My goal tonight, after I got home from our work BBQ, was to review a training schedule that my buddy Dan has put together using his knowledge of previous training experiences and through the help of a book that I bought but never read, "The Triathlete's Training Bible." Well the night is slowly progressing and this training schedule is just too confusing for a lay-trainer such as myself.
The training plan has 9 different stages. Right now, at the onset of the training regimen, we are in Prep, in two weeks this progresses to Base 1, etc.. All of these stages focus on different areas of training in the area of swim, bike, run and weight lifting with different time requirements and focuses for each day of the week.
Herein lies my problem...I can barely get myself to the gym (which I realize is bad news) but then I have to tailor my workout for something specific. Well, I am not very good at this. I like to just get something done when I want to do them. For instance, this morning I went to the gym at 6am and was supposed to have an easy run for an 1 hr and lift weights for half an hour. Well first off, I was only at the gym for 1 hour total and to top it off, I did interval running for 15 minutes and swam for 20. Nowhere close to my scheduled workout. But, I went to the gym...good news! And I'm slowly starting to teach myself and my muscles how to breathe from my right side as well as my left side while swimming. I do not want to end up like Zoolander and only be able to turn one direction. Currently, about 80% of the time when breathing from the right, I end up just breathing out and not back in. This method does not prove useful for the sustainability of critical life functions.
Moral of the story, training schedules are difficult to understand and follow, but a necessary evil to focus my attention and blood, sweat and tears.
Ok time to figure this training plan out for real.
Swim, Bike, Run....LIFE
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