Trying Hard in Tokyo

Week four of Iron Man training

Just finished my first month of training for IM Japan in June under my coach's training plan. So far so good, but it has been a little harder than I expected to forget about my old training habits and to follow Scott's plan. He recommends quality over quantity, which goes against my old gung ho approach. But I believe in what he tells me and and have now changed my mind set to follow his plan with its steady build up to race day.

Last Week (Easy/Recovery Week)
Swim: 8,000m (3 swims - 3,600m + 1,900m + 2,500m)
Bike: 9 hours (3 spins of 60+ 40+90 mins, 2 rides of 2 hrs and 3 hrs)
Run: 3 hours (3 runs of 90+40+60 mins) about 32km
Total: 16 hours

I will have my first triathlon of the season at Ishigaki-jima on Sunday. It is an Olympic distance race (1,500m/40km/10km) and part of the ITU World Cup circuit. So I will be able to see pros race and maybe steal some ideas from them. But the whole weekend will be something of an IM training camp and I am not taking this race too seriously. Am not tapering for it and am training through the week, with the idea of using this race to try out my new bike and to just have fun racing again. And of course to beat Motozo! Too bad Jay had to pull out of this race as I need to seek revenge for when they both beat me at the Sado Half IM. (and I msut add that I was sick at the time!) Another thing to look forward to there is that I have friends from Saipan living on Ishigaki.

posted by Keren_m @ 5:40 PM