Power Mentor Group with Shane & Marc - Closed. (Page 59)

Got it - thanks!

Just finished WK9 Threshold 2 - wow, not easy! Very easy to fall below target if I don't look at my watch the entire time. And the short recovery in between is really really short!  I need some coffee...

Originally posted by gsmacleod Good day all, As we will be winding down fairly soon (testing again in week 13), I was wondering how many would be interested in following up the bike group with a run focused program for about six weeks? Obviously for those of you racing soon, you'll want to return to balanced training but if you are able to spend April and part of May focused on the run and then transition to balanced training heading toward racing through the summer months, this may be for you. The structure for the program would involve a field test (or race ) followed by five or six weeks of structure run training and finishing up with another field test (or race). The run focused training would involve frequent running, mostly easy, with one or two harder runs and a long run each week. I'm not sure of the logistics of how I would deliver this but probably through the challenge section as I plan to open it up to anyone on BT. If you are interested, over March what would be ideal is to work on running frequency over the coming weeks - mostly easy running, some strides but the primary focus being on having a solid base of volume with at least 4 runs per week heading into the run focused program. Shane

Me, me,.me, me - please.  Running is my weakness and I welcome all the help I can get.  My big race (only race actually) is not until August so I think the timing of this would be good.  Thank you!

Wow, you made it 26 seconds, impressive. This morning it was about 15 seconds for me.

How much will one of those set me back?  Sounds much better than staring at the clock the entire time.  My husband will kill me, it took a lot to talk him into a PT.  But, I do like the sounds of it because I'm all about the music and count songs too.

What are some of your favorite songs?  I need to add some new ones to my rotation.

Originally posted by gsmacleod Good day all, As we will be winding down fairly soon (testing again in week 13), I was wondering how many would be interested in following up the bike group with a run focused program for about six weeks? Obviously for those of you racing soon, you'll want to return to balanced training but if you are able to spend April and part of May focused on the run and then transition to balanced training heading toward racing through the summer months, this may be for you. The structure for the program would involve a field test (or race ) followed by five or six weeks of structure run training and finishing up with another field test (or race). The run focused training would involve frequent running, mostly easy, with one or two harder runs and a long run each week. I'm not sure of the logistics of how I would deliver this but probably through the challenge section as I plan to open it up to anyone on BT. If you are interested, over March what would be ideal is to work on running frequency over the coming weeks - mostly easy running, some strides but the primary focus being on having a solid base of volume with at least 4 runs per week heading into the run focused program. Shane

Hi Shane - I am very interested, but have been severely neglecting my swim training over the winter and was intending to move forward with more balanced workouts.

What weekly volumes were you anticipating for the group?

I just finished a HM plan (fairly light volume) and was going to focus on 5K and 10K races for the spring/summer.   

I intend to maintain 3 to 4 runs a week, but volume will only be in the 20 to 30 km/week  range.

At the very least, I would be a lurker!

Scott

Originally posted by gsmacleod Good day all, As we will be winding down fairly soon (testing again in week 13), I was wondering how many would be interested in following up the bike group with a run focused program for about six weeks? Obviously for those of you racing soon, you'll want to return to balanced training but if you are able to spend April and part of May focused on the run and then transition to balanced training heading toward racing through the summer months, this may be for you. The structure for the program would involve a field test (or race ) followed by five or six weeks of structure run training and finishing up with another field test (or race). The run focused training would involve frequent running, mostly easy, with one or two harder runs and a long run each week. I'm not sure of the logistics of how I would deliver this but probably through the challenge section as I plan to open it up to anyone on BT. If you are interested, over March what would be ideal is to work on running frequency over the coming weeks - mostly easy running, some strides but the primary focus being on having a solid base of volume with at least 4 runs per week heading into the run focused program. Shane

That sounds like a great idea!  I will be a lurker in that group, but I can't commit to run-focused training at the moment, as I'm only 8 weeks away from my A race for the year.  But I will be stealing ideas and incorporating them in the future

I did Week 9's Sweet Spot ride today.  I'm flying out of town this afternoon and will, sadly, be off the bike until next week, so I figured that in an effort to maximize my training, I'd do a theshold and sweet spot ride for the week.

Anyways, I checked the workout plan last night and saw it called for 2x30' sweet spot intervals.....yikes!  Long intervals still scare me!  The 5' @ FTP portion of the warm-up went well, but immediately in the first 30' interval, my power dropped a bit below SS.  I fully admit this was mental, and with 10' to go, I forced myself to bump up and everything was pretty much fine.

I was running short on time, so I decided to incorporate the 10' @ 95% interval into the 30' sweet spot interval -- so I did 10' @ 95% immediately followed by 20' @ SS.  This interval felt surprisingly great.  I don't know if the first one was bad because my legs were still warming up or because I let it mentally defeat me before I even started....or if switching it up mid-way through the interval was enough of a mental reprieve that it helped my.  Either way, I was pleased with how it went.

And on that note, I'm about to head out.  Hope everyone has a good rest of the week!  Hopefully a few days off the bike will leave my legs fresh for whatever fun Shane and Marc have in mind for Week 10