IM CDA - 2 Months to go!

Heading out for 1 last April workout. I will let ya know in an hour or so

Well, April was decent and the totals were with a week of travel to a conference.  Not really a great time to travel, but it's ok.

Did an HIM 4/13 and I think that was a good thing to do pre-IM. 

I am psyched and scared to death all at the same time

April went well, the weather started to cooperate a little more.  I only missed one workout which was a 45-min run, no big deal. 

 
I feel like we JUST posted our March totals!  I don't feel like I am anywhere near ready for Ironman.  Will I feel ready later? 

May Goals: Accomplish all key workouts, do at least one 2.4 mile swim, maybe more, eat healthy, lose at least the 2 lb I gained in the past few weeks and stay motivated!  (shouldn't be too hard since it is so close now!) 

So far so good.

Healthy- check

Tired - check

good mood- check

broke- check

lose weight? Nope.

Totals are:

Bike  33:43:24  487.85 miles

Run 20:33:47    118.8 miles

Swim 8:43:35  22,290 yds

Rest is a very important part of IM training and most people do not get enough.  To ensure that I do not become overtrained I have taken 19 rest days this month.  Yep, 19 days of no swimming, 19 days of no biking, 19 days of no running, simply 19 days of nothing.

The truth is I was very sick this month and basically had the crap kicked out of me.  I'm feeling better now, still not 100% but close.

Bike = 18:08
Run = 5:38
Swim = 0:40

Goal for May = Don't get sick

Feeling great about how my training is going. I am right in the middle fo a cutback week and will spend the rest of May in a final 4 week build cycle. My run is solid, my bike is coming around but still needs a bit of work, and my swim is way ahead of where I thought it would be. (I am totally recovered and swimming just about as fast and far as I did last year before IMLP)

Total: 78h 41m 51s
Daily Average: 2h 37m 12s

I focused on hard workouts with active recovery with no full rest days. (One and only full rest day of the year was Easter Sunday) I hit most all of my planned workouts and met all of my volume goals for the month.

No races for the month but I did complete some great long workouts. This month peak distances were several 20 mile runs, An 85 mile ride and a 3,000 yard swim. The month of May will look similar with a long run of 22 miles, a long ride of 100 miles and a long ocean swim of 4,200 yards.

I am really having fun with my training and spend a bit of time in each workout visualizing myself out on the course on race day having a blast. I am sure it helps that the weather has been good here and I have been doing a lot of training down at the beach

Bring it on Baby!!!

Um yeah, that scares me a LOT.  Are neoprene booties legal?  I just ordered a neoprene hood and booties the other day.

As I recall from another thread, the water temps for this time of year are normal, and will warm up before the race in 2 months, that this same cycle happens every year.  I'm not worried. 

April was good month, here's the final tally:

A little light on run volume as I had a 10k in there ( plus a taper for it ), as well as making my focus the bike.

The training camp in Tucson was just what the doctor ordered.  I got in some huge rides, and feel a lot better about my cycling fitness now than I did at the start of the month.  It just took a few long outdoor rides to translate the Computrainer fitness into "real" biking fitness and get used to riding on the road again.

Goals for May:

Bike: same volume as April
Run: more volume than April
Swim: same volume as April
Massage: at least once a week. 

Starting things off with a big weekend ( 2h run on Sat, 6:45 ride on Sun ).  :D 

Bike: 25h 00m - 401.35 Mi

Run: 16h 58m 33s - 86.3 Mi

Swim: 7h 25m - 18300 Yd

Strength: 4h 05m

Hopefully I can stay healthy in May and get all those hill rides done.

Overall APril was good for me. I missed my swim goal by a bit and definitely can not let that happen this month. Got in some good, quality bike time in April. I dont go out the door without pointing the bike up a hill. Lots of hills and I try to always ride in zone 2 and above. I had a really good run focus week that helped my totals a lot. Got in 45 miles that week with no injury or pain so I think my run base is solid.

May is go big month!

Swim 13 hours
Bike   34 hours
Run    20 hours

Goals are simple- dont miss a workout, stay healthy, eat good, lose weight.

Train safe everyone!

Made all my workouts.  May is gearing up with LOTS of bricks.  Still trying to bring my running around and it's taking patience as I'm still feeling the old injury twinge every once in a while.

For the bike I want to stay in the hills and work on staying in a harder gear but with runs following most of my bikes that's a tough order to follow.  May tweak the schedule a little to get a couple of these in.

Tell3131 - 2008-05-01 6:55 AM Waterdog66, Just a suggestion, but you might want to ramp up your training a bit!!!

I am working on it

Looks like everyone's training is coming along great. Dumpster, that looks like a great training camp you went to. (May have to look that one up for next year)

Train Well Everyone and see you all soon

I had a kick A** month if I do say so myself. And this is with running a youth tri camp, work, getting engaged and doing a HIM. Milestones all around including farthest on bike, in pool and running. I've swam 3 miles more than once and love my new coach who just whipped my arse in shape. Do I feel ready for IMCdA? Yes. Mostly because it doesn't seem like so much of a pipe dream. Still work to do but not as much.

GOALS FOR MAY:

I've got four centuries in May including riding the IMCdA bike course over Memorial Day Weekend and one in training and the rest are organized rides.

Goal: Avg. 14.5 mph on ALL 100+ rides

Nail bike nutrition

Complete a mini IM: 3,000 swim, followed by 5 hr bike, follwed by 2 hr run.

Stay healthy. Get rest and love on myself!