more structured training plan
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Ironmom posted 1 year ago.
Congrats on accomplishing your first triathlons. It's an exciting sport and there's lots to do and learn. I think all of those goals sound great. My personal experience has been that it's best to listen to your body and train it up gradually for longer and longer distances. I've coached several people who tried to do too much too fast and ended up injured or simply burning themselves out. The first time I trained for an Ironman, I took that route. I was 25, and ended up not being able to even start the race. The second time I trained for an Ironman, I was 35, and I set it up to work up to it gradually over several years (sprint, oly, half-marathon, half-Iron, marathon, and Ironman in successive years). I stayed injury-free and had a great time experiencing all of the different races.
I think only you know your body and how much you can push it. If you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or like you're getting burnt out or having repetitive injuries, you can always back off. My motto is that there's always another season. I started when I was 20, and am 41 now and still loving the sport. There's enough excitement here for decades!
Blue Skies, -Robin-
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BigGus posted 1 year ago.
I have done a supersprint and a sprint and loved every minute of them!
What's a supersprint?
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RV posted 1 year ago.
BigGus;77838 wrote:
What's a supersprint?
Super Sprint (typical distances)
Swim: 400 m
Bike: 10 km
Run: 2.5 km
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amyro1234 posted 1 year ago.
The super sprint I did was
swim 300m
bike 9.5 km
run 3km
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JamieM posted 1 year ago.
Have you checked out trainingpeaks.com? There are some great training plans there, including Hal Higdon's and I have found having a plan loaded into the training diary software they provide is a great tool.
I have been swimming and running on and off for four years and just started triathlons this summer. I have done a supersprint and a sprint and loved every minute of them! My training has been kind of a "do whatever I feel like" approach, and it has gotten me happily to the fininsh line,however, there are many goals I have set for myself that I want to accomplish by next season:
1. Join a year- round swim team (I love swimming!) that practices 6x a week ( I hope to make at least four of the practices)
2. Run a half marathon this fall using this trainig schedule:
http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm
3. Improve my bicycling speed and endurance
4. Do a couple more sprint trathlons and maybe an olympic next year
5.Do ironmans, half ironmans, and marathons in a couple years (ovbiously not right away!)
I want to accomplish these things without overtraining, injury or burnout and I want to continue doing triathlons for a long, long
time! Would it be realistic for me to expect to do all these things now? How should I set up a workout plan that safely accomplishes these goals? Do you know of a good training plan? I am so overwhelmed. Thanks for the help!