Accomplishment For Its Own Sake

I did another race a while ago. It was a very short one because there were some guys from work doing it for the first time. I did better overall and actually got second in my age group, but I'd blame that more on the less competitive crowd at these shorter races.

So that pretty much ends my season. I've got maybe one more in mid-October that I might do, but other than that I'm aiming for next year's ice-breakers.

Since everyone is just salivating over the thought of my training plan, here we go:

For running I'm putting in miles and doing a 5k training plan. I'm at < 20 miles a week right now and won't peak much higher than 25. Depending on how I'm doing with this I'll probably go to a 10k plan early in 08. I won't do anything other than distance for at least a month. I just need miles now to get my legs ready. I'm going to start the running portion of the coaching in a month, so hopefully that will help.

For biking, miles miles miles. I've upped to 90minute rides, and I'll probably peak at 2 hours. Then I'll work in hills and speed.

I've started seeing a swim-coach, and that's working out well. Swimming is absolutely about technique. They guys working the hardest are usually going slowest. From what the coach says, I wasn't 'horrible' but I've improved a hell of a lot, so I think that translates to me actually being something close to horrible.

For next year I want to drop 15 minutes off my sprint time, which would put me competitive in my age group.