So, after posting my last entry about a week late, and after rereading it, I realized that I don’t have enough activity to warrant a weekly entry. On top of that, what I do have isn’t really that interesting. So, that being said, after this entry, I’ll probably only post when/if anything interesting happens.
Here we are, 9 days away from the PF Chang’s Rock and Roll Marathon and I haven’t done any real running for over a month. When I look back at my training schedule, I’m initially bummed out, but then quickly realize that the running kept me healthy and in shape. During my 4 months of running, I covered 355.18 miles which comes out to about 89 per month. I still haven’t scheduled my MRI yet, but will eventually get around to it and post everything as soon as I can.
I’ve been on the bike twice (total of about 62 miles) in the first week of January and I’m happy to report that there haven’t been any real issues with my knee. So far as I can tell, there is only some minor, dull, soreness.
Looking forward to Ironman Arizona 2012. We won’t “officially” be on a training plan until sometime in June or July, so I won’t really be mentioning more about that until then. While James and Ben say they are planning on qualifying for the World Championships in Kona, my goal is to go sub 11:00:00. There, I said it. It’s out there. In 2010, my sole goal was to simply finish with no predetermined time. Oh sure, I formulated windows and possibilities that I thought were plausible, but never a set time. By letting the cat out of the bag now, many IMers will say that I just jinxed myself and that you keep your goal time a closely guarded secret. Whatever, sub 11 it is. Here’s how I would like it to go down:
• 1:00 swim (1:00 in 2010)
• 5 min T1 (10min 32sec in 2010)
• 5:17 bike (5:37 in 2010)
• 5 min T2 (5min 08sec in 2010)
• 4:25 run (4:51 in 2010)
For me, my swim was spot on. Even if I really tried to go all out, I would probably only eek out 3 or 4 more minutes….not worth it. In 2010, I made the decision to go completely dry in T1. That meant that I had to take off my trunks, get on my cycling shorts, put on dry compression sleeves, etc. This time around, I’ll be wearing my shorts and sleeves under my wetsuit. Hopefully I can shave off about 5 minutes. For the bike, if the weather is like it was in 2010, then all bets are off, but I would do a few things different this time around that could get me to 5:17 if it is. If the weather is perfect, I may be able to push that time down even lower. The only stop I made in T2 was to use the bathroom (oh, and a few extra seconds with the sun screen crew!), so other than that, I was happy with the 5 minutes it took. As for the run, I averaged an 11:07 min/mile. If you look at my results, I didn’t start off fast and then fade, rather I kept a steady 11 min/mile. I did that out of fear. I saw too many videos about people falling over, cramping, and crawling on the run course and didn’t want to be one of them. 11 min/mile was simply a very comfortable pace that I knew wouldn’t get me in any trouble. With that in mind, and knowing my running capabilities (or lack thereof), I think I can shave off about 1 min/mile. Calculating it all out gets me a final time of 10:52. So, instead of explaining this seemingly bizarre time to everybody that asks what my goal is, I’m simply going to say, “Sub 11”
So, for now, it's 5 more months of "base training", entering a few races here and there, and keeping in shape until the real training starts. That's probably when I'll continue with the weekly updates.
Finally, you're probably gonna get sick of me constantly reflecting on my 2010 training and comparing it to 2012, but it's something I enjoy, so with that said:
DECEMBER 2009 TOTALS:
SWIM = 6300 yards
BIKE = 350 miles
RUN = 30.5 miles
DECEMBER 2011 TOTALS:
SWIM = 12000 yards (+5700 yards)
BIKE = 94.84 yards (-255.16 miles)
RUN = 3 miles (-27.5 miles)
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