With the holiday season coming up, the transition from racing back to training is in full swing. Except for one 10k and one 5k, I have nothing on the race calendar until the Lake Effect Half Marathon next February.
Looking at the totals from this year, it definitely feels like I can step it up in regards to training. Actually I’ll have to, because the races I’m registered for are longer than my races plus training distances combined this year (200 running / 300 biking miles).
Schedule-wise, I’ve started strength training before work instead of the usual late night gym session, and it’s really helping to workout more often and longer. We’ll see how these morning lifts and afternoon swims/runs go over an extended period of time, but the current plan is:
Weightlifting – 5x @ 1 hour
Running – 4x @ 30 miles per week
Swimming – 2x @ 4000 yards per week
Biking – 2x @ 4 hours per week
Not sure if the bigger beneficiary will be rugby or my swim/bike/run, but it’s definitely not going to hurt either over the next 3-4 months.
It’s nice to really fill in my 2014 race schedule too, as I’ll be signed up for the majority of my races as of this week. There is a marked transition away from running, where the Syrathon Race Series played a huge part, this year. 2013 will finish up with 22 running races and 4 triathlons, with 2014 having 3 running races and 8 triathlons scheduled so far.
One of the races is the Timberman Half Ironman Relay in New Hampshire, so we’re currently accepting funny team name ideas (post them in the comments below, you don’t need to signup for wordpress to comment).
Where’s the ice, I’m sore already…
IronRugger 