Yet another winter training question...

Funny you should ask, Cindy.  I just built my winter training schedule in Excel yesterday and when it was done, I sat back and said, "how in the heck am I going to get all this done?".  Each week has 3 days requiring two disciplines.  I'm concerned about balancing the requirements of training and the rest of my work/personal life.  For instance, an hour swim is actually a minimum of 2 hours out of the day when you include driving time and changing clothes.  I'll just have to become a master of time management and getting along with less sleep.

How about you?  What does your training schedule look like?

You and I are on the same page for sure!  I haven't actually written my training plan for the winter out yet, I'm just finishing my "recovery" from my race 1 1/2 weeks ago.  But I'm in school full time and trying to maintain an A average....also I was really hoping to spend more time focusing on yoga and strength training this winter.  There's no way I can do all of that AND 2 swim/bike/run workouts every day!

My thoughts are to do 1 long and 1 short workout in each discipline weekly, mostly in the morning or mid afternoon.   Strength train 2x/wk primarily upper body, yoga 2-3 x/wk.  So it will still be 2 workouts most days, but only 1 workout will be triathlon specific.

School ends mid May, my 1/2 IM is in mid July, so that still gives me plenty of time to get geared back up for it I hope...what do you think?

You and I may be in different phases of training.  It sounds like you already have a fairly good base of training for the distances required of a half IM.  I do not and will be spending an extended period of time creating an aerobic base this winter.  Unfortunately, this requires frequent and lengthy workouts.  I did my first Oly and for a variety of reasons, the most important of which was a lack of preparatory training, I did not perform up to my expectations.  So, I am dedicated to doing a much better job of preparing for my next step in this journey next spring when I compete in my first Half IM.

As I said earlier, I built my schedule in Excel and in such a way that it is easily modified.  If you're interested in using it as a framework, you're welcome to it.  Do you know how to attach a document to these posts?  I may just have to email it out if you'd like to see it.

Edited by Motivated 2004-09-21 9:13 AM

Hi Karl, is this open to others? It would be great to see what you are doing, it is the pure distance (endurance/nutrition) that I most need to work on.  I have not started doubling my workouts too much yet - I was hoping to wait a few months for that. But I think your first (of 3 1/2IM's !!!) is in the spring?

Cindy, what did you follow for a training program last time - actually, maybe I am just being lazy in asking, as you likely answered in a previous thread - will go back and look.  

Also, reconizing this might be an odd place to throw this question in, but what is the etiquette about placing a link to someone else's blog into my blog ....does one request permission or is it implied by the fact that the blog is public?

Sann, if you'd like to see it, I can email it to you.  I don't think I can attach it to these posts since its an excel file...it is a gradual building of the distances over 33 weeks to prepare me for my first haf IM in May 2005.

Please!

Most of what I am reading is more geared to the IM distance, so playing with how to alter it to suit the 1/2. A concrete plan would be great to see .... and use!