So I spent 12 days down in Arizona over reading week to get
in a good block of training. The primary goal obviously was to get a good tan,
which I was successful in doing.
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| I only take my watch off for showers. :) |
But really it was to get in some good bike miles in the warm
weather and fantastic roads (there are wide bike lanes on pretty much every
road in Tucson), and keep up some swimming and running. Rather than go into
details that no-one cares about I decided that I would post what 7 days of
training camp looked like for me. I’m sure I can’t be the only person who
wonders what other triathletes get up to with their training, but not very many
people post what they do. So hopefully this provides an interesting read J I arrived on Thursday night,
so there were a couple of easier days before this, and a few days (also easing
off the intensity) after.
Sunday:
AM- 60min
run- easy
2hr15min bike- easy aerobic
PM- 90min
swim- hard
Monday:
AM- 35min
water run
90min swim- moderate
PM- 3hrs
bike- 2x20min in the middle
Tuesday:
AM- 100min
swim- ez
PM- big
brick of 1hr ride, 1hr run, 1hr40min ride (all aerobic)
Wednesday:
AM- 90min
swim- moderate
PM- 2.5hr
ride (hard but very fun intervals in the middle), 45min of drills/strides/core
Thursday:
AM- 30min
warmup run + 50min step machine (so much fun) ;) + 10min core
- 2hr15min bike- aerobic
PM- 90min
swim- moderate
Friday:
AM- 3hr45min
bike (to Mt. Lemmon, 40min tempo up, down and back home)
PM- 80min
swim + 20min water run
Saturday:
AM- 75min
run- aerobic
90min bike-
ez
PM- 90min
swim- hard
This is
definitely a volume of training that I have worked up to, but still left me
pretty tired at the end of the training block and in need of a few days
recovery. Overall it was a fantastic camp and I definitely feel I am moving in
the right direction. I’m looking forward to March where I will start to add in
some intensity into my running (I’ve just been building base up till now), and
continuing the countdown till I am done university (46 days!).
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| Oro Valley pool. A picture's worth a thousand words. |
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| at Gates Pass |
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| The climb at Gates Pass- this picture doesn't do it justice. |
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| just out for an easy run |
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| runaway horses. traffic was stopped and the police were attempting (rather unsuccessfully) to lasso the horses |
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