wednesday and a road / trail run on a Sunday morning. Their bike session is on a Saturday morning. Unfortunately I can’t make all of their sessions so I will have to mix and match. I also want to try and do as much as possible during the working day, either on the way in, at lunch time or on the way home.
I intend therefore to cycle to and from work before going to the club swim session on a Monday, run to and from work on a Tuesday and Thursday, cycle in and out on a Wednesday and then go to the club track session. Friday will be a rest day apart from the commute. On Saturday I will go for a run and either join the club ride or go out with my cycle buddy Paul and I’ll finish the week by joining the Sunday morning club run or open water swim. That should do the trick.
I have been advised that every fourth week should be a rest week to help the body recover and then move up a notch in terms of effort or distance. On those weeks I’ll cut out the midday run and the run to and from work. I’ll also try and take it a bit easier at the weekend.
March 11th
So much for plans, as over a week has passed and I haven’t put it into practise yet. Perhaps next week!
Having celebrated my 44th birthday last week I am now the proud owner of three books that have defined triathlon training. They are the Triathlete’s Training Bible, the accompanying Training Log and Total Immersion Swimming. I now have a lot of reading to do but from a quick flick through I think that they will be invaluable as my triathlon training progresses.
March 18th
I had a good ride on Saturday completing the 20 mile circuit in 1:17 including an awesome downhill run that recorded 35 mph on the Garmin and cycle computer.
On Monday I just about managed to get to the club swim despite the best intentions of the train company as we were turfed off the train due to a fault?
On Tuesday I had a good run in to work but I extended the run home to take in the sites of London, taking in Picadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, the London Eye, a run along the embankment past The Tate Museum over the Millenium Bridge up past St Pauls and The Bank of England.
The run home took quite a lot out of me as the 10 mile daily total prooved a bit too much too soon. I have also come to the conclusion that my running shoes are past their best, I did buy them in 2006! All right I didn’t really use them during 2007 & 2008!
I have joined the twitters! I can’t quite remember why, but I have now set up my profile and you can follow my tweets at www.twitter.com/trytotri.
Does anyone read this blog? If anyone is out there can you let me know either by leaving a comment or let me know using twitter.
March 27th
I had a great ride on Saturday we rode out to Maldon and back taking in some good hills and lush countryside. On the way back I came off my bike, only my pride was hurt as the incident occurred as I tried to clip in to the pedals. I didn’t push away properly came to a halt and toppled sideways! I suppose I can now say that I’ve now joined the club.
