New Challenges

I don’t know why I always try to challenge myself with endurance races, since it is what I am the worst at. I also have never liked running, but some reason every 6 months or so, I forget that and convince myself I will start running again. And here we are at month 6 J. So in 4 weeks I have a 200 mile bike ride that I am not prepared for at all. I have already apologized to my ass for putting it though this. Then I have the tryouts for the Bobsled team in August. This is still on my schedule, but my ankle may have other ideas. My next challenge will then be a half marathon in September. For those of you who don’t know, I have NEVER ran more than a 5k. So, this will be interesting.

My Goal!

I am not going to approach this like a normal endurance race where I run and run or bike and bike until I bore myself to death. My plan is to incorporate high intensity weight training, short and long sprint intervals and long distance paced runs/bikes.

I want to see if I can get stronger, faster and build endurance at the same time. From now until July 14^th my schedule will look like this.

Sunday = Long bike ride

Monday = HIT (high intensity training) + short bike intervals

Tuesday = HIT

Wednesday = HIT + Long bike intervals

Thursday = OFF/Mobility

Friday = Long bike

Saturday = HIT + short recovery bike ride

After July I will replace the biking with running. My goal time for the half is 1:30. Lets see what happens. If there is anyone in the COMO area interested in training with me, just hollar.

Enjoy Life – Workout!

Mandy