March 30 (Week 6 day 1) Ironman Triathlon Training Diary
Well its been a while since I've written in here so I'll try and do a quick recap of the past 10 days training
March 19th
Swimming: 3000yrd
Running: 45 min swim
I couldn't eat this entire day I was having a medical procedure the following morning and couldn't focus on working out because of being hungry the entire time.
March 20th
Medical procedure no workout. When I woke up from my nap later in the afternoon I had no recollection of what had happened since I went in for the procedure. I guess this is why they said I couldn't drive for 24 hrs. The anesthesia would effect me for more then a week though and at times when I worked out hard I felt like I was missing seconds. The Dr. said this was normal though and to just limit the amount of intense workouts I was doing.
March 21st
30 minute bike ride about 7.5 miles
March 22nd
45 minutes on bike trainer
March 23rd
55 minutes on bike trainer
March 24th
Rest day
March 25th
6.5 mile run. It was supposed to be a 4.5 mile run at lunch but I got lost and had to run an extra 2 miles. I still managed to finish the run in 55 minutes
March 26th
Soccer game, played about 40 minutes of the game with constant sprinting. Well over 4 miles of running but still felt rested at the end of the game. This was the first time that at the end of an indoor game I was ready to play another one and I played more then twice as much as normal.
March 27th
4 mile run at lunch finished in about 35 minutes.
March 28th
1 hour on the bike trainer
March 29th
This was my big workout day. I had planned on it being on Saturday but decided we needed to get yard work done and it was supposed to rain on Sunday so it seemed a better way to go.
I decided to do my workout in order of the triathlon events. So swimming came first started with a 400 wu, 4x500, 300 kick alternating 50 free 50 butter, finished with 3x100 cd. During the swim I felt tired and like I hadn't swam in weeks which I hadn't at times I felt like the distance was going to get to me and I would need to stop. I powered through it and finished the workout. My one main problem was that I had to wear board shorts instead of my normal speedo jam shorts because they got a hole in them. The difference in drag was amazing and I could feel how much harder I was having to work.
I came home and started my bike on the trainer. My goal was 2 hours at a constant speed on the trainer. At a friends request I added an endurance drink to this longer workout to see how it would effect me (endurance drinks should be used anytime you are going to be working out for more the 2 straight hours at that point if you don't add in some type of protein your body will literally start breaking down muscle to consume itself). He suggested I get Accelerade but when I went to my local bike shop, where many of the people compete in longer rides and full distance triathlons, they suggested Perpetuem they said it was easier on the stomach and in their opinion tasted better. So i got it and used it on this ride. To me the difference was extremely noticeable, my legs didn't feel tired almost at all and even at the end of the ride could feel myself even speeding up (I was trying to resist this because I wanted to save some energy for the run).
After the bike I quickly changed shoes, took a quick swig of Gatorade, and was out the door. I need to start feeling what its like to switch from a long bike to the run because everyone that I've talk to said its a strange feeling, and they were right. I started my run on the downhill to the main street that I normally run on. Now I'm sure its due to the bike I had just done but my stride length was very different then normal and felt like it was almost slowing me down on the run and not that I was tired but because my legs just weren't used to needing to stretch out like that. This lasted for about the first 1/2 mile then I could feel my legs return to their normal stride length. I ran about 2 and a half miles on my run, more because I had to go to the bathroom then because I was tired.
