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The Five Phases of Swim Training

sheila — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:00:25 +0000

So here is a good article from Competitor magazine, regarding swim training. It’s specifically for triathlon, but in general the 5 phases are:

Endurance, strength, speed, taper, recovery.

The link below takes you to the full article:

The Five Phases Of Swim Training – Triathlete.com

They have example workouts and detailed descriptions.

Race Schedule August 2009-March 2010

sheila — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:29:43 +0000

OK, I’ve finally made some decisions about my racing schedule. Since I just finished the San Francisco Half-Marathon this past Sunday, I found that I had not signed up for any further events, nor did I have any training schedule.

Not to worry. I did a 6 mile bike ride yesterday. And today I did my own triathlon: 1500 meter ocean swim in 45 minutes; 3 mile run in 23 minutes; later in the day 14.8 mile bike in 1 hr 6 minutes on a hilly course. Tomorrow I will swim laps at the pool.

Anyhow, I do need to sign up for events and put together some more training. And I’ve finalized my events up through March 2010. Here they are:

Aug. 2, 2009 (Sun) 5K Paws for Cause

Aug. 16, 2009 (Sun) Hansen Dam Triathlon

Sep. 13, 2009 (Sun) Oxnard Splash-n-Dash (I think the long course)

new -> Sep. 27, 2009 (Sun) Mighty Mermaid Triathlon Santa Cruz (olympic distance)

Oct. 11, 2009 (Sun) Long Beach Half Marathon (completes my California Dreaming award)

Nov. 7, 2009 (Sat) Catalina Triathlon

Nov. 26, 2009 (Thu) 10K Turkey Trot at Dana Point

Feb. 7, 2010 (Sun) Surf City Half Marathon – I think I have to do this every year. I’m a legacy runner for this race.

Mar. 7, 2010 (Sun) Napa Valley Marathon

Mar. 21, 2010 (Sun) Los Angeles Marathon

Apr 23-34 (Fri-Sat) Ragnar Relay L.A. (Santa Barbara to Dana Point)

OK, so I have to get my credit card out and start registering for some of these. And tomorrow I’m going to have to hunker down and start writing my training schedule for at least through November 2009. That is always so much work.

So, from no events to 9 events. Really, though, I’ve been thinking about most of these for a long time. Just hadn’t committed to the registration and written out my training plans. Working on it, working on it!

Training is Required for Serious Improvement

sheila — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:51:58 +0000

Here is an article from the New York Times that illustrates that going from a middle-of-the-packer, recreational athlete, to someone with seriously good times, requires a serious training program, and probably a coach and personal training time.

Want to Go Faster? You Need a Trainer
(Note: the article requires registration. April 23, 2009)

Some very nice stories of individual cases of people with serious time improvements.

Good Training Article from RW

sheila — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:42:16 +0000

Here’s a nice article, posted back in 2007 but still seems useful to me…

Trick Yourself Fit

General workout strategy for the basic races… 5K, 10K, half-marathon, marathon.

Breaks the training down into different phases: Base, Build-up, Peak, etc. Gives the different types of workouts: Speed, Hills, Distance. Gives suggested paces, and link to a really nice pace-calculator/training/predictor tool.

Hmm, I just ran a 22:49 5K on March 9, 2009. Hah, race predictor says I could do a 3:38 marathon. I just love those predictors. LOL. As if.

Anyhow, I am going to train to PR in the July 4th 5K in Huntington Beach so, this training program may be useful for that.