Trying Hard in Tokyo

Now this really is serious stuff! (Or- How did I get myself into this?)

After my first week of training following my coach's plan, I was surprised to find that I did so much training! This is how my week went.

Swim: 4hrs (3 swims of 3,200 + 4,100 + 2,200 for total of 9,500m)
Bike: 7.5hrs (3 x spins plus one 85km ride from Oji to Oifuto and back)
Run: 5.5 hours(5 runs in total with the main run being 3.5hrs over the trail at Ome)
Total: 17 hours

Finished the week with sore quads, but overall I feel good and not too tired. This will be the first of many big weeks leading up to IMJ, but there will also be recovery and race weeks to come. And I am now as hungry as a horse, just can't seem to get enough food into me. But I am still maintaining my weight, so everything is good.

This coming week has public holiday on Wednesday, so I will join the Namban Rengo team at the Tamako Ekiden. I did this race last year and it was a lot of fun. What competitor's gift will we receive this year? It will be hard to top last year's combined whistle/pen combo! But it has two serious hill sections and it will be a good replacement for the track work out that I will now skip.

For the coming week my plan has me doing 3 swims, 4 rides and 5 runs. There is now only 13 weeks to IMJ!

posted by Keren_m @ 6:34 PM