Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Going Camping and Speed^Squared

Thanks to the 201Ironman blog, I was informed of some Lake Placid Ironman training camps next May and June, done through FiremanIronman.com. I am going for the May camp since I will be doing a June camp up there with my coach. It will be a small camp with only 50 people, but I am already excited for it!

Its gonna be quite the weekend! 112 miles of biking + a 10K run on Saturday and a 20 mile run on Sunday, with a possible swim of the course thrown in if the water temps are high enough. Broken Ironman anyone 8 weeks out from race day? Yowza....I guess that is why there is the suggestion of large amounts of alcohol to numb the pain? haha!

But before I keep going on and on about next May, I should mention my day so far. It involves lots of speed.

I have been hitting the track 1X a week for the past three weeks. I like the track! It is a great break from running on the streets and you can see finite distances in front of you.

This morning I did a 2 mile warmup, then a 5K on the track followed by a 1  mile cool down. I have ZERO track lingo knowledge, so bear with me here with my archaic lingo. I did 4 laps of taking it easy on the "curved parts" and hit the gas on the two straight away sections. Is there a proper name for these parts of the track?

Then I alternated between doing an easy lap of the track followed by hitting the gas for half the distance of the track for 4 laps.

For the last mile, I hit the gas for 4 laps straight and wound up with a 7:07 min mile. Was hoping for a faster time, but I will take it!

Good run!

Then at lunch I hit up the pool and did a quality speed workout:

500 WU
2 x 100
4 x 50
8 x 25
300 EZ
2 x 100
4 x 50
8 x 25
100 CD
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arms fall OFF! hehe

For this swim, it wasn't the speed that got me, it was the super short rest that I got between intervals. So the building fatigue finally did me in.

Good swim!

I am starting to see glimpses of my Summer form once again. Looking forward to next season!!!

14 comments:

  1. Awesome job.

    Amazing to me the workout you tri peeps put in.

    excellent.

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  2. I need to check out and see if there are any Rev3 camps. There has to be.

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  3. That's awesome that you found IMLP camps! :) I did group training with LOU and it was awesome!

    I always referred to the track in straights and curves. :)

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  4. Im with you on the lingo...

    and nice work you are ON IT!~

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  5. yeah i just call them curves or turns as well. ...not that i've drug my big butt over to track anytime recently...

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  6. I keep meaning to go to the track but always find an excuse to skip it.

    Good luck with the camp! I'll probably be doing the Wisconsin version myself.

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  7. Are you planning on crafting a special brew for camp pain numbing?

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  8. Great workouts, well done! I would like to attend a camp one day, but for ultra trail running. Can only be fun.

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  9. Great workouts! Let me know how the camps go. I would like to know if they are worth the time and expense.

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  10. I loved camp. Oh wait! I guess this isn't the kind of camp where you sing songs and roast marshmallows? ;)

    Sounds like 'fun'. Glad you had a good day at the pool, mine was shite!

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