Rookie goes for 3 in a row at IMUK week 11 of 40
Areet?
December is a nightmare for your common man trying to stay on the straight and narrow training wise.
Wherever I go a I am being offered a beer or a smoke or a german hot dog for a tenner.
It’s party central at the moment and I love it.
As triathletes, what are we meant to do?
Join in but order a tonic water?
Let’s have it right….
You walk into a boozer round these parts and ask for tonic water and you’ll get a crack my son…
Simple as that.
But we try our best.
I managed one pool mile this week and that’s your lot cock.
Pathetic isn’t it?
Given what I have written above, It seems a little bit ironic that I am now going to share a training plan geared around improving loop times…
However I have started the process and need to finish it.
So here goes….
As you know, I’ve been having a go at trying to get my 47 mile IMUK bike loop time down recently.
Throughout 2018, my circuit time has been peppering the 3:20 mark, but the other week I got that down to 2:39. www.strava.com/activities/1916694019
To put that into perspective, a 3:20 effort would currently rank you #250 out of 352 for the 2019 IMUK bike loop on strava
Not Bad…
But a 2:39 circuit ranks you in the top 50….
And that is fukin excellent as far as I am concerned.
And you know the best bit?
I feel as though I haven’t even begun to scratch the surface with this yet…..
On that basis, I have decided to share with you exactly how I was able to get that time down via this blog over the next few weeks….
In my opinion, if you want to improve your loop time, you require a total of ten ‘keys’ in order to do this….
***Please note this is not aimed at ‘Kona wannabes’ …..this is aimed at those that are currently hitting 3:20 loops and want to learn how I took that down to 2:39 so wind yer neck in ‘big dog’….Cheers***
***Please Also note, riding a 2:39 single 50 mile IMUK loop on fresh legs is one thing, yet ‘racing’ a full Ironman is something completely different and I have no desire whatsoever to ‘race’ the full distance, i’m perfectly happy simply collecting the third sacred medal in a row at IMUK, but let’s have it right, a 2:39 loop is still a 2:39 loop***
Here is the final key…
KEY 10 of 10 : You need to stack your training in a certain way
What I am about to share with you now, it winds me up that I am casually giving it away free of charge via this website to be perfectly honest with you.
However, consider this my gift for your loyalty to this blog.
Its important we remember that I am not a qualified coach, I am merely sharing with you my personal experiences and what has worked for me.
Also, lets just get one thing straight here…
Some people will look at a 2:39 loop and ask what the big deal is.
Others will look at it and want to know how I did it.
This blog is designed for the second group.
Never forget that.
Now, there is nothing complicated about this plan.
In fact it’s the total opposite.
it’s ridiculously simple.
All I can tell you is this….
If I don’t drink, don’t smoke, try and eat the right things and then stasck my training in the following way…
I feel ridiculously strong.
Like ‘super charged’
It’s like taking some sort of wonder drug…
Remember the old ready brek adverts where the kid ‘glows’ when he eats his ready brek?
Well here, the ‘glow’ gets stronger every day..
By the time I get out onto the loop I feel like a caged lion that has finally been set free…
Almost to the point where training in this way shouldn’t be allowed.
But the bigger picture is this…
It’s all about the way I feel when I stack my training in this manner…
Like I could take on the world…
Every day.
Anyhow,
Here is what I do…
Monday : Pool mile
Tuesday : Weights set in the gym, protein shake with breakfast and another one in the sauna to finish
Wednesday : 10 mile TT as fast as I can or 30 min watt bike (weather dependant)
Thursday : Pool mile
Friday : weights set in the gym protein shake with breakfast and another in the sauna to finish
Saturday : 47 mile IMUK loop or 30 min watt bike session (weather dependant)
Sunday : 10k Run
I’m telling you, there is something in this…. ‘swim-weights-bike….swim-weights-bike’….
It’s the future….
Try it and see for yourself.
Don’t ever say I never give you anything…
To your amazing journey!
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