This training really made me feel better about where I was in getting ready for my race in six weeks. The swim I did almost double what I would need to, the bike probably about what I would need to, and the run was cut short because of other reasons then I was tired. I'm sure by the time the big day comes that I will able to push through the run even if I don't get any more endurance before then.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Terrible Training Day
March 13 (Week 4 day 4) Ironman Triathlon Training
Well last night's run was probably the worst I've had since I started training. Nothing seemed to go right. I headed to the gym after work to start my 90 minutes run. My goal was to run 10.5 miles in the 90 minutes. I got there only to realize that I forgot my head phones, then I realized I forgot my towel. Not good. I decided to run anyway and the first two miles seemed great. I was running at 8mph and then my left foot started cramping water, gatorade, powerbars nothing seemed to work. I thought that I had forgotten my shoe inserts so my arch wasn't being supported (this turned out to not be the case so I have no idea why it happened). At the two and a half mile mark I had to slow down to 4mph. I was watching Survivor by this point and decided that I would run only on the commericials (as they timed out to be about three and half minutes in duration each and this is about all my foot could stand running before it would start hurting again). After 70 minutes I had to call it quits my foot was hurting too bad and even walking was now bothering it. I had only done 6.5 miles well short of my 10.5 mile goal in 90 minutes like I wanted and I don't think i could have run at 12 mph for the last 20 minutes to make up the difference.
Any way even this morning my foot was hurting so bad that I couldn't get a workout it. This weekend I'm head to my parents house and my fiance and I brought our bikes so lets hope I have a good weekend of training.
Well last night's run was probably the worst I've had since I started training. Nothing seemed to go right. I headed to the gym after work to start my 90 minutes run. My goal was to run 10.5 miles in the 90 minutes. I got there only to realize that I forgot my head phones, then I realized I forgot my towel. Not good. I decided to run anyway and the first two miles seemed great. I was running at 8mph and then my left foot started cramping water, gatorade, powerbars nothing seemed to work. I thought that I had forgotten my shoe inserts so my arch wasn't being supported (this turned out to not be the case so I have no idea why it happened). At the two and a half mile mark I had to slow down to 4mph. I was watching Survivor by this point and decided that I would run only on the commericials (as they timed out to be about three and half minutes in duration each and this is about all my foot could stand running before it would start hurting again). After 70 minutes I had to call it quits my foot was hurting too bad and even walking was now bothering it. I had only done 6.5 miles well short of my 10.5 mile goal in 90 minutes like I wanted and I don't think i could have run at 12 mph for the last 20 minutes to make up the difference.
Any way even this morning my foot was hurting so bad that I couldn't get a workout it. This weekend I'm head to my parents house and my fiance and I brought our bikes so lets hope I have a good weekend of training.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Great Swim
March 12 (Week 4 Day 3) Ironman Triathlon Training
March 10
Took a must needed rest day and played Poker with friends at night (finally after three weeks of the game getting canceled).
March 11
Morning workout got canceled because I had to pick up my car from the shop. It was finally ready after 20 days in the shop.
After work I headed home had dinner and then headed to the gym. I was scheduled to do a quick warmup, long swim, and quick cool down (200 wu, 2500, 4x50 cd). When i got there I decided I needed to push my self a little harder so I did a 300 wu, 3000, 3x100 cd this would put me at just over 2 miles and my goal was to finish in 60 minutes. Warm up was easy and only took 1 minutes rest before I started my long set. The first 1000 went pretty easily and I was averaging just over 1:30 per hundred. The second 1000 I was starting to tire and could definitely feel myself getting distracted I know I wasn't going as fast as I could and a couple times thought I had forgotten what lap I was one. The last 1000 i really pushed myself to stay at a steady pace of 1:40 I found that I could see a second clock on the wall and was timing my 50s to be on the 50seconds. I finished up my long set at just under 50 minutes. I think if i could have focused through out the second 1000 I could have brought that time down but a couple minutes. All in all though I was able to finish the 3600 yards in 60 minutes.
Notes on how my body was feeling. I could definitely feel like I was getting dehydrated after about 1500 yards. At around 2500 yards I could feel my calves starting to feel like they were going to cramp every time I pushed off the wall. this was weird to me considering during my longer sets I barely kick. Next week I"ll try and use Gatorade before I start my swim instead of water to see if there is a difference in the feeling of dehydration and the onset of cramping over the long swim.
March 12
This morning I had to take my car back to the shop because they may have fixed my bumper and trunk but for some reason my interior lights and radio won't work. So that took up all my time before work so I didn't get in my 90 minute bike. Tonight I'm going to try and do my 90 minute run. Goal will be to run 10.5 miles in that time.
