IMCDA Are you ready?

I "started" at Thanksgiving but have racked up a lot of white squares due to the holidays and work (damn work!).  I'm pretty much over my training to train stage and will be hitting it fairly hard the next few months to get ready for California HIM. 

I'm using an acclerated version of Gale Barhardt's 27 week plan so I will have a good amount of bike and run mileage in by the half.  I'm going to attempt to pile on the bike hours this year and let the swim and run work themselves out.

It sucks to be behind already when we are still 6 months away!!!

"IMCDA Are you ready?"  No, I'm not ready yet but I'll be good to go in about 172 days.

I wrote my own 25 week plan and started it on 1/2/06.  The first 6 weeks focus on high rep weights and swim volume (my weakest event).  The real training will not begin until mid-Feb (19 weeks to go), then the bike and run volume should start to grow.    

Am I ready now?  Nope.  Will I be ready on June 25th?  Not sure, but my coach says I will so I'm going to defer to her expertise.

• I started right after T-giving
• See above...
• I'm using the plan developed for me by my coach (Cruella)

Are you going to the massage therapist as part of a physical therapy program or are you just going to someone who gives a good massage and calls it therapy?   Is she just saying “stay off it and maybe it will fix itself” or is the cause of the hamstring injury being addressed through strengthening, stretching, a change in biomechanics…whatever.  If she is not working on the cause of the problem then I would think about getting a second opinion at this point. 

It sounds like you are going to be back to training around mid-February, 20 to 18 weeks out from IMCDA.  18 weeks really is a lot of time.  There are a lot of people that live in cold climate that can not really start training until March.  At this point I would not worry about any lost training.  When you do start training again, don’t try to make up for lost time or cut short your base building short.  It might be frustrating but take the time to get healed and then start your training.  Good luck.     

Not ready yet.  Was sorta scheduled to start the 30 week training plan (IronFit) in December, but took some time off after the Seattle Marathon.  Kept some of the base training and still put on weight.   Finally got a trainer to use in the Garage (until I can sneak it and my bike into the house-need to figure out how to not get oil on the carpet).

Everyday I've got a thought of, "oh jeez, am I doing enough or doing it right?"

Big concern is to do long enough endurance training and to include nutrition correctly.  I don't want to get the craps or to bonk.

167 days AND 21:40:49.

Don't forget the 21:40:49! Please don't forget that!  I'm gonna need it. 

Ms Rob - 2006-01-07 11:44 AM  Hook 'em.

And you seemed like such a nice girl.

I have started with the BeIronfit "competitive plan" in December and modified it quite a bit during the holidays!.  I am now following it fairly closely.  I haven't decided if I will be switching to the BT.com plan once I am inside the 20 weeks or somehow combine them.  Long time to go and a lot of training left to come.  Shouldbe interesting as I still have grad school classes and will also be moving countries in June.  The key, I think will be to stay injury free and to know when to listen to the body.

Suggestions and Advice?  If you have not seen this yet you may want to read it.

http://www.coachgordo.com/gtips/race_strategy/golden_rules.html

Stopped by the LTS.  Owner (who has many IMs completed) was very positive on what I have been doing.  Talked about the breakdown of each event (seems simple).  Talked about nutrition.  I'm anxious to get good weather so I can do some 3-4+  hour blocks and see how body reacts to certain foods.   The LTS owner was saying they never used the available Chicken Broth or Colas.

Which brings me to the conclusion, you really have to experiment and not concern yourself with what others do.  Guideline yes, but not absolute (vodka?)

Oh yeah, and My Commander in Chief gave me the go ahead for a bike.