So, the marathon season is over for me…and now on to IRONPERSONING! :)  For those of you who don’t know, I’m training for my first full Ironman…140.6 miles of glory.  I’ve hired myself a coach because the thought of getting myself through 6 months of intense training…including 20hour training weeks…just didn’t seem possible without some help.  I’ve hired a training friend who is also a coach and member of the USAT National Team.

I’ve been bouncing around ideas in my head about how to balance my desire for a tasty blog with a training blog…and here’s what I came up with…Each week on Sunday, I’m going to have a recap post of that week’s training (“Ironperson Trains”).  I’m also going to have occasional features of “Ironperson Eats,”  ”Ironperson Recovers,” “Ironperson Thinks.”  But…the rest of the time…its going to be all about fun and cuppycakes etc.

So, without further ado, the first installation of Ironperson Trains.  This week was a nice recovery week after the marathon.  I wasn’t in pain after Tuesday, but my body was still tired…so the recovery week was well needed.

Monday: Rest

Tuesday: 30 minute walk…with the pup.  We’re both gonna be in great shape after this Ironman.  He doesn’t know it yet, but he’s gonna be doing a lot of runs with me. :)

Wednesday: 1700yd swim in 50 minutes…recovery drill set.  I got seasick in my gym pool (which is why the workout took me so long).  For serious.  I blame the fact that it is this tiny shallow pool and whenever there is someone else swimming there you get massive waves.  So it’s kinda like swimming in the ocean.  Which, I guess is good tri-training…but still.  I hate that pool.

Thursday: 30 minute run.  3.7 miles in 32 minutes (8:38.mi) I’m going to have to get used to workouts being written in terms of time instead of distance.  I have all these specific distance run routes, and it never matches up perfectly with a time.  So, do you stop when the time is over and walk the rest back?  I don’t know.  I just ran it all the way in this time…My legs didn’t have any residual marathon pain…but they felt like absolute lead.

Friday: Rest :-D

Saturday: Doubling up.

  • 2600yd Swim in 54 minutes.  Main set was 3X200, 4X100, 5X50…with warm up, cool down, kick and pull sets.  Felt great to be swimming at a real (non-gym) pool and to not get seasick. :)
  • 90 minute Bike, covering 24.6 miles at 16mph.  Holy crud.  I have a lot of bike work to do.  My “easy” 25ish mi rides last summer were at 18-19mph.  This felt hard.  And I was going slow.  I will partly blame the super head wind for most of the ride…but mostly, the blame should fall on me for neglecting the bike since February.

Sunday: 30 minute run…same route as Thursday.  3.7 miles.  Feeling better, but legs still tired.

Totals:

  • Time: 4 hours 56 minutes
  • Run Distance: 7.4 miles
  • Swim Distance: 4400yds
  • Bike Distance: 24.6 miles

Ok, time for a little rest and relaxation…

ps. Check out the “IronPerson” page above where I will compile all my Ironpersoning stuff. :)