Doing the Du: Week 15
Posted Mon, 14th Jul '08 at 1:05pm by Decados
Alrighty, I thought that I'd give this blogging a go, but couldn't figure out what to babble about that would be of interest to you lot. 
Of course, I then realised that it didn't matter all that much whether anyone paid any attention. It is about time someone started to type something about doing sport- there are far too many armchair supporters here!
So I have decided to use this as a sort of training log while I get fitter for a duathlon at the end of October (at least, I assume there are still spaces). The title is a phrase that caught my eye in a book I was reading, along with 'trying the tri'. Unfortunately, I think the author was American, as everyone over here would pronounce the last word as 'd-you'. Still, it is the thought that counts!
As to the training program itself: it actually started last week, but I didn't particularly want to start noting stuff about in down mid-week. For the first month, the weekly mesocycle will be build/recover/build/recover. After that, it will run build/build/recover. 5 days a week will be training endurance- some days will be biking, others running and a few brick sessions will be mixed in.
I suspect the training assumes that it is pretty much the only thing done each week, but I don't have any intention of changing the rest of my sport. This means I will also be doing trampolining, sword-training, badminton and a couple of weight-sessions in the week. If they get cancelled for any reason, swimming and climbing may be substituted in. Now I've seen it written down, I'm glad I have a sporty background!
Some starting information:
Height - approximately 6' 1", give or take an inch
Weight - apparently about 170 lbs. It should be noted I have very little faith in the accuracy of those scales
Resting Heart Rate - 60 bpm (has been oddly high recently)
The duathlon itself is a sprint distance- 5km run, 18km bike and 3km finishing run. Everything is on country roads/trails.
Total times for the week:
100 minutes biking
60 minutes running
No bricks
That is about all I can think of just now; congratulations on reading all that. All questions/advice/support welcomed.
Of course, I then realised that it didn't matter all that much whether anyone paid any attention. It is about time someone started to type something about doing sport- there are far too many armchair supporters here!
So I have decided to use this as a sort of training log while I get fitter for a duathlon at the end of October (at least, I assume there are still spaces). The title is a phrase that caught my eye in a book I was reading, along with 'trying the tri'. Unfortunately, I think the author was American, as everyone over here would pronounce the last word as 'd-you'. Still, it is the thought that counts!As to the training program itself: it actually started last week, but I didn't particularly want to start noting stuff about in down mid-week. For the first month, the weekly mesocycle will be build/recover/build/recover. After that, it will run build/build/recover. 5 days a week will be training endurance- some days will be biking, others running and a few brick sessions will be mixed in.
I suspect the training assumes that it is pretty much the only thing done each week, but I don't have any intention of changing the rest of my sport. This means I will also be doing trampolining, sword-training, badminton and a couple of weight-sessions in the week. If they get cancelled for any reason, swimming and climbing may be substituted in. Now I've seen it written down, I'm glad I have a sporty background!
Some starting information:
Height - approximately 6' 1", give or take an inch
Weight - apparently about 170 lbs. It should be noted I have very little faith in the accuracy of those scales
Resting Heart Rate - 60 bpm (has been oddly high recently)
The duathlon itself is a sprint distance- 5km run, 18km bike and 3km finishing run. Everything is on country roads/trails.
Total times for the week:
100 minutes biking
60 minutes running
No bricks
That is about all I can think of just now; congratulations on reading all that. All questions/advice/support welcomed.
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Good luck with your training! I hope that the next version of the blog addon has a views counter since every blog will get read far more often than commented.Posted Fri, 18th Jul '08 at 4:21pm by Taluntain 
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Thanks Tal. It would indeed be interesting to see how often the blogs get read.Posted Sun, 20th Jul '08 at 12:30pm by Decados