March 10
Took a must needed rest day and played Poker with friends at night (finally after three weeks of the game getting canceled).
March 11
Morning workout got canceled because I had to pick up my car from the shop. It was finally ready after 20 days in the shop.
After work I headed home had dinner and then headed to the gym. I was scheduled to do a quick warmup, long swim, and quick cool down (200 wu, 2500, 4x50 cd). When i got there I decided I needed to push my self a little harder so I did a 300 wu, 3000, 3x100 cd this would put me at just over 2 miles and my goal was to finish in 60 minutes. Warm up was easy and only took 1 minutes rest before I started my long set. The first 1000 went pretty easily and I was averaging just over 1:30 per hundred. The second 1000 I was starting to tire and could definitely feel myself getting distracted I know I wasn't going as fast as I could and a couple times thought I had forgotten what lap I was one. The last 1000 i really pushed myself to stay at a steady pace of 1:40 I found that I could see a second clock on the wall and was timing my 50s to be on the 50seconds. I finished up my long set at just under 50 minutes. I think if i could have focused through out the second 1000 I could have brought that time down but a couple minutes. All in all though I was able to finish the 3600 yards in 60 minutes.
Notes on how my body was feeling. I could definitely feel like I was getting dehydrated after about 1500 yards. At around 2500 yards I could feel my calves starting to feel like they were going to cramp every time I pushed off the wall. this was weird to me considering during my longer sets I barely kick. Next week I"ll try and use Gatorade before I start my swim instead of water to see if there is a difference in the feeling of dehydration and the onset of cramping over the long swim.
March 12
This morning I had to take my car back to the shop because they may have fixed my bumper and trunk but for some reason my interior lights and radio won't work. So that took up all my time before work so I didn't get in my 90 minute bike. Tonight I'm going to try and do my 90 minute run. Goal will be to run 10.5 miles in that time.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Weekend Mistake and Speed Swimming
March 10th (Day 1 Week 4) Ironman Triathlon Training
March 6th
Friday night I finished up the night doing a nice easy 90 minutes on the bike trainer I was able to keep good speed throughout the workout and finished about 27 miles. No real problems to speak of still sweating more then I want to but this could be because I don't use a fan so my body isn't getting the air resistance that it would if I was doing street ridding. During this ride I also tried just to use water on Sunday my plan was to add in Gatorade and see the difference.
March 7th
Originally my plan was to finish up my swim today and then do the bike on Sunday, this would allow me to finish all the training I was to do for the week but it would have been without a day off. Well I started reading online that you should really give yourself at least one day off a week it allows for your muscles to truly recover and will actually build strength and endurance faster. So I figured, we'll I'm training to be an endurance athlete anyway why not do my long swim and long bike on the same day. So...
March 8th
My Plan was to wake up early get my swim in come home have lunch and then go for my bike ride (it was finally supposed to be nice out so I was going to do my first outdoor ride). I woke up early to head to the gym and get my swim in but there was one problem, I couldn't find my gym back anywhere and it had all my swimming equipment in it suit, goggles, everything. Well my fiance had gone to a friends for the weekend because it was her friends birthday and on Monday she had a workshop that she needed to go to that was near her friends house so her plan was just to stay until Monday and then come home, my problem was I left my gym back in the back of her car because I had taken it to work on Friday. So now I wasn't able to do my swim, I decided to just eat my training loss and go for my bike ride. Well at just that moment the skies decided to open up and it started down pouring. I was going to try and get in a few rain day rides before the race (many experts say to train in all types of weather because race day conditions are not always pristine) but this was not going to be one of them. It was in the low 40s out and I don't really have the right rain gear to bike ride in plus it was going to be my first out door ride of the season. So I did my 120 minute ride on the trainer again. Gatorade made a big difference in the ride, it was much easier to sustain a higher tempo and I didn't even feel a bit fatigued until I passed the 90 minute mark. I could even notice a difference between when I was drinking the water during this ride and when I drank the Gatorade. When I would drink the water I could feel myself getting hydrated but when I would drink the Gatorade I could also feel my leg muscles getting energy. I know that sounds weird but have you ever been really dehydrated and drank something and you can almost feel it travel to you stomach that was the same feeling I was getting with the Gatorade but it was traveling to my Quads and Hamstrings.
