Training for a 50 mile race is a tough one. I knew this even before signing up for AR50, but I did not realize that it is a huge commitment. There is the commitment to do the miles, eat the right kind of food, and maintain a certain weight (especially being a light weight, I
I signed up for AR50 back in Sept 2011, and since then I have been logging all other activities I’ve done as my training for AR50. I log my training via dailymile.com, it is easy with Garmin (although I recently lost my Garmin ANT thumb drive, so I’ve been manually uploading my training runs and
There are approx 14 weeks till AR50. Â I have done endurance and base training the past 3 months, without tracking those training days. Â Beginning this week, I am tracking my mileage, nutrition, and all other training/workouts. Â I have finally put together my 50 mile training schedule for the next 14 weeks, and will record actual
So I have a sprint triathlon tomorrow afternoon, yes the start time is 4pm, and I havent swam since 2 weeks ago. I thought I’d go for one last swim this evening, and time the 400 yds straight swimming, no rest. Below is the whole workout: 200 yd warm-up 400 yd free timed – 10:52
Rode 13.8 miles in 60 mins through Spin class. I forgot my HRM again! Anyway, this workout went well, we did hills in the beginning, ie., I increased the resistance, maybe too much because my quads were sore after! If only I can do the same thing while road biking…
