Ironman Los Cabos Training – 11 weeks to go...

In my last post I talked about my new coach Beth (can get very confusing since my name is Beth too but it’s fun that our last names rhyme) . Since I don’t want to give her services away for free and everyone’s training should look different I won’t go into too much detail here about my workouts. Here is what my week looked like:

Monday:

Easy spin (that I moved over from Sunday)

2,000 yd swim

Tuesday:

Hour tempo trainer ride in the morning  

Interval run (in the dark)

Wednesday:

Pyramid trainer ride

 3100 masters swim

Thursday:

hour easy(ish) trainer ride

60 minute tempo run

Friday:

Strength workout

3000 yd swim

Saturday:

4 hour endurance bike ride with a 30 minute transition run

Sunday:

Half Marathon race (recap soon) quick strength session

90 minute easy spin to get the junk out of the legs

Totals:

Swim: 8250 yds // 2hrs 45min

Bike: 124 miles // 10hrs 27min

Run: 27 miles // 5hrs 5min

Strength: 1hr 10 min

Total: 18hrs 45min

Overall this week felt really good, I am happy to be back into a routine and really enjoying my workouts. My race on Sunday was definitely was not set up to be a PR but it felt good and was fun to race and see friends.

It’s a new year have you started your training cycle or still in off season?

Training For a Hot Race in Winter - Four Months To Go

In (a little less than) Four short months I will be toeing the line at Ironman Los Cabos. It doesn't feel real yet, it's NEXT year, it will be warm, it's a triathlon, and it's clearly not triathlon season in Colorado (hello lowof -8).

But 4 months is not a lot of time and will go by quickly, I need to keep my focus and eyes on the prize. I try to think about warm(isn)aqua ocean water, palm tress and margaritas.

My training plan is very similar to my last two ironmans, I am just hoping that I won't have to spend too much time on the trainer and treadmill (I will run in snow but ice is another thing). The new things I hope to start incorporating some heat training. I have done a little research on how to train for a race in warm conditions over winter. Starting in January I will start:

• Going to hot yoga to get my body used to moving in the heat



• sitting in the sauna after swims for increasing amounts of time.



• No fan or open windows while on the trainer



• Overdressing for runs

Other than that I think I will just have to gut it out. Regardless, I am excited to head to mexico to race towards the end of a long, cold winter.

Have any additional tips? Have you ever races in the heat after training in the cold?

I haven't really but I did train in the heat to race in the ridged cold in Tahoe, I guess that doesn't hep me here.