I asked this great guy, Tom, a good hard-working guy who’s retired, if he was happy, and he replied, “No! I’m content.” Photo by FitOldDog with permission.
Countdown to Lake Placid Ironman
Thought you might like to see this nice piece of artwork that resides just outside of our swimming pool. Art is important!
Workout = Rest day. I could just feel that I needed a recovery day, so I went for an easy 4-mile walk with the dogs, and very nice it was too.
Progress assessment:
Like Tom, I’m content with my progress. I have endurance and strength goals, and I will work towards them as aggressively as feels safe, based on how I feel at the time. That’s my plan.
Status right now:
The key to injury-free endurance training and racing is to carefully control your pace, and stick to an effective nutrition and hydration plan - patience combined with intelligent training is critical.
Swim: >3,000 yards and getting more solid every time.
Bike: endurance coming back (> 2 hours solid on trainer), but strength will take a while, which is not surprising.
Run: hardest of all three, but I’m back to a 4.5-mile run, and starting to pick up the pace a little.
It will be a matter of balancing strength work against endurance, whilst not risking injuries.
Yes! I’m content with my progress, so far.
Important Note: These posts do not provide medical advice. You should always consult your physician before undertaking or significantly modifying an exercise program.
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I concur on the importance of rest days! I ran/leg weights/light swim Saturday, did a spinning class/arm weights Sunday and needed Monday to rest. It was also dreadfully cold, and I believe in rest days when the weather is bad, if possible. Today I was back to my tough 90 min triathlon swim class where my stroke is being reconstructed. I looked at bike trainers on my way home - any suggestions in that department?
Hi Pauline, having had a few, I think that the best bike trainer is your training/race (same) bike on a Computrainer or equivalent. Remember to change out the rear axle, but that’s easy. It needs to be as you train on the road. I think that wattage is very useful, but not critical. I used a trainer that cost me $150 for years, just clamping in my road bike and working on heart rate. It’s a matter of how much you want to pay, but do change out that axle! Cheers, Kevin PS I find that cold weather is like a workout until I get used to it, so it forces me to back off.