Yikkies, has it really been that long since I have blogged about my training/races? Shame on me! Here is another attempt to get my training/racing blogging back on track, thanks to Sirsha's blog and Wes's blog I am inspired to scribble a few things. So here is the status quo!
Towards the end of last summer I started training for a marathon. I limped my way to the Denver Marathon finish line after battling severe cramps and exhaustion, but I picked up a lot of positives from that experience. I was probably a little uncooked in terms of my stamina- especially for mile high conditions. Due to conflict issues I could not race the Houston Marathon- I was disappointed especially because I wanted to correct a few wrongs that I did in my Denver race.
Another good thing I did towards the end of last year was that I signed up for Winter Gains classes at my local triathlon store. Through a series of intense bike workouts on a stationary trainer, the winter gains classes (see pic) basically helps in picking up some edge on the bike in the winter. These classes were EXCELLENT, I picked up a lot of strength and speed. Already I see an increase of about 2 mph as a results of these classes.
So now it is time to piece it all together. Over the last couple of months I have been working out on the bike and run on and off. I am not really following a training regime, but I am trying to slowly increase the weekly mileage while trying to be up there with the speed. I am STILL making excuses about swimming, I really haven't made an effort to get better, again shame on me. Soon I will be out of excuses! I am training for the Redman Half Ironman Relay, my wife Charanya will be swimming for me (yaay.. she is a strong swimmer)! My race is in September, which means that very soon I should really start following some sort of training schedule.
This blog post consists of just some random thoughts. Hopefully I will start blogging more and my posts will get more structured!
Till then - HAPPY TRAINING and BE SAFE!
2 comments:
yay to back to blogging. I would like to see a post on your winter gains classes please!
it's so damn hard to keep at it 6 days a week! i am just about managing to do the training days (the self-training days are pathetic).
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