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stevebradley - 2011-01-06 5:00 PM MY TRAINING PLAN ---- I follow no specific plan, largely making it up as I go along -- but with one important qualifier: In general, I follow the precepts of PERIODIZATION. There is a lot to Periodization, and I will save the details for later. But for now, just broadly....... A periodized plan will break up a triathlon year into several distinct periods: --Prep --Base --Build --Peak --Race --Transition The key ones of those are Base, Build, and Peak, and for most people there will be three phases of Base and two phases of Build, each four weeks long. (That's 20 weeks, for thsoe of you keeping score at home!) The Peak periods come before races, and are usaully 2-3 weeks long. So, for me last year with 11 races, if I follow a periodized plan to the letter, that would be 22 weeks of Peak. But, some of my eleven races were on consecutive weekends, and one day I did two races; so, my Peak periods account for much less than 22 weeks. (Plus, only once or twice have I had a Peak greater than two weeks.) Race periods are usually the week before a race, and will include the "taper" -- the gradual reduction of serious workouts so as to not exhaust all of your energy leading up to the race. Transition is the off-season; for me it was spread out according to discipline (that is, swim, bike, run) from mid-Oct to mid-Dec. How I worked it was: no bike from late Oct to late Nov; minimal running from late Oct to early Dec; no swimming between open water ending on Oct 15 and back-to-the-pool on Oct 23. Coincident with back-to-the-pool was back-to-the-gym, which I usually stop each year a few weeks into my race season -- about June 15. The only Prep for me is with strength training. In general, Prep is a time of adaptation to picking up activities (swim, bike, run, strength, stretching, cross-training) that have been dropped for a while during Transition (off-season). I generally do not need any Prep other than for strength, and I also tend to cut back a lot on Base, as mine is quite big due to all the years I have been doing this stuff. So, with my race seasons usually not beginning until May, I spend more time of training that is consistent with the Build period -- kind of by-passing parts of Base training. However, the line here is not all that clear. For those people who keep track of heart rate, at this stage of my Base/Build most of my workouts are in high Zone 2. or Zone 3. Some of my indoor bike ones will be in Z4,and parts of some swim sessions are Z4 as well; indoor rowing is always Z4. NONE of my runs are Z4 now, although virtually all of them are Z3. Perhaps I should explain PERIODIZATION in greater depth, yes??

mrsostrowski - 2011-01-06 8:22 PM I am not following a plan as of right now, but this is my "plan"

once a week spin or bike, once a week swimming and three times a week running.  I am obviously focusing on my running as I am doing a half marathon and I plan to start that training 16 weeks prior.  I will also step up my biking and swimming at that point.


A little side note: I had a great time at swim lessons tonight!  I practiced my rotary breathing and swam the entire length, while rotary breathing! 

The only bad part?  Walking into the men's locker room accidentally on my way out!!  I went in and out and very quickly, so it's almost like it didn't happen right? 

Sementi - 2011-01-06 9:19 PM

What is goggle defogger?  Does it work better than licking the lens?

stevebradley - 2011-01-06 5:18 PM MANNY - When did you clonk your head -- a couple of days ago? The I think the 15th should be okay, just as long as tere are no obvious symptoms, such as dizziness, headaches, blurry vision. Do you have a follow-up scheduled, or is was just left at 10-14 days? My childhood best friend and I worked as polar opposites with serious mishaps. He was the one who broke bones with alarming regualrity, but never clobbered his head. I never had a broken bone until I was 39 years old, but had many concussions as a kid. As I remember it, my mom clucked over me for a few days, but I pretty much resumed my devil-may-care activities immediately (except for swimming, if I had stitches holding my brain in place!). But that was just me, being a dopey kid in the 50s when the whole concept of "childproofing" everything --including a kid from himself! -- wasn't even on the cultural radar.

retiretotri - 2011-01-06 8:57 PM

Did anyone see you?  If not, it didn't happen! 

Not following a plan right now.  I go to a Performance Based Cycling class 2x week, run a couple of times per week, and yes, I need to start getting to the pool 2x week.  Currently just filling in with some standard pre-season workouts.  HIM training will start in early March.  The plan is swim 2x/week, bike 3x/week, and swim 2x/week.

akaye - 2011-01-07 10:44 AM

Just a quick update that I'm psyched over...Weighed in today at 166, -11 lbs since I started Tri training mid-November, and -27 lbs since I hit my all time high two years ago (193 lbs on 11/18/08)...all total I've lost 14% of my former body weight in a little over two years!

Realized today that I'm wearing a belt that at one point I needed to punch an extra hole into, but now I'm using the fourth one in (not including my addition!) Time to go shopping I guess...

akaye - 2011-01-07 10:44 AM

Just a quick update that I'm psyched over...Weighed in today at 166, -11 lbs since I started Tri training mid-November, and -27 lbs since I hit my all time high two years ago (193 lbs on 11/18/08)...all total I've lost 14% of my former body weight in a little over two years!

Realized today that I'm wearing a belt that at one point I needed to punch an extra hole into, but now I'm using the fourth one in (not including my addition!) Time to go shopping I guess...

akaye - 2011-01-07 1:44 PM

Just a quick update that I'm psyched over...Weighed in today at 166, -11 lbs since I started Tri training mid-November, and -27 lbs since I hit my all time high two years ago (193 lbs on 11/18/08)...all total I've lost 14% of my former body weight in a little over two years!

Realized today that I'm wearing a belt that at one point I needed to punch an extra hole into, but now I'm using the fourth one in (not including my addition!) Time to go shopping I guess...