Subject: Establishing a base I'm new to triathlon, and am training for an Oly in mid August. I think I'll survive it. I'm curious how long it takes for your body to adapt to the training and establish a good base. I've been training 3-4 days a week April through May, and now 6 days a week June - July. When I go back and look at the old workouts, I can see the improvements, but it seems like it's going to be 10 months of 6 days/week workouts before I can consider a HIM, and another 10 months of the same for an IM ...
Just curious how quickly our bodies can adapt.
For reference - The race is August 9: Last weeks workouts:
Monday: 15.5mi bike @ 15.5 mph
Tuesday: 1000m swim @ 2:10/100m
30min weight training
Wednesday: 4mi run @ 9:40/mi
Thursday: 1000m swim @ 2:05/100m
3mi walk (not for training, legs needed stretching )
Friday: Brick - 14.5mi bike @16.9mph
1mi run @ 9:00/mi
Saturday: REST!!!
Sunday: Run - Sprints @ local track
Regards,
Randall |