My goal is to do an Ironman triathlon next year. I haven’t registered for one yet. I am going to try to get into the Lake Placid Ironman. But I still have a ton of training to do. I am just starting to learn to swim decently. I want to improve my cycling fitness as well. I have ridden a single century ride and that was relatively flat. I have run 5 marathons with the fastest being 3:30, so I am not too worried about the running part.
So while I am waiting to get into some Ironman triathlon or other, I am working on building my fitness. I bought multiple book of training for an Ironman. The one that intrigues me the most is BeIronFit or Be Iron Fit by Don Fink. It has some interesting schedules, including Just Finish, Intermediate and Competitive. My next schedule marathon isn’t until November (the New York City Marathon). I may do a half marathon in September with a friend at a relatively slow 10:00 pace. I may also do a full marathon in October. My next running race is next month and that is an extreme trail ultramarathon. But I am planning on taking that one kinda easy. I may try to do a century ride or two this summer as well.
So in the meantime, I am going to play with some training schedules. I have decided to use the Be IronFit intermediate schedule to train for the Ultramarathon. I have already been doing running and biking, and am now going to add some swimming. I probably wont do the schedule verbatum, but will soften it a little especially the swimming. Since I am just learning to swim, I am not up to all the drills. So I will just try to make my way back and forth across the pool, working on basic technique at this point. Also, I might shorten some of the longer bike rides.
All the running and biking stuff is heart rate monitor based. It’s been a while since I have done heart rate monitor training. I am faster now, but my resting heart rate is higher too. Maybe I will improve my aerobic fitness some. I have already qualified for Boston, so now I can relax some. I will need aerobic fitness for an Ironman since my goal is simply to finish at this point.

Posted by Rob in Whatever on June 12th, 2008 |