June 9, 2009

Lake Placid Schedule

After a short rest block this week, I'll be heading into the most challenging stretch of training I've done yet. Yesterday was rest as usual and the so I took the opportunity to go out for drinks forget about the Ironman for another few moments. The next couple days have an easy hour on the bike, a 30 minute run and a 1,000 yard continuous swim. There is a chance I'll miss one of the workouts due to my work schedule, but in general, I like the sound of the low volume, especially when I look at my schedule Thursday through Sunday in Lake Placid:
  • Thursday - Bike 1.5 hours, swim one course loop (1.2 miles). Not bad.
  • Friday - Swim two course loops or 1:15:00 (I'll likely only make it to 1:15:00), run four miles. Getting a little harder.
  • Saturday - Bike two loops (full 112 mile course), run five miles. Ouch.
  • Sunday - Swim one loop, bike one loop, run one loop - 70.3 miles, the half Ironman distance. Yikes.
Since Saturday is so bike focused, the plan for Sunday is to do the swim, start the ride and see how I feel. If my legs are toast, I need to shorten the bike so I can get the run in. The challenge will be knowing and accepting that my legs are toast because I hate to quit anything. But I have Horribly Hilly just six days later so I need to be cautious.

My birthday is Friday and I've certainly picked a unique way to celebrate it. At least it will be memorable.

5 comments:

  1. Yikes-70.3 for a training weekend of fun! Hope you have a great time.

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  2. Holy smokes...that's a big weekend!!!!! I'm heading up the following weekend and thought my schedule was tough. It is, but not like that.

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  3. That sounds like a hell of a week end ...

    Happy Birthday a couples of days too early ;)

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  4. Awesome long weekend. Each day looks challenging but Sunday will be the hardest just because of all the prior work. How much recovery next week?

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  5. Is this training weekend an organized event or just something you put together with friends? Regardless, it sounds like fun (painful, but fun).

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