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 2008-09-04 12:07 PM |
Member  8 |  Subject: Hours...Hello all, I'm a runner trying to morph into a multisport athlete. I trained for and ran a marathon and now have a Half-Ironman in my sites. When I trained for the Marathon my goal wasn't miles but hours on my feet (wanted to run for 3 hours straight once before the race). Does anyone follow that type of pattern rather than a set amount of miles to swim bike and run? I've had a combined 3 hour bike/run session the other day, should I try to up that? (I'm looking to finish in the 6 and a half hour mark, I'm no speed demon).
Thanks all! ~Eli |
| 2008-09-04 12:27 PM in reply to: #1649424 |
Expert 939    Newton, MA | Subject: RE: Hours... I'm following the beginning IM plan from here and it's setup for time for bike and run and yards/time for swimming. I still feel more comfortable swimming X yards than Y minutes, but for bike and run I'm 100% time only. |
| 2008-09-04 3:03 PM in reply to: #1649424 |
Pro 6767  the Alabama part of Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Hours... More or less I go by time. Swimming is most likely to be distance oriented (it seems kind of dumb to stop in the middle of the lane just because I hit exactly 30 minutes). Running (which I hate) is most likely time oriented (I have no problem stopping a block early and walking). But I also have an idea of distance I want to cover. Sometimes I will use that to motivate a harder workout - e.g. if I swim sub-2 minutes/100 yards, I will stop "early" i.e. base it on distance more. Since I love the bike, I will often pay no attention to the distance until I get home. |
| 2008-09-04 7:40 PM in reply to: #1649424 |
| Fishers, IN | Subject: RE: Hours... I have been a runner morphed to a triathlete. As a runner I pretty much went by miles. Then, what limited how much I ran was typically my body-you can only take so much. Now that I am split among three sports it is available time that limits me, not my body, so I am more time oriented. Where can I squeeze in time here and there? As a consequence, I record both distances for the sports but my primary objective is total volume (aka time). In the end I try to ratio the time training each sport similar to the relative time spent on the individual events in the race I am training for (and boost up my weakest sport a little relative to the rest). Don't know if that makes sense but it is working for me at the present time. |
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