Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Training update

Today I went out for my morning 1 hour ride....18 miles or so. Well 15 minutes into it, I got the dreaded flat tire! I didn't have a spare tube with me, so I had to wake my lovely wife to come rescue me. Today I plan to order something to carry spare stuff with me.

This week is week 8 in my IronMan Base Phase Training.
  • I've put in 38.6 hours so far.
  • Last week I hit 6 hours and plan to get around 7 this week.
  • Swimming is 200% better. Yesterday I had my 4th lesson and I've come so far already. I am swimming flat now, can breathe, have decent form. I just have to work on my lung capacity and my efficiency.

All and all, things look great. Sometimes I struggle with the gradual adaptation (only increasing training volume 10% max per week). I am working on resting and stretching to really recover from the training.

I'm thrilled about IronMan Florida 2009!

4 comments:

Angie said...

i thought your blog was going to be really boring, but it's not! that's cool you're taking swim lessons. keep up the training!! and happy bday

Brenda Liniger said...

Look at you all fancy with your blue font....swank!

Angie said...

i can't believe you're planning on doing an ironman in about a year. !!!estas loco!!!

Ben said...

I actually have 16 months! Just have to learn to swim!