| Marty's Dismal December training | |||||||||
| ACTUAL | run miles | strength | other | ||||||
| 1-Dec | Monday | 8 easy | swim 2k | 1.5 | 8 | 0.5 | |||
| 2-Dec | Tuesday | strength | 5 easy, drills | 1.25 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| 3-Dec | Wednesday | 7 with 2.5 speed, 1.6k swim | 2 | 7 | 0.5 | ||||
| 4-Dec | Thursday | 50min spin | 4 easy | 1.4 | 4 | 0.85 | |||
| 5-Dec | Friday | strength (light) | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||
| 6-Dec | Saturday | 18 run | 2 | 18 | |||||
| 7-Dec | Sunday | 1 hr ride | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 9.65 | |||||||||
| ACTUAL | |||||||||
| 8-Dec | Monday | 1.5k swim | 6m run | 1.5 | 6 | 0.5 | |||
| 9-Dec | Tuesday | decide to take 2 weeks off running to heal problems | 40min ride | 1k swim, weights | 1.75 | 1 | 1.75 | ||
| 10-Dec | Wednesday | 1.8k swim | 0.6 | 0.6 | |||||
| 11-Dec | Thursday | strength | 50min spin | 1.4 | 1 | 1.4 | |||
| 12-Dec | Friday | 2k swim | 0.75 | 0.75 | |||||
| 13-Dec | Saturday | 45min ride, strength | 1.25 | 1 | 1.25 | ||||
| 14-Dec | Sunday | off | |||||||
| 7.25 | |||||||||
| ACTUAL | |||||||||
| 15-Dec | Monday | off | |||||||
| 16-Dec | Tuesday | 2.7mile jog to test the waters - still have trouble with hip/shins | strength, 1.6k swim | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17-Dec | Wednesday | 1 hr spin | swim/kick 1.8k | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||||
| 18-Dec | Thursday | 3mile jog, drills | 0.7 | 3.5 | |||||
| 19-Dec | Friday | strength, swim/kick 1.5k | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 20-Dec | Saturday | ride 22, run 3 Z1 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.1 | ||||
| 21-Dec | Sunday | off | 0 | ||||||
| 6.45 | |||||||||
| ACTUAL | |||||||||
| 22-Dec | Monday | vacation week, ran 3 x 30min, road 3-4 hrs, swam ~6k, lifted 2x | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 23-Dec | Tuesday | ||||||||
| 24-Dec | Wednesday | ||||||||
| 25-Dec | Thursday | ||||||||
| 26-Dec | Friday | ||||||||
| 27-Dec | Saturday | ||||||||
| 28-Dec | Sunday | ||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||
| throw out the run mileage goals…. | move into maintenance/healing mode… | ||||||||
| 60 | |||||||||
| total | week 1 | week2 | week3 | week4 | |||||
| total time | 32.35 | 9.65 | 7.25 | 6.45 | 9 | ||||
| run(m) | 68.2 | 43 | 6 | 9.2 | 10 | ||||
| strength | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| other(t) | 20.7 | 3.85 | 6.25 | 4.6 | 6 | ||||
| Other is time spent on any swim/bike or yoga type classes I get dragged to… | |||||||||
| strength in this block is basic prep work and consists of some or all of the following: | |||||||||
| incline situps | |||||||||
| obliques (side twists) | |||||||||
| back exercises | |||||||||
| regular crunches | |||||||||
| medicine ball | |||||||||
| lat pulldown | |||||||||
| bicep curls (light) | |||||||||
| tricep extension | |||||||||
| seated leg press (tricky back=no squats) | |||||||||
| calf raises | |||||||||
| hip & glutes | |||||||||