It’s ON! 19 weeks to Ironman Lake Placid

And so the REAL season has begun… Looking back, I can’t believe how fast time flew by. I still remember like it was December 2009 and I was just starting my maintenance program.

Ok, I admit, it was far from being perfect as I did not follow it as I should. But hey, it still was a lot better than what I did for pre-season last year = nothing.

I stopped updating this blog because quiet honestly, the maintenance program was really, and I mean, REALLY boring. Almost every week was like the other. Next year I will make sure I add some off the sport workouts, like squash or even soccer.

But now, with the real season on its way, I will try to update it at least once a week. And I always hope that my teammates keep using it to post whatever that heck they want, as this is meant to be the Team Sandbaggers blog, which I am a proud member!!! LOL

By the way, somehow I missed Hans’s mojo post… It is really great. It got ME going! And how did he find out about my secret wish to qualify to Kona?  Maybe because I keep saying that one day I will make it. It’s just a matter of when, not if.  But there is still a lot of work to do…  

During the past few months I did notice that I’ve been able to build a decent foundation. Nothing special, but I am confident it will help me for the 20 weeks program for IM Lake Placid. The most interesting change was on my running. WIth this new HR zone/target I was barely able to “run” without breaking the then ”elusive” 145-150 bpm barrier.  Now, I was actually jogging (sorry runners) and still managed to stay within my target zone.

Well, enough said. Time to crunch the numbers.

This week I did:

- 14:20 hours total

- 11 workouts (3 swims, 3 runs, 3 bikes and 2 weights)

- Total calories: 10,780 kcal

- Long bike: 4 hours

- Long run: 1:20 hour 

- Long swim: 3,500m

Best workout:  Long run on Sunday. I actually felt great, specially because I was able to increase my pace for the last 30 minutes. I finished at 10.5 km/h pace… I know, sad, eh?  LOL

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