Build Phase?!?! But I liked the Base Phase!!
by Charles Seegel @ The long road to IronmanSo we transitioned this week from the base phase (building an aerobic base and getting the body conditioned to deal with an ever increasing work load) into the build phase (where we ramp of the volume like crazy) and we are starting off in a spectacular fashion.
Today we started off by hosting the North Bay team down here for a swim and run. I did 2400 yards in the pool and actually felt very good once I got warmed up and all. I am finally turning the corner from the spending every second in the water thinking about how much I can't swim and how long this set is and being totally focused on how terribly unhappy I am being in the water to a place where I am now occasionally distracted by other things or my mind is able to wander off and I can just swim. The same thing happened a few years back with running and it was the start of actually enjoying running. I am not convinced that I will ever get that far with swimming but it is nice :-)
After the swim we went out for a 9 mile run (longest of the season so far). It went very well for me. Not the fastest pace I have ever run but I ran the whole distance at a very consistent pace which is amazing for me. Anything over 10k and I usually start to lose my pacing and need to take frequent walk breaks but not today! I was very happy with my run and even happier when you look at the fact that it was after a long swim.
Tomorrow (Sunday) we get to travel to Pleasanton to train again with the North bay team for another long swim and then a 40 mile bike ride (longest of the season so far). That's a lot of training for one weekend. Hopefully I can make it through :-)
Today we started off by hosting the North Bay team down here for a swim and run. I did 2400 yards in the pool and actually felt very good once I got warmed up and all. I am finally turning the corner from the spending every second in the water thinking about how much I can't swim and how long this set is and being totally focused on how terribly unhappy I am being in the water to a place where I am now occasionally distracted by other things or my mind is able to wander off and I can just swim. The same thing happened a few years back with running and it was the start of actually enjoying running. I am not convinced that I will ever get that far with swimming but it is nice :-)
After the swim we went out for a 9 mile run (longest of the season so far). It went very well for me. Not the fastest pace I have ever run but I ran the whole distance at a very consistent pace which is amazing for me. Anything over 10k and I usually start to lose my pacing and need to take frequent walk breaks but not today! I was very happy with my run and even happier when you look at the fact that it was after a long swim.
Tomorrow (Sunday) we get to travel to Pleasanton to train again with the North bay team for another long swim and then a 40 mile bike ride (longest of the season so far). That's a lot of training for one weekend. Hopefully I can make it through :-)
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Build Phase?!?! But I liked the Base Phase!!
by Charles @ The long road to Ironman
So we transitioned this week from the base phase (building an aerobic base and getting the body conditioned to deal with an ever increasing work load) into the build phase (where we ramp of the volume like crazy) and we are starting off in a spectacular fashion.
Today we started off by hosting the North Bay team down here for a swim and run. I did 2400 yards in the pool and actually felt very good once I got warmed up and all. I am finally turning the corner from the spending every second in the water thinking about how much I can't swim and how long this set is and being totally focused on how terribly unhappy I am being in the water to a place where I am now occasionally distracted by other things or my mind is able to wander off and I can just swim. The same thing happened a few years back with running and it was the start of actually enjoying running. I am not convinced that I will ever get that far with swimming but it is nice :-)
After the swim we went out for a 9 mile run (longest of the season so far). It went very well for me. Not the fastest pace I have ever run but I ran the whole distance at a very consistent pace which is amazing for me. Anything over 10k and I usually start to lose my pacing and need to take frequent walk breaks but not today! I was very happy with my run and even happier when you look at the fact that it was after a long swim.
Tomorrow (Sunday) we get to travel to Pleasanton to train again with the North bay team for another long swim and then a 40 mile bike ride (longest of the season so far). That's a lot of training for one weekend. Hopefully I can make it through :-)
Today we started off by hosting the North Bay team down here for a swim and run. I did 2400 yards in the pool and actually felt very good once I got warmed up and all. I am finally turning the corner from the spending every second in the water thinking about how much I can't swim and how long this set is and being totally focused on how terribly unhappy I am being in the water to a place where I am now occasionally distracted by other things or my mind is able to wander off and I can just swim. The same thing happened a few years back with running and it was the start of actually enjoying running. I am not convinced that I will ever get that far with swimming but it is nice :-)
After the swim we went out for a 9 mile run (longest of the season so far). It went very well for me. Not the fastest pace I have ever run but I ran the whole distance at a very consistent pace which is amazing for me. Anything over 10k and I usually start to lose my pacing and need to take frequent walk breaks but not today! I was very happy with my run and even happier when you look at the fact that it was after a long swim.
Tomorrow (Sunday) we get to travel to Pleasanton to train again with the North bay team for another long swim and then a 40 mile bike ride (longest of the season so far). That's a lot of training for one weekend. Hopefully I can make it through :-)