Beer & Blog - Excitng Evening In The Grove

Sometimes during these transition phases of training I wonder if I should continue to bore you every week as training during this stretch is quite boring. All my training at this point is pretty much just a maintenance of what I have built up since January and speed workouts are basically non-existent at this point. Looking at the meet schedule for my cross-country teams, I have decided to take this transition phases to October 6th. At that point, I will start a 2-3 month base building phase with the idea of qualifying for Kona in 2014.

Today, I finished my second week of transition. I kept volume to about 10 hours of training and 9 workouts not counting my functional core routine that I have added to my training schedule twice a week. Since August, I have been very consistent about performing this specific routine and I have felt its benefits in my last few races. I have introduced my cross-country teams to this routine and they are swearing up and down about it and it is showing in their results. As I moe up age groups and get old (45-49 in 2014), I will need to maintain some strength.

I have also decided that I will continue to blog each week but to add some life to it I will start a countdown of my unofficial rules for all triathletes. These rules are based on my observations over the last 20+ years of competing as an endurance athlete. These rules may nit be for the thin skinned!

New Training Totals
Week
Bike - 4 rides/ 135 miles/ 6.51 hours/ 20.7 mph
Run - 3 runs/ 25.75 miles/ 3.12 hours/ 7;16 per mile
Swim - 2 swims/ 1.6 miles/ .68 hours
Total - 9 workouts/ 162.25 miles/ 10.31 hours

2013
Bike - 190 rides/ 6169 miles/ 286.36 hours/ 21.5 mph
Run - 132 runs/ 853.25 miles/ 104.72 hours/ 7:21 per mile
Swim - 112 swims/ 106.25 miles/ 52.41 hours
Total - 434 workouts/ 7128.5 miles/ 443.49 hours

Goals This Week
Bike - 4 rides/ 135-55 miles
Run - 3 runs/ 24-28 miles
Swim - 2-3 swims/ 1.5-2 miles

People will often ask what am I on to complete my training?

What am I will I be on?

I will be on my bike 7-10 hours a week, in the pool 1.5-3 hours a week and on the roads running 2-3 hours a week in 2014......and of course caffeine,moose tracks and beer for recovery! 

Kona 2014!

The countdown begins next week!

Kona 1997