Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Trying New Things

So I may be trying something new fairly soon. I've had so many ups and downs with my foot injury ever since February so I've decided to change my mindset of be an avid runner. Instead, I'm going to start looking into Triatholons! I found a great training system on the Women's Health magazine's website. My thoughts are that with added swimming and biking, my feet obviously won't be getting as much strain put on them. If I can at least run twice a week and know that that is all I am supposed to be doing-I won't get discouraged after one run when my feet start hurting. Jon loves the idea as well so we are going to start trying asap! We have the YMCA pool to swim in and we both have bicycles as well. Here is what the schedule looks like. 


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MONTH 1
MON Off

TUES RUN: 20 minutes easy
WED BIKE: 30 minutes easy or spin class
THURS Off
FRI RUN: 20 minutes easy
SAT SWIM: 10 to 16 x 25 m easy, rest 20 seconds
SUN BIKE: 30 to 40 minutes easy or spin class


MONTH 2

MON Off
TUES *RUN: 3 to 4 Two-minute intervals 
WED BIKE: 50 to 60 minutes easy or spin class
THURS SWIM: 8 to 10 x 75 m easy, rest 15 seconds
FRI RUN: 35 to 40 minutes easy
SAT SWIM: 8 to 10 x 75 m easy, rest 15 seconds
BRICK: BIKE: 30 minutes steady RUN: 20 to 30 minutes easy

MONTH 3

MON Off RUN: 6 to 8 two-minute intervals
TUES BIKE: 60 to 70 minutes easy
WED SWIM: 800 m easy
THURS RUN: 40 minutes easy
FRI SWIM: 800 m easy or 30 minutes in open water
BRICK: BIKE: 50 minutes steady RUN: 25 to 30 minutes easy

MONTH 1

SWIM: During weeks 3 and 4, swim 8 to 10 x 50 meters, rest 15 seconds.

BIKE/RUN: Increase by five minutes each week.

MONTH 2

SWIM: During weeks 3 and 4, swim 5 x 100 m, rest 15 seconds.

BIKE: Increase by five minutes each week.
*RUN: Begin interval training: Warm up for 15 minutes, then alternate two minutes at a faster pace with two minutes jog/walk. Cool down for 15 minutes; increase by one interval each week.

MONTH 3
During weeks 2 and 3, do the brick on Tuesday; on Sunday, do a mini tri (15-minute swim, 45-minute bike, 20-minute run). Race week: Revert to month 1, week 1. The day before your race, rest or swim easy for 10 minutes.

Your Building Bricks
Back-to-back bike-run training workouts (a.k.a. "bricks") are essential—they'll teach you to run on legs that feel like jelly after hopping off the bike. "The first mile always feels as if someone else's legs have been grafted to your body," says Cane. "It'll feel lousy—but since triathletes prepare themselves with brick workouts, they hit their stride pretty quickly."

Starting in the second month of training, do a bike-run brick every weekend. Figuring out that it takes about 10 minutes for you to get past the running-through-mud feeling will mentally ready you for race day—you'll know you can push through and finish strong.






We are going to get started on this today! Cannot wait to mix up my normal cardio workout habits. I think this is going to be good people! P.S. I also just put in for SEVERAL new books at the library. Most of the do relate to running, running injuries, and clean eating. I'll keep you updated on my finds.


For dinner, I made Baked chicken with Kale & avocado. It was AMAZING. Jon loved it. REALLY loved it. Which made my super happy. I will definitely be making this dish again. I also made some homemade no bake granola!


Wish me luck! 5:30 a.m. is already calling my name!

2 comments:

  1. First off, I've been thinking of doing a triatholon, we should do one together! Second, I am so going to do a vegetarian alternative to that chicken recipe- it looks incredible!

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    1. You totally should! Jon loved it. I was super impressed myself. The avocado I put on top definitely helped with the spices I put-I went a little overboard. But I've been trying kale dishes cause it's SO good for you. Any way-YES to triatholon training. Jon & I started this morning! We need to find one to sign up for!

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