Beginner 1/2 Ironman Plan Group (Page 36)

wozin8or - 2011-01-25 3:05 AM Just had a great 65 min / 9 mile run on the waterfront in Hong Kong! But I am stressing over missed workouts while I am traveling for work. Between time zone changes and long plane trips it is hard to get motivated. The swim seems to be the toughest. Anyone have any advise on how to cover weeks while traveling? Or what to do with missed workouts?

wozin8or - 2011-01-25 1:05 AM Just had a great 65 min / 9 mile run on the waterfront in Hong Kong! But I am stressing over missed workouts while I am traveling for work. Between time zone changes and long plane trips it is hard to get motivated. The swim seems to be the toughest. Anyone have any advise on how to cover weeks while traveling? Or what to do with missed workouts?

H2OLGD - 2011-01-25 10:51 AM I started the plan last week and am having to juggle the days around quite a bit. I've searched the forums and haven't had any luck finding it, but is there a blank version of the weekly template available to download? It would make it so much cleaner for me to have posted on my wall the workouts for the appropriate days rather than arrows and scratched out words all over it. 

H2OLGD - 2011-01-25 10:51 AM

I started the plan last week and am having to juggle the days around quite a bit. I've searched the forums and haven't had any luck finding it, but is there a blank version of the weekly template available to download? It would make it so much cleaner for me to have posted on my wall the workouts for the appropriate days rather than arrows and scratched out words all over it. 

Tri Take Me Away - 2011-01-25 7:34 PM Traveling: do the best you can do. The obvious answer is to save your run workouts for travel days and do your swim and bike at home. You also can find one of those swimming pool directories online for whatever city you are traveling to.
We all have our idiosyncrasies we need to accommodate. For my last IM, I had to do all of my training before 1PM in the afternoon. All my workouts, except the weekends, were only a few hours apart at the most. It worked out fine because I got really good at working out, napping, working out, then picking up daughter at 1. In the end it didn't hurt me at all. Traveling can be the same. Maybe you have a strange schedule where you train 4x a week but fit in three workouts on those days and then have 3 whole days off when traveling. You can make a million different scenarios work for you.
Each week has a key workout for each discipline. In a beginner long distance plan like this, it's usually the long workouts for the bike and run and possibly the swim. To the best of your ability, keep at least a day in between those key workouts to allow you to perform them with optimal rest. Then build the rest of your days around that.

Tri Take Me Away - 2011-01-25 8:34 PM Traveling: do the best you can do. The obvious answer is to save your run workouts for travel days and do your swim and bike at home. You also can find one of those swimming pool directories online for whatever city you are traveling to.
We all have our idiosyncrasies we need to accommodate. For my last IM, I had to do all of my training before 1PM in the afternoon. All my workouts, except the weekends, were only a few hours apart at the most. It worked out fine because I got really good at working out, napping, working out, then picking up daughter at 1. In the end it didn't hurt me at all. Traveling can be the same. Maybe you have a strange schedule where you train 4x a week but fit in three workouts on those days and then have 3 whole days off when traveling. You can make a million different scenarios work for you.
Each week has a key workout for each discipline. In a beginner long distance plan like this, it's usually the long workouts for the bike and run and possibly the swim. To the best of your ability, keep at least a day in between those key workouts to allow you to perform them with optimal rest. Then build the rest of your days around that.

Mellissa - 2011-01-26 9:49 AM checking in again...half marathon Sunday was slow (1:57) but fun, chatted with a friend the whole course Getting ready to move-again-but I'm still getting in as many of my workouts as I can. Still no bike, luckily there are spin classes/bikes everywhere, still hoping to figure something out! Swim is feeling pretty solid now, even though I missed some time because of a burn (gonna leave an ugly scar on my thigh too). Got a chance to experiment with nutrition stuff on a borrowed bike ride Monday before I flew home, that's gonna be tricky!

Happy Wednesday!

popsracer - 2011-01-25 12:45 PM Last week was my first week into the plan, too. This will be my third time using this plan and it has worked very well. I do move things around quite a bit and have varied some of the workouts to better match my strengths, weaknesses, and schedule. I'm also starting out with less volume and more frequency due to past injuries. I'll catch up soon on total volume but need to ease into it more than most. I am almost painfree today and am thrilled. I have not seen a blank version but I print each of the weekly sections and tailor to my situation while maintaining the goals of the week and than load them into a template in Excel. It works really well to color code workouts and copy/paste workout descriptions. Good luck on your journey. Which half are you doing?

3fighter - 2011-01-27 6:20 AM Hi,

I'm new here and just started my preparations for hIM Galway Ireland. Done two marathons and couple smaller races. It's time to push it bit harder Im so so scared/curious/hyped about this race.

best of luck everyone  

NikosD - 2011-01-27 6:43 AM

Hi to all,

 

My name is Nikos, 44, I live in Greece and training for my second half ironman scheduled for March 22nd. Using yor programme  for the first time. So far so good! Many thanks for making the programme available!

H2OLGD - 2011-01-26 2:29 PM

I'm signed up for the half in Lawrence, KS in June. I too am recovering from an injury (pretty nasty stress fracture) and was forced to take six months off running. I'm not much of a runner yet, so the progressive nature of this program looked appealing to me. I will also be doing the Go! St. Louis half marathon in April, so I might add a bit more frequency to the plan as well once I am confident the injury has healed. 

My goal this time last year, prior to the injury, was to do a full ironman in 2011.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it could still be a possibility. Unfortunately all the "official" ironman races are full for the year outside of Louisville. That might be cutting the timetable of my abilities a wee bit close.  There's still the Rev3 in Sandusky, OH in September, though.  At the very least I'll do another half (Branson, MO) later in the year.

3fighter - 2011-01-27 5:20 AM Hi,

I'm new here and just started my preparations for hIM Galway Ireland. Done two marathons and couple smaller races. It's time to push it bit harder Im so so scared/curious/hyped about this race.

best of luck everyone  

NikosD - 2011-01-27 5:43 AM

Hi to all,

 

My name is Nikos, 44, I live in Greece and training for my second half ironman scheduled for March 22nd. Using yor programme  for the first time. So far so good! Many thanks for making the programme available!