Kona Training Week 10
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Red5 posted 50 weeks ago.
No I get a solid 8 hours per night. I'm in bed and asleep by 8:00pm and up at 4:00am. As I am on Pacific time right now, my job ends at 1:00pm, so I have plenty of time in the afternoon and get my runs and swims in the morning.
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Of course it's 'effing hard, it's IRONMAN!
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Ultrarunner posted 50 weeks ago.
One word...Amazing! You're not kidding about the razor edge you have been walking. What a balancing act to work full time and train at that intensity. I also work a full time job and train for IM. I find myself doing 2 a days and sometimes 3 a days. I'm not at your fitness level though. Keep up the good work but never forget why you do it.
Keeping Perspective....
Swim- 10,000 yards
Bike- 160 miles
Run- 40 miles
Total Time- 15:30
This was a continuation of my run week from last week but it ended with my longest ride. The week began with the 12x400meter repeats at the track below 1:20. Ouch. My ride that afternoon was a struggle to say the least. This Kona build has been so different from my IMAZ build. Less volume, more intensity. with my lackluster run pacing over the past 10 weeks, I was becoming concerned. Well, the day after the intervals, I went out and cracked of 8 miles @ 6:51 and repeated that on Friday. It worked, my coach is a genius.
Speaking of my coach, on Thursday, instead of another ride on the CompuTrainer, we had a mental health session. We talked for over and hour and half about my journey, my current feeling about triathlon, and my thought son the future. For over 14 months I have trained Ironman. I never had an off season. Next year will be a year to just have fun and try and discover a better understanding of this sport beyond the hyper-competetive razore edge which I have danced on since my first race a year and half ago.
I ended the week with a monster 120.5 mile ride @ 22mph w. 4320 feet of climbing at a comfy 144HR and a solid 17.3 mile run on Sunday at a 7:06 poce.Some more biking this week, then swim week, and then it's taper time.
I'm ready.
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Bryan
Of course it's 'effing hard, it's IRONMAN!