John Bianchi said:I did serveral triathalons while in college, but that was over ten
year ago.
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This year I began training to do a few sprint triathalons at the end
of
Quoted message said:summer. Time (both the aging process and the fact that
responsibilities
Quoted message said:have entered my life) has now shifted from trying to win my age group
to
Quoted message said:trying to complete the tri in a respectable time. I'm definitely not
just
Quoted message said:happy to finish the event.
However, it seems the books and articles I read are either based on
trying
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written
Quoted message said:towards a semi-pro triathalete (And I certainly don't have the budget
to
Quoted message said:afford professional coaching).
Right now I'm trying to do three sessions each week for each activity
(9
Quoted message said:sessions, plus two sessions per week in the gym) and many of the
articles
Quoted message said:and books suggest 4 sessions per week per activity.
So, if I drop down to a 2 sessions per week per activity, how big of
an
Quoted message said:impact is that going to have on my overall time? For a typical
sprint tri
Quoted message said:(1/4 mi Swim; 12 mi Bike; 5K Run), I'm shooting for 70 minutes. Is
this
Quoted message said:reasonable on 2 sessions per week?
What are you guys doing?
Thanks,
Darrin
Darrin- I am training for an Olympic Distance and will share with you
my schedule. I was a long distance runner all through school. Since
graduating I have slipped in my running, and am beginning to gain
weight! I decided to train for some local tri's in my area. I don't
plan on competing until next year as I have started too late. So I
developed my schedule as follows:
Sun: Off/Rest Day
Mon: AM- Swim (AT) PM- Bike (EN)
Tue: AM- Run (EN) PM- Bike (AT)
Wed: AM- Swim (EN) PM- Run (AT)
Thu: AM- Swim (EN) PM- Bike (EN)
Fri: AM- Bike (AT) PM- Run (EN)
Sat: AM- Brick (AT) PM- Swim (AT)
Mon and Thu are weight training days also. EN=Endurance AT=Anaerobic
Threshold. Saturday morning is an alternating brick workout
(swim/bike, bike/run) where I exercise at near peak performance
focusing also on transitions. When the winter hits, I will replace the
run with a cross country ski. I do not have a coach or club
membership. This is all done at or around my house. My local
university allows me to swim/weight-train at no charge. Also, this
schedule fits my daily routine.
I hope this helped. I plan on being a peak performance Spring 2005 and
making my competetors "run for their money' so-to-speak.
Aaron