My weekly comparison of my half ironman training is below. The column to the left is what the plan says to do and the column to the right is what I actually did last week. Not as good as the week before but not too terrible either.
As usual I am way behind on swimming, a little ahead on running and somewhat behind on the bike, but not too terribly behind. I really need to get a 50 plus bike ride in and a 2500 yd swim in soon and continue with my regular training. I think I'll be okay if I can do that. Especially if I continue to increase my long runs in preparation for the November marathon I plan to do.
The 70.3 Plan What I actually did that day
Monday 1250 yd swim 1250 yd swim
25 mile bike 22 mile bike
Tuesday 2000 yd swim 6 miles spin bike
60 min run 30 min run = 3 miles
Wednesday 30 mile bike 2 miles run aprox 20 minutes
Thursday 1500 yd swim 8.5 miles on spin bike aprox 30 min
50 min run 5 mile = 50 min run
Friday 20 miles 8 miles spin bike = 30 min
Saturday 80 min run 16 mile spin bike = 1 hour
30 min run = 3 miles
30 min run = 3 miles
Sunday 50 mile bike 1 hour 40 min run = 9 miles
I did core, about 20 minutes last week and weights, about 1 hour which is not included on the 70.3 plan.
Total workout hours on plan = Swim 5750 yds aprox 3 hrs
Bike 125 miles aprox 6 - 7 hours
Run 3 hrs (no mileage included in plan on minutes run)
Total aprox 12.5 hours
Total I actually did last week = Swim 1250 yds aprox 30 min
Bike 60.5 miles aprox. 4 hours
Run 20 miles aprox 3 hrs 30 min
With weights and core added.
Total aprox 10 hrs
As usual I am way behind on swimming, a little ahead on running and somewhat behind on the bike, but not too terribly behind. I really need to get a 50 plus bike ride in and a 2500 yd swim in soon and continue with my regular training. I think I'll be okay if I can do that. Especially if I continue to increase my long runs in preparation for the November marathon I plan to do.
Wow. That's a lot of training, because on Monday, I went swimming with my son, and even though I only lounged in the shallow end, I was still exhausted.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sure you'll get things on track in time for the event, and if not you'll be in great shape. Keep up the good work.
Swimming as much as the training plan says every week would be tough. I guess that's why I never get all the swims in that it says to do. I enjoy biking more and it isn't as tiring but it does take a lot of time. Running is the easiest to get in for me because it's less time consuming than biking and I enjoy it too.
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