... of the off-season.
Starting easy with a swim and easy run in the morning. Real work starts Tuesday with the 20min max power test.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Swim, bike, ... I forget the rest
Week two of no training starts! Work resumes October 31st for a 20-week block of bike focus.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Resting
HR was 45 this morning.
I keep going back and forth about what's going to happen with next year. Try again at a season of half, or stick to short-course again? I think the decision is going to hinge on 1) getting a place to sleep at TripleT, 2) going out west to Calgary 70.3.
I keep going back and forth about what's going to happen with next year. Try again at a season of half, or stick to short-course again? I think the decision is going to hinge on 1) getting a place to sleep at TripleT, 2) going out west to Calgary 70.3.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
ScotiaBank Toronto Waterfront Half
Felt really good during warmup, so I thought maybe I could hit my target of 1:30. Bad idea.
Way too fast on the front half. Lots of suffering on the last 5k, couldn't even sprint at the end. My heart rate was quite a bit higher than usual, possibly sick, or the decongestant, or both.
Anyways, vdot 47.7, now I have paces to hit when I start up again in November. Going to try and go sub-2:20 at Around The Bay. Now where did I put that BarryP training plan ...
| Place | Name | City | Bib# | Time | Chip | Pace | Category | Category Place | Gender Place | Split 1 | 10 21km | ||
| 388 | 6465 | 1:35:43.4 | 1:35:21.5 | 4:33 | 43:37 | 51:45 |
Way too fast on the front half. Lots of suffering on the last 5k, couldn't even sprint at the end. My heart rate was quite a bit higher than usual, possibly sick, or the decongestant, or both.
Anyways, vdot 47.7, now I have paces to hit when I start up again in November. Going to try and go sub-2:20 at Around The Bay. Now where did I put that BarryP training plan ...
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Kona
Watched dribs and drabs yesterday. Wow. Those guys are fast.
The amount of work you need to put into going to Kona as an age-grouper (in the AGs I currently populate) is tremendous. In the 30-40 AGs, you pretty much need a sub-10 IM to get a slot. That's several seasons of 15-20 hours/week of peak training (say 4 months), with my current hours the rest of the year.
Would developing that sort of self-discpline carry over into other parts of your life? I think of the hours I spend to be moderately competitive (say top 10 in AG for local races), and wonder if I spent 8-10 hours / week at karate / playing piano / teaching orphans to read, what levels would I get to?
That said, I'll probably enter the Kona lottery this year...
The amount of work you need to put into going to Kona as an age-grouper (in the AGs I currently populate) is tremendous. In the 30-40 AGs, you pretty much need a sub-10 IM to get a slot. That's several seasons of 15-20 hours/week of peak training (say 4 months), with my current hours the rest of the year.
Would developing that sort of self-discpline carry over into other parts of your life? I think of the hours I spend to be moderately competitive (say top 10 in AG for local races), and wonder if I spent 8-10 hours / week at karate / playing piano / teaching orphans to read, what levels would I get to?
That said, I'll probably enter the Kona lottery this year...
Friday, October 7, 2011
Almost done
The Scotia Waterfront half is next weekend. This weekend is Thanksgiving. I'm so screwed on weight. I know, first world problems. This is the last event of my racing season, and I'm going to take a month where swimming twice a week and the occasional easy run is the extent of my training.
I'm still not sure what I want to do with next year's season.
An early season marathon sounds sort of interesting, I might do Triple T again, AmZof duathlon also sounds fun. However, I might just take a season to focus on short-course. This works with my time constraints that I expect to continue next year.
I'm still not sure what I want to do with next year's season.
An early season marathon sounds sort of interesting, I might do Triple T again, AmZof duathlon also sounds fun. However, I might just take a season to focus on short-course. This works with my time constraints that I expect to continue next year.
TourDeHans : 96k ride + 4k walk
The Good
Stuck with a large pack through to 96k ... lots of work at the front, went off the front a couple times, but it was so windy there was no way that was going to stick.
The Bad
So cold waiting for the start... violent shivering for 15 minutes.
The Ugly
Around the 7k to go sign, I decided to "attack" up a short hill, and see if I could get anyone to go with me. They, having seen my previous efforts, decide to hold off, so I'm dying alone in the wind for 5 minutes until they catch me, and spit me out the back. I'm in the midst of collecting myself in preparation to at least bridge back up, when suddenly, my chain starts to skip like mad. I look down at my rear freewheel and keenly observe that it's not typically hanging at a 45-degree angle, as it is now. I coast to a stop beside the "4k to go" sign.
Sigh.
I realize that this is not a road-side repair, and start trudging towards the finish. I pass a volunteer who asks if I want the support van. I agree that's a fine idea, but that it's maybe 10 degrees above freezing, and they can catch up with me.
At "2k to go", another volunteer helpfully offers to radio the support van, I go over how they should be on the way, and again, it's really cold, and I need to keep walking.
At 500m to go, the support van pulls up beside me. I say thanks, but I'll just walk it in from here...
Stuck with a large pack through to 96k ... lots of work at the front, went off the front a couple times, but it was so windy there was no way that was going to stick.
The Bad
So cold waiting for the start... violent shivering for 15 minutes.
The Ugly
Around the 7k to go sign, I decided to "attack" up a short hill, and see if I could get anyone to go with me. They, having seen my previous efforts, decide to hold off, so I'm dying alone in the wind for 5 minutes until they catch me, and spit me out the back. I'm in the midst of collecting myself in preparation to at least bridge back up, when suddenly, my chain starts to skip like mad. I look down at my rear freewheel and keenly observe that it's not typically hanging at a 45-degree angle, as it is now. I coast to a stop beside the "4k to go" sign.
Sigh.
I realize that this is not a road-side repair, and start trudging towards the finish. I pass a volunteer who asks if I want the support van. I agree that's a fine idea, but that it's maybe 10 degrees above freezing, and they can catch up with me.
At "2k to go", another volunteer helpfully offers to radio the support van, I go over how they should be on the way, and again, it's really cold, and I need to keep walking.
At 500m to go, the support van pulls up beside me. I say thanks, but I'll just walk it in from here...
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