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So my week of recovery is coming to an end and I’ve had some time to re-think my training plans. This has been aided by the fact that I couldn’t walk straight until Wednesday. My basic thoughts for training for the IM distance races was to simply take what I had been doing for the shorter races and increase it. Example- if I was training for a OLY I would do those distances individually several times a week and then complete multiple OLY distance personal races several times before the day of the actual race.
This led me to the thought process that to complete an IM I would at minimum need to be able to go out on any given day and ride 112 miles or run 26.2 miles, and that on occasion I should be able to do them back to back with a 90 swim warm up for good measure.
After being yelled at by my training partner (and my quads) I am starting to believe that a better schedule is to still put in the 200+ miles on the bike and 40+ miles in run (one week) but spread that pounding out more evenly. So instead of 2 days at 50 miles and then a 100 mile ride another day, and 2days at 10 then a 20 mile run day, my body would be better off to do 2x60 and then a 80 mile ride and that 3x8 and a 13-15mile run would cover it.
Thoughts?????

Way cool ladies!!! You are both awesome!! and yes I have 3 dogs you can borrow for your run, although getting them to you might be difficult
As for the week, I am finally off my marathon training and back to a full triathlon training schedule with 16 hours planned for the week!! Should be a blast I'm so excited....

Melbel don't think we didn't notice the pic change, looking good!!

@megtrow I would be weary about buying a brand of shoe because it works for someone else. Shoes and feet are very different and what works for one person does not always work for another. That said I would be curious if you had in any issues in your previous running shoes? If not then maybe you could put the pain as the shoes fault and go back to a brand and style that worked for you in the past, maybe even lacing up that old pair for a run to see how they feel. If it has been some time since you ran and these new shoes also kick off the new running then it could be a number of things including the shoes.

I'm guessing that Tucson has some good running stores, if you decide to buy new shoes I would highly recommend one that will put you on a treadmill and video tape you for the best corrections. Buying from the big chain without a good sales rep because the shoes worked for someone else is a recipe for buying lots of shoes....

So all has been quite on the board lately??? IS it due to the high volume of training that we are all doing or is it that there is simply no questions left for us to ask our well educated leader????

OHOHOHOOOOO Mr Kartwright I have one!!
I have just recently been told that my recovery week with a 40% cut back in training is too much and that I should be closer to 15-20%...... Thoughts????