Six Weeks until the Halfmax Half Iron race

I was in a panic about the training plan from the book I’ve always used, having difficulty following it.   It was just too much with my work schedule.  So,  I met with Triathlon Coach, Marty Gaal, who worked up a plan for me.   It’s still alot, but more doable, and Marty said just commit to Tu,Th, Sat and Sun.  If you have to skip the other days, don’t sweat it.    That alone helps alot.

I thought if I write my plan down here on FB, I will stick to it better and be more excited about Halfmax.  This is the plan that Marty Gaal wrote up for me.   There are some things that are that are quite different than my old plan.   For one, the weekend long run is before the weekend long bike.  For the IOS rides, they are supposed to be tempo efforts.  Will try to stay on the tail of A for as long as possible.

Six Weeks to go till Halfmax

• Monday 23-Aug off
• Tuesday 24-Aug swim at lunch;  IOS ride, brick run
• Wednesday 25-Aug off or easy run at lunch. If you run today, ride tomorrow
• Thursday 26-Aug swim at lunch; IOS ride or 1 hour run: 20,20,20 (that means 20 wu, 20 tempo, 20 cd
• Friday 27-Aug off
• Saturday 28-Aug long run optional short ride a short ride after a run helps with recovery
• Sunday 29-Aug long ride, 3 hour build to moderately hard/tempo effort; T run 1 or 2 miles