Sunday, September 03, 2006
Big Week Summary 8/28 - 9/3/06
Total Hours: 33:24
Swim: 12,000 (3 sessions) Time 4:02
Bike: 368 (5 rides) Time 22:17, 13,440 ft ascent
Run: 51 (6 runs) Time 7:05
Overall, this week was more difficult than my first big week in May. The extra 20 miles of running and 6ooo swimming adds much more quality to the week than pure zone 1 riding. Plan was to bike 40 on saturday to top 400 on the bike, but the long run killed me. Next time, may be wise to have a moderate maybe 16 mile run instead of 20, and a longer mid week run of around 12. I also piled on the quality at the end of the week, because of my recovery from hood to coast last weekend. Did TT for 60 min. on Friday, after 3 X 1 mile uphill repeats and after a 4400 swim. then ran 20 after a 3800 swim on saturday, then large ride on sunday with 90 min surge at the end. These final 3 days really put me under stress. Could have spread out the work a little better, but the priority was to recover from last weekend so I was able to get in the big workouts. Hopefully will benefit in a week or so.
The 600 miles of riding on the May big week was over 8 days. Had we gone to 8 days for this current week, biking 100, the total hours would have been nearly identical for the 2 weeks, around 39. So leaving this factor out, the main difference in our current week were: Increased swimming from 6ooo to 12000 and increased total running from 31 to 51 miles.
I dont feel like I need a week of taper to recover, which is a good thing. Maybe 2-3 days and I think I will be ready to train on a 5 day block, then short 2-3 day taper for Grand Columbian 1/2 IM
Swim: 12,000 (3 sessions) Time 4:02
Bike: 368 (5 rides) Time 22:17, 13,440 ft ascent
Run: 51 (6 runs) Time 7:05
Overall, this week was more difficult than my first big week in May. The extra 20 miles of running and 6ooo swimming adds much more quality to the week than pure zone 1 riding. Plan was to bike 40 on saturday to top 400 on the bike, but the long run killed me. Next time, may be wise to have a moderate maybe 16 mile run instead of 20, and a longer mid week run of around 12. I also piled on the quality at the end of the week, because of my recovery from hood to coast last weekend. Did TT for 60 min. on Friday, after 3 X 1 mile uphill repeats and after a 4400 swim. then ran 20 after a 3800 swim on saturday, then large ride on sunday with 90 min surge at the end. These final 3 days really put me under stress. Could have spread out the work a little better, but the priority was to recover from last weekend so I was able to get in the big workouts. Hopefully will benefit in a week or so.
The 600 miles of riding on the May big week was over 8 days. Had we gone to 8 days for this current week, biking 100, the total hours would have been nearly identical for the 2 weeks, around 39. So leaving this factor out, the main difference in our current week were: Increased swimming from 6ooo to 12000 and increased total running from 31 to 51 miles.
I dont feel like I need a week of taper to recover, which is a good thing. Maybe 2-3 days and I think I will be ready to train on a 5 day block, then short 2-3 day taper for Grand Columbian 1/2 IM