March 9th
Yesterday morning daylight savings time really had my body all screwed up, I know it happened Saturday into Sunday and this was Monday but this is when I really felt it, so I didn't get a workout in because I was exhausted in the morning. When I came home from work though I headed to the gym with my fiance to get a goo swim in. I did the following set
300 WU, 400, 4x100, 300, 3x100, 200, 2x100, 3x100 CD
Each of the long swims were swam at about a 40-50% exertion and the 100s were swam at about a 80-90% exertion the last 3 100s for the cool downs were swam slower then the last.
It was amazing to me I haven't timed myself in the 100 since college and probably haven't broken 1:15 since high school (in high school my best time was 0:54:9). The first set of 100s the first 2 broke 1:15 and then the last 100 of the entire swim was at 1:10. I was dumb founded at how fast I was able to swim and this was with very little rest between sets (1 minute at the most) it felt really good to see the results in a way that I had been used to seeing them my entire life, when I was seeing a minute drop off my 1000 time it really didn't mean that much because I didn't know how to equate it but to me this was real proof of the results.
March 10th
This morning again my body just wasn't adjusted to the time change I was able to get up at 7 pretty easily, which a week ago would have been 6, but that isn't early enough to get a good workout in. Tonight I'm supposed to play in my Tuesday night poker game lets hope I get to play after being canceled the last 3 weeks.
March 6th
Friday night I finished up the night doing a nice easy 90 minutes on the bike trainer I was able to keep good speed throughout the workout and finished about 27 miles. No real problems to speak of still sweating more then I want to but this could be because I don't use a fan so my body isn't getting the air resistance that it would if I was doing street ridding. During this ride I also tried just to use water on Sunday my plan was to add in Gatorade and see the difference.
March 7th
Originally my plan was to finish up my swim today and then do the bike on Sunday, this would allow me to finish all the training I was to do for the week but it would have been without a day off. Well I started reading online that you should really give yourself at least one day off a week it allows for your muscles to truly recover and will actually build strength and endurance faster. So I figured, we'll I'm training to be an endurance athlete anyway why not do my long swim and long bike on the same day. So...
March 8th
My Plan was to wake up early get my swim in come home have lunch and then go for my bike ride (it was finally supposed to be nice out so I was going to do my first outdoor ride). I woke up early to head to the gym and get my swim in but there was one problem, I couldn't find my gym back anywhere and it had all my swimming equipment in it suit, goggles, everything. Well my fiance had gone to a friends for the weekend because it was her friends birthday and on Monday she had a workshop that she needed to go to that was near her friends house so her plan was just to stay until Monday and then come home, my problem was I left my gym back in the back of her car because I had taken it to work on Friday. So now I wasn't able to do my swim, I decided to just eat my training loss and go for my bike ride. Well at just that moment the skies decided to open up and it started down pouring. I was going to try and get in a few rain day rides before the race (many experts say to train in all types of weather because race day conditions are not always pristine) but this was not going to be one of them. It was in the low 40s out and I don't really have the right rain gear to bike ride in plus it was going to be my first out door ride of the season. So I did my 120 minute ride on the trainer again. Gatorade made a big difference in the ride, it was much easier to sustain a higher tempo and I didn't even feel a bit fatigued until I passed the 90 minute mark. I could even notice a difference between when I was drinking the water during this ride and when I drank the Gatorade. When I would drink the water I could feel myself getting hydrated but when I would drink the Gatorade I could also feel my leg muscles getting energy. I know that sounds weird but have you ever been really dehydrated and drank something and you can almost feel it travel to you stomach that was the same feeling I was getting with the Gatorade but it was traveling to my Quads and Hamstrings.
