So while I have not been busy posting, I have been busy
training. I can’t claim that I was too busy training to wax poetic here – at least
not until recently – and that’s part of the reason that I’ll go ahead and catch
up my training week updates. As an aside, looking back to pull my Challenge
training summaries, I can see that I did nearly the exact same thing preparing
for Challenge last year: Training Weeks 17-34! The truth is, until the last
couple of weeks, I have felt like I haven’t been doing all that much in terms
of hard work to prepare for race day, and yet July 26th loomed
closer and closer. Volume has ramped up in the last two weeks, and with a
training camp behind me that included a full course ride, preceded by a big
ride with all my least favourite parts of the course… in a storm no less, I’m
feeling a little more confident. But I’m curious how the last 10 weeks or so of
training have compared to my preparation for Challenge so up next: summaries
from the last 11 weeks, compared against their pre-Challenge counterparts. If
you’re curious what goes in to preparing for an Ironman, or wonder how this
compares to your own training… read on.
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IMC: 17 weeks to go (Mar 30-Apr 5)
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Challenge:
17 weeks to go (Apr 21-27)
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Total
training hours
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15:14
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15:56
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Swim
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3:52 / 8.3
km
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3:09 /
5.75 km
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Bike
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8:01 /
162.1 km
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6:15 /
trainer time + 121.1 km on road
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Run
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3:21 / 32
km
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2:42 / 27
km
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Strength
training
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0:35
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Yoga
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3:15
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SBR Total
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15:14
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12:06
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IMC: 16 weeks to go (Apr 6-Apr 12)
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Challenge:
16 weeks to go (Apr 28-May 4)
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Total
training hours
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12:47
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12:10
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Swim
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2:25 / 5.2
km
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3:54 /
8.45 km
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Bike
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6:27 /
126.7 km
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5:30 /
trainer time (yuck!)
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Run
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3:55 /
35.9 km
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2:46 /
27.1 km
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Strength
training
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Yoga
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SBR Total
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12:47
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12:10
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IMC: 15 weeks to go (Apr 13-19)
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Challenge:
15 weeks to go (May 5-11)
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Total
training hours
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13:54
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13:29
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Swim
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3:40 / 7.6
km
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2:02 / 4.3
km
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Bike
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2:42 /
65.5 km
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6:22 /
trainer time + 120.9 on road
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Run
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6:32 /
44.2 km
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2:25 /
24.3 km
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Strength
training
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0:30
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Yoga
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1:00
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2:10
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SBR Total
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12:54
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10:49
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IMC: 14 weeks to go (Apr 20-26)
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Challenge:
14 weeks to go (May 12-18)
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Total
training hours
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11:26
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17:05
(includes Training Camp)
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Swim
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2:57 / 6.1
km
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2:19 /
4.65 km
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Bike
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5:32 /
141.6 km
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10:51 /
254.9 km
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Run
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1:38 /
15.2 km
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3:55 / 39.1
km
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Strength
training
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0:09
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Yoga
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1:10
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SBR Total
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10:07
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17:05
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IMC: 13 weeks to go (Apr 27-May 3)
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Challenge:
13 weeks to go (May 19-25)
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Total
training hours
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14:08
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13:58
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Swim
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3:26 / 7.3
km
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2:48 / 6
km
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Bike
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7:24 / (PowerWatts
+ 154.8 km)
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7:18 /
188.4 km
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Run
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3:18 /
32.2 km
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3:52 / 38.5
km
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Strength
training
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Yoga
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SBR Total
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14:08
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13:58
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IMC: 12 weeks to go (May 4-10)
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Challenge:
12 weeks to go (May 26-June 1)
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Total
training hours
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16:00
(includes Training Camp)
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13:06
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Swim
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1:36 / 3.4
km
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3:22 / 7.5
km
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Bike
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11:48 /
283.8 km
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6:14 /
146.4 km
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Run
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2:36 /
25.9 km
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3:30 /
35.5 km
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Strength
training
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Yoga
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SBR Total
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16:00
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13:06
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IMC: 11 weeks to go (May 11-17)
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Challenge:
11 weeks to go (June 2-8)
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Total
training hours
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13:21
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9:30
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Swim
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4:00 / 8.4
km
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2:04 / 4.6
km
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Bike
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6:31 /
159.4 km
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3:21 /
84.9 km
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Run
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2:50 /
27.9 km
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4:05 /
42.1 km
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Strength
training
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Yoga
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SBR Total
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13:21
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9:30
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IMC: 10 weeks to go (May 18-24)
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Challenge:
10 weeks to go (June 9-15)
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Total
training hours
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16:05
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15:40
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Swim
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3:39 / 7.8
km
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4:22 /
10.1 km
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Bike
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8:34 /
203.7 km
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8:36 /
trainer time + 119 km
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Run
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3:52 /
38.8 km
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2:42 /
24.3 km
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Strength
training
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Yoga
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SBR Total
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16:05
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15:40
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IMC: 9 weeks to go (May 25-31)
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Challenge:
9 weeks to go (June 16-22)
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Total
training hours
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12:55
(includes travel week)
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18:00
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Swim
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3:18 / 7.5
km
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4:09 / 9.7
km
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Bike
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4:22 /
117.1 km
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9:30 /
223.8
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Run
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2:20 /
22.5 km
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4:21 / 42
km
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Strength
training
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0:55
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Yoga
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2:00
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SBR Total
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10:00
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18:00
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IMC: 8 weeks to go (June 1-7)
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Challenge:
8 weeks to go (June 23-29)
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Total
training hours
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18:30
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15:01
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Swim
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3:57 / 8.5
km
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2:09 / 5.1
km
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Bike
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10:22 /
257.5 km
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8:27 /
176.8 km
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Run
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4:11 /
40.3 km
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4:25 /
41.2 km
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Strength
training
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Yoga
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SBR Total
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18:30
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15:01
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IMC: 7 weeks to go (June 8-14)
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Challenge:
7 weeks to go (June 30-July 6)
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Total
training hours
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22:20
(includes Training Camp)
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18:22
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Swim
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2:33 / 5.4
km
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4:04 / 9.6
km
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Bike
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15:50 /
390.2 km
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10:09 / 246
km
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Run
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3:57 /
37.6 km
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4:09 /
38.9 km
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Strength
training
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Yoga
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SBR Total
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22:20
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18:22
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Well… what a useful exercise this
has been for my mental preparation! With only a few exceptions, my training
volumes have been the same or a little higher this time around. And the
exceptions land on “out of the ordinary” weeks – a training camp last year, a
travel week this year. What’s interesting is that I have felt less taxed in my
preparations this time, and I wonder if that’s reflecting that I’m fitter this
time around, or perhaps my recall is based on those heavy, heavy weeks when
training peaks, and you’re so deep in it that the alarm goes off and you
struggle to remember what day it is and the workout that you’re waking up to do…
But that reminds me of an IMC motivational video. So enjoy.
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