The 4 week HIM Training plan or.....
what not to do.
This should be interesting.
Running: This season has not really gone as planned for me. I used Feb and part of Mar to break down some barriers related to my running. I did that with flying colors... well actually took it a little too far and ended up injured. So since Mar I've had about 6 weeks with almost no running at all but lots of form and cadence work. Got back into running and my recovery pace has dropped by about 45 sec/mile. Well that's good news. The bad news is that my muscle endurance only holds out for about 5 miles then my form falls apart and I start to get sore.
Biking: I've been biking a lot on the weekends. I've gotten in tons of mileage but no intensity to speak of. Power on the bike is my weak link, endurance I got.
Swimming: No problem I've got the distance and I'm swimming faster than I ever have. Don't ask me how that happened, I have no idea. I've only been swimming 1 to 2 times per week, occasionally 3 times. But I have been working a lot on other strokes and intensity when I do swim freestyle.
I've got 4 weeks until my first big race of the year. Knowing that I can't make worthwhile physiological gains over the 10 days immediately prior to the race, that gives me today and 2 weeks including the weekends to train. If I rigidly observe the 10% rule, that won't even get me up to running distance before the race.
The things I've got in my favor:
- 13 years of triathlon training and racing base
- tons of low intensity bike mileage this year which should carry over into my running to some extent
- a kick butt swim if all goes as planned
- a new, lighter bike with a better fit
- a whole different outlook on what my limitations are/aren't
On the surface it looks like a recipe for maybe not disaster, but at least not an ideal race result. But I think I can still pull off a good time at the race. My goal is to get a good long course ranking this year, so I need this race.
Here goes nothing...
