IM training plan question
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tsilcyc posted 36 weeks ago.
I do not wear a heart rate monitor when I'm swimming nor do I know if it would work. I think perceived exertion would be how you'd determine where 75% is. If you want to know what the number is...
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triNick posted 36 weeks ago.
Who's plan is it, can you ask questions?
I've never seen HR stuff on swim workouts. My swimming background would say that holding a steady pace would mean that you hold 1:20 (hypothetical time) per 100 yards for the entire 1000 yards. Let's look at it this way, if your fastest 100 yards is 1:00, then 75% effort would be something like 1:15 and 50% woud be like 1:30's. You don't always want to swim fast or slow, you want to do intervals, just like in running. You want to get use to going fast over a longer distance as the program progresses. Try that, but I would for sure ask whoever you got the plan from the question.
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brittda posted 36 weeks ago.
There is some information on this on Polar's site and I believe in Don Fink's "Be Iron Fit".
The "approximate" HR average would be 10% lower than that of your run. Biking would be "approximately" 5%. So if you are to average 78-80% for your run, the swim would corelate(sp) to 68-70%. I wear my HR monitor for races and often to train my swim. The watch monitor is large enough for me to take a glance and see where I am. This is mostly for long distance swims, not interval sets. I do check it ever so often in my IM just to make sure I am not going out too fast, but from what I read here not too many people pay attention to it.
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trismitty posted 36 weeks ago.
Trigal,
The same plan can be found on opentri.com. Mike Llerandi devised the plan. It's free to join the site and Mike will actually respond to your emails himself. He's gone to considerable efforts to produce a great site. I used the plan for Ironman Louisville last year and it worked pretty well.
Hello all...
This is my first post here. (I also posted on the swimming forum, but thought I'd get more responses here!) I am training for my second Ironman at Lake Placid. In '06, I swam a 1:15, keeping my heart rate down and feeling good the whole time. I want to go faster! I know that a fast swim does not mean I will have a fast race, but it's still a goal of mine.
I have been using the 36-week IM training plan for swim and bike workouts (no running right now due to injury). My question is about the percentages that are noted in the workouts. I believe that in the bike, when I am to ride at a certain percentage, that it's a percentage of my max HR. But, what does it mean for the swim workouts? If it's based on my max HR, how do I determine the max HR, since it should be different than what it is for the bike? Or, is it based on perceived effort? For example, today I am to swim 1000 yards continuously with the instructions to "hold steady pace throughout (roughly 75%)." What does that mean???
I guess I'm trying to figure out what the purposes of the different swim workouts are. Can anyone help me out??
Thanks!!