OK gang, I've missed almost three weeks of training and the next week will only be able to do some spotty training. I'm still determined to try to do IMFL in November. Any suggestions for how to train in the coming four or five weeks? I know I'll need to taper the last two, but just want to see if I can do anything to salvage my endurance. I've been very active, just not with activities that prepare one fo ran IM. Now if they change the race so that you have to get off the bike every ten miles and clear a bunch of fallen trees, repair a roof, and rip out carpets from a flooded house, I might be able to win! In all seriousness though, I'd appreciate suggestions. I've done several 60-plus mile rides, two 80 milers, and one century. I'd like to try another century in two weeks, although all of my usual routes are wiped out. My running is very weak at the moment, but I think I can get a 10 mile run in. Swimming is my best event, so as long as I can work some of the kinks out from doing "real work" I can manage that part with a few long, slow swims between now and then.
Tom Henderson <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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OK gang, I've missed almost three weeks of training and the next week will only be able to do some spotty training. I'm still determined to try to do IMFL in November. Any suggestions for how to train in the coming four or five weeks? I know I'll need to taper the last two, but just want to see if I can do anything to salvage my endurance. I've been very active, just not with activities that prepare one fo ran IM. Now if they change the race so that you have to get off the bike every ten miles and clear a bunch of fallen trees, repair a roof, and rip out carpets from a flooded house, I might be able to win! In all seriousness though, I'd appreciate suggestions. I've done several 60-plus mile rides, two 80 milers, and one century. I'd like to try another century in two weeks, although all of my usual routes are wiped out. My running is very weak at the moment, but I think I can get a 10 mile run in. Swimming is my best event, so as long as I can work some of the kinks out from doing "real work" I can manage that part with a few long, slow swims between now and then.
Thanks for any advice!
Tom "Oh, my aching back" Henderson
Update: Went out for a ride and cut my tire on debris! I've decided I'm doing this race no matter how screwed up my training has been. Wish me luck!
Update: Went out for a ride and cut my tire on debris! I've decided I'm doing this race no matter how screwed up my training has been. Wish me luck!
Tom,
There's nothing like the quiet confidence that comes from toeing the start line knowing that you are definitely NOTover-trained.... LOL
My advice would be to back off a notch or two on the bike, especially at the beginning. If you're still feeling good at 80 or so, then pick it up. (Or not.) Just don't go out and hammer and blow up out there.
Mike Tennent <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Tom Henderson said:
Update: Went out for a ride and cut my tire on debris! I've decided I'm doing this race no matter how screwed up my training has been. Wish me luck!
Tom,
There's nothing like the quiet confidence that comes from toeing the start line knowing that you are definitely NOTover-trained.... LOL
My advice would be to back off a notch or two on the bike, especially at the beginning. If you're still feeling good at 80 or so, then pick it up. (Or not.) Just don't go out and hammer and blow up out there.
Mike Tennent "IronPenguin"
Thanks Mike, it's great to get some useful advice here instead of the off-topic rantings about which idiot will run the country for the next 4 years!
That was my plan, if I can maintain the discipline to stick with it. I'll also be keeping a close eye on the heart rate during the run.
Mike Tennent <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Tom Henderson said:
Update: Went out for a ride and cut my tire on debris! I've decided I'm doing this race no matter how screwed up my training has been. Wish me luck!
Tom,
There's nothing like the quiet confidence that comes from toeing the start line knowing that you are definitely NOTover-trained.... LOL
My advice would be to back off a notch or two on the bike, especially at the beginning. If you're still feeling good at 80 or so, then pick it up. (Or not.) Just don't go out and hammer and blow up out there.
Mike Tennent "IronPenguin"
Thanks Mike, it's great to get some useful advice here instead of the off-topic rantings about which idiot will run the country for the next 4 years!
That was my plan, if I can maintain the discipline to stick with it. I'll also be keeping a close eye on the heart rate during the run.
Thanks again!
Tom
Your welcome.
I'm more active over on the Great Floridian site. Things are picking up there, with the race just two weeks away.
I lose track of folks here. This isn't your first IM, is it?
