Over Trainning-60 Days to Go

How do you know if you are over training?
Things start to hurt
(Back in PT?)
Yup
(What is it this time?)
Scare tissue on the knees.
(Is that damaging?)
No it is the result of over training.
(What do you do for that?)
Rub, rub, rub, the scar tissue out.
(Scar tissue?)
Tendonistis
Add some electric sten.
(What is sten?)
Electrodes that massage the muscles
(How do you know if you are going to be ready?)
You don't, you just have to trust that you have done enough preparation
(In the past this approach has worked)

At this stage I would like to swim 2.4 miles 3 times a week, Bike 112 miles once a week and run 10 miles twice a week. I can do all of these things, but I will ache so badly afterwards that I will not be able to train for two weeks.
(So what do you do?)

At this stage it is more about maintaining and not injuring.
I swim 1-2 times a week
(45 to 90 minutes depending on how much time I have)

I bike every Sunday
(85-100 miles depending on how much time I have)

I run 3 miles
(Because more than that will aggrivate my tedonitis)


and I ice...a lot.

The Dress Rehearsal - 75 Days to Go

The Half Ironman

1.2 mile swim

56.5 mile bike

13.1 mile run

This was where I first began to think my dream of an Ironman could be a reality.

This 325 days ago was where I went from dreaming bigger to living bigger.

This was where I decided I might be able to complete an Ironman Race.

Now a year later, with the Ironman

closing in, like a car in my rear view mirror, I wanted to know if there was anything new to be learned?

Some races are just races and others teach you about yourself. This was a learning experience.

To see if my swim was ready, I swam without a wet suit (Since I will not be allowed to use one at the Ironman)

Wetsuits make you faster.

Well, I swam as fast as last year, but without the suit, so I have learned that I am faster this year

(So my swim is ready)

I biked almost as fast as last year, but fast enough for an Ironman

(So my bike is ready)

I ran more and walked less, with a quicker finishing time

(So my run is ready)