Subject: RE: Now what? Guess alot of it depends on when it is. I have a coach and he had me doing 7-8 hours a week in the base building part of the year - alot of Z3 workouts (76 to 83% of max. HR), no speedwork or any really hard workouts. I did something every day - he doesn't really believe much in days off. I also did weigths twice a week. Now I am only doing about 10 hr weeks - alot of hard Z3 workouts, some speed work, Z4 workouts (these are really tough!) and am still doing weights. Before getting a coach, I did three HIM's and hardly did any base training - just ran about 25 miles a week and biked about 50. I wouldn't recommend this, only if you want to finish. Under my coach, I am working a lot, but have set major PR's in every race this year and am expecting to knock off app. 30 minutes from my HIM pr - so his training really works. Hope this helps! |