Swimming
Saturday, February 18, 2017
How to manage 10 hour training weeks
How do you fit in 8-10 hours of training per week in a normal life is a question I get quite often when I talk to non-triathlon friends and tell them what I dedicate my time and energy on. Well, for sure it is not easily done, but let me tell you how I structure my time to manage it.
So first of all, why 8-10 hours per week? Well, for me, a person who really doesn’t have an athletic background or real talent for doing sports (I was at best mediocre at school at athletics), it is the time I see required to build up a strong aerobic ability to do half ironman distance races at good times for my age group. I might maybe get off with less time, but training three disciplines in a constant fashion and getting the speed I look for (1:30 min/100m swim, 4:00 run pace and 36 km/hr bike speed) does require both volume and strength workouts. The training programs I follow means 2-3 sets per week in each discipline in average, which sums up to 7-8 sets per week, thus 8-10 hours per week in average. Some weeks less (5-6 hours), some more (15 hours).
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Race schedule 2017 and start of training season
After some half hearted training during November, I have now managed to squeeze in two months of well structured and focused training, averaging about 40 hours per month, which is fairly high for myself. This year I am not doing Vasaloppet (cross country skiing), so I have been able to use that valuable training time to work on the triathlon disciplines. I have a target to improve my bike power mainly, while managing to maintain my run fitness over winter without injuries so I can start of at a good level when the outdoor season starts end of March.
I have also put quiet a lot of time in swimming, increasing to three sessions per week, to see if I can get some improvements in this area as well. That is much more difficult as it depends very much on technique, hence in January I have started swimming with a coach once per week. Lost of things to work on, and as a 45 year old it is difficult to change…
Training wise I am following more strictly now a four week block structure: three weeks of high volume (10 hours per week approximately) and then one week of reduced volume (5-6 hours) to build up strength and compensate. I have gone through three sets now, and can see at least some improvement in the biking with increased wattage, going from 250W to 290W on my 4 minute intervals. By following more strictly the four week structure I also hope the body will use the compensation weeks better to build up endurance and strength after the three weeks of hard workout. Looking at the development of training load/fatuigue and performance I have a much better development this year compared to 2016, so so far, so good!
I have also put quiet a lot of time in swimming, increasing to three sessions per week, to see if I can get some improvements in this area as well. That is much more difficult as it depends very much on technique, hence in January I have started swimming with a coach once per week. Lost of things to work on, and as a 45 year old it is difficult to change…
Training wise I am following more strictly now a four week block structure: three weeks of high volume (10 hours per week approximately) and then one week of reduced volume (5-6 hours) to build up strength and compensate. I have gone through three sets now, and can see at least some improvement in the biking with increased wattage, going from 250W to 290W on my 4 minute intervals. By following more strictly the four week structure I also hope the body will use the compensation weeks better to build up endurance and strength after the three weeks of hard workout. Looking at the development of training load/fatuigue and performance I have a much better development this year compared to 2016, so so far, so good!
Monday, October 31, 2016
Säsongavslut och summering 2016
Sådär, då var sista loppet för i år avklarat och sista nitratshotten och gelen svald. Efter Tjörn Triathlon i augusti hade jag ett sista mål för året att satsa på: 10km löpning sub-40 minuter, och detta skulle hända på Hässelbyloppet den 9:de oktober. Hässelbyloppet är ju känt för att vara en snabb bana, och med svalt väder i börja på oktober brukar förutsättningarna vara bra för att slå personbästa. Sub-40 har jag klarat en gång tidigare, för cirka 27 år sedan då jag gjorde lumpen och klarade mig in på precis under 40 minuter (39:56?). De senaste tre åren har jag trendat nedåt ige, och 2015 års Hässelbylopp klarade jag på 41:10, fortfarande långt ifrån att ta sig under 40 minuter.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Race Report, Tjörn Triathlon 2016
Tjörn Triathlon, medeldistans. 1:a i AG 45-49, 43:a totalt. 4:39:33 totaltid – nytt personligt rekord för medeldistans med 20 minuter!
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Race planering 2016
Mars månad nästan slut, så dax att sätta på pränt planerna för
2016. De har ju funnits i huvudet en tid redan...
Det blir som förra året tre huvudmål:
1. Klassikern under 17 timmar
2. Triathlon
3. Övrigt
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Vasaloppet x 2, Race Report
Så, efter en dryg vecka är det dax att skriva ner rapport från de två Vasalopp jag körde, Öppet Spår Söndag samt det riktiga Vasaloppet. Det blev ju två gånger gillt för att maximera chansen på bra före och en bra tid, vilket var huvudmålet för att få en så bra tid som möjligt på klassikern jag ska slutföra (min tredje). Det verkar som om chansningen gick hem då föret på ÖSS var bättre, samt naturligtvis mindre trängsel i första backen. Nöjd med det valet!
Monday, February 22, 2016
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