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This is a topic that I could use a better understanding about. If someone has something they can cut and paste on here, I would really appreciate it.

On another note, I swam again this morning and did 3100 yds. The plan, yesterday, was to swim in the morning and ride over lunch. Well, I am smoked from the swim so I think I will take the rest of the day off and ride tomorrow, weather permitting. I think I am early enough in my training that resting/recovery is just as important as logging miles/hours on the bike.

3100 is a lot..unless you are a swimmer I have done 2 IMs and I would not be happy with a 3100 yd swim on my plan right now!!!  I think for a beginneer 1500- 2400 is plenty

Ill explain the HR zones when I get home from work... I can help you guys all set yours up if you like!

And Hi Tracy- I love thatgirl!

OK...in order to determine your HR training zones you need to find your Lactate threshold (LT).  What is LT...well an easy explanation is.... once your body is working at or over LT ..your blood starts isnt able to flush the lactic acid outof the muscle.... you arent able to work at LT for very long.

Your bike and run LTs will be different your run will be higher....  just because as you are sitting on the bike you just cant get your hr as high as when you run.

To find your run LT you need to run a 10 (even a 5k is OK - esp for beginners)  I really suggest a race because your hr will be higher and you will run faster (right Chris??).  If you cant find a race you can just run on your own.... just to get some numbers.  You LT will be your average hr for the race.  It is important to also do a warm up but do not include this in the ave hr.

Pretty much the same for the bike...rpobaly not gonna find a race...but you can push HARD for 30 minutes and see where you are at.  You will probaly have to work in a hard gear to getour hr up.

If you guys get me your LTs or ave hr I can figure out your zones for you

The zones....

Zone 1 is mostly for recovery its SUPER easy.... almost not even worth running  this summer was the first time I have ever done a TRUE Z1 run!

Zone 2 is where you want to be working most of the time... this is where you build endurance and could run forever... its easy but it is gonna build a ton of endurance- promise (I have doubted this too- but it works)

Zone 3- this is where most of us WANT to train.... it is kind of a grey area where you arent getting a lot of gains.  It feel like youhave done something in Z3 but really you arent doing much except getting tired  I do run Z3/Z4 for my tempos.

Zone 4 this is sub threshold..  its hard to run z4 but once you are there youcan hangthere for a while.  This is where you sdhould being doing your tempo runs

Zone 5 threshold- you can race here (5K/maybe 10K) your speed work will be here...a lot of people will break z5 down in to 5a, 5b, and 5c.... I dont really think there is much need for that.  Zone 5 is hard end of sentence

Does this make sense??... I try to keep it simple!

The BT plans are pretty decent- esp for your first races.  I used it for my first HIM

A coach is the best idea though!! I know a few if you decide to look.  They will build your plan on your strengths and weaknesses and how youarefeeling that week... its great

What kind of shoes is everyone biking with? I can't stand the shoes I have now as they make my toes go numb after about 45 minutes. Looking for a recommendation.

Thanks

I have the Sidi T2s...on my 2cnd pair

Biggest diff between Tri shoes and road shoes is tri shoes have less straps then road shoes and are easier to get off

Best wishes out to everyone for their training in the new year!