Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Getting back in to it

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Sunday, 20 July 2008

Getting back in to it

After my exertions on Wednesday and Thursday my legs just weren't up to doing anything on either Friday or Saturday, so instead of training I rested and got my Litespeed sorted into "Aberfeldy LD" spec - this included adding clip-on tribars, seat bag with puncture repair kit, one bottle cage and handlebar box (for gels and energy bars).

Today I went for a short(ish) ride just to get my legs moving again; I did 2 hours and 10 minutes and 65km. I did some repeated hill efforts (or at least the best hills that Cambridgeshire could offer) and it was nice to be out in the sunshine, although it was well windy; struggling to do 25kmh into the wind and then 48kmh+ with it. Legs were tired afterwards so I've worn my calf guards all afternoon. Legs feel good now.

Looking ahead I now have 3 weeks of training before tapering for Aberfeldy. Plan is to do some serious bike mileage and get a half marathon in at some point every week whilst keeping the swimming ticking over. There are some work and social commitments that will mess things up a bit but the key will be flexibility, and do what I can when I can. I also plan to try and get the weight down and lose one pound per week; by Aberfeldy that would see me very close to my IM race weight of 2006 and will certainly help on the hills of Scotland.

Train smart folks.

2 comments:

Lonsy said...: How does one train smart?

Everyone has their personal stuff but are there core sessions that everyone does?; 20 July 2008 at 21:45
Turbo Man said...: Train smart is all about avoiding "junk" mileage. Every session must have a goal, you just don't go out and ride you bike for 2 hours. Similarly, you don't just go to the pool and splash up and down for 30 minutes.

Yes there are certainly core sessions thatI do, but these will be different for everyone and, as you can imagine, my tend to be bike-centric, as that's what I enjoy most. Even so, there are only 3 core bike sessions that I do every week, with 2 swims and 2 runs making up my core programme. The rest is just for fun!

Go and read my blog from 26 May titled Turbo Training for core bike sessions.; 21 July 2008 at 09:02