March 9th
Yesterday morning daylight savings time really had my body all screwed up, I know it happened Saturday into Sunday and this was Monday but this is when I really felt it, so I didn't get a workout in because I was exhausted in the morning. When I came home from work though I headed to the gym with my fiance to get a goo swim in. I did the following set
300 WU, 400, 4x100, 300, 3x100, 200, 2x100, 3x100 CD
Each of the long swims were swam at about a 40-50% exertion and the 100s were swam at about a 80-90% exertion the last 3 100s for the cool downs were swam slower then the last.
It was amazing to me I haven't timed myself in the 100 since college and probably haven't broken 1:15 since high school (in high school my best time was 0:54:9). The first set of 100s the first 2 broke 1:15 and then the last 100 of the entire swim was at 1:10. I was dumb founded at how fast I was able to swim and this was with very little rest between sets (1 minute at the most) it felt really good to see the results in a way that I had been used to seeing them my entire life, when I was seeing a minute drop off my 1000 time it really didn't mean that much because I didn't know how to equate it but to me this was real proof of the results.
March 10th
This morning again my body just wasn't adjusted to the time change I was able to get up at 7 pretty easily, which a week ago would have been 6, but that isn't early enough to get a good workout in. Tonight I'm supposed to play in my Tuesday night poker game lets hope I get to play after being canceled the last 3 weeks.
Friday, March 6, 2009
First Runners High
March 6 (Week 3 Day 4) Ironman Triathlon Training
I realized this morning that I never wrote about what I did yesterday morning, well it wasn't much so maybe that's why I didn't write about it. Yesterday morning I had my last physical therapy appointment, great for my neck and back but not really a workout so onwards.
Last night I think for the first time in my life I experienced a runners high. I started off with my normal 30 minute constant run but this time increased it up to 7mph completed that with ease then took 40-50 second breaks every ten minutes while still running at 7 mph. For some reason right around the hour mark I started to feel more energized then I had since the first 5 minutes of the run and just continued on for the last 30 minutes at 6.7 mph. In all i finished the 90 minute run right at 10 miles. It felt really good to finish the first 9 miles 5 minutes faster then I had previously been able to do it and then to complete the 10 mile was awesome. I finished up by walking another mile (I was in the middle of watching Survivor so I couldn't just leave).
This morning though my legs felt like jello again and I finally got a blister on my one foot, figured it was bound to happen sooner or later, so I didn't do any exercising, however, if I work out tonight and do a short workout tomorrow (supposed to be my day off) then I will for the first time completed every workout I was supposed to do for the week according to my training guide. I might not have finished all of them in order or on the right days but I will have done all of them.
I realized this morning that I never wrote about what I did yesterday morning, well it wasn't much so maybe that's why I didn't write about it. Yesterday morning I had my last physical therapy appointment, great for my neck and back but not really a workout so onwards.
Last night I think for the first time in my life I experienced a runners high. I started off with my normal 30 minute constant run but this time increased it up to 7mph completed that with ease then took 40-50 second breaks every ten minutes while still running at 7 mph. For some reason right around the hour mark I started to feel more energized then I had since the first 5 minutes of the run and just continued on for the last 30 minutes at 6.7 mph. In all i finished the 90 minute run right at 10 miles. It felt really good to finish the first 9 miles 5 minutes faster then I had previously been able to do it and then to complete the 10 mile was awesome. I finished up by walking another mile (I was in the middle of watching Survivor so I couldn't just leave).
This morning though my legs felt like jello again and I finally got a blister on my one foot, figured it was bound to happen sooner or later, so I didn't do any exercising, however, if I work out tonight and do a short workout tomorrow (supposed to be my day off) then I will for the first time completed every workout I was supposed to do for the week according to my training guide. I might not have finished all of them in order or on the right days but I will have done all of them.
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