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Triathlon: registered!

Published on by Margit Partei1 kommentaar

Today I finally weighed all the pros and cons of each triathlon that I had in mind and decided to take part in…

…A. le Coq Every Man’s Triathlon on the 12th of July 2014. 

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I ended up choosing between TriSmile33.3 and Every Man’s Triathlon. The first one is more popular and has great reviews but also has a difficult bike track and is pretty expensive. The one I chose is 2 times cheaper, easier for cycling and is organised also by TriSmile club and was recommended to me by a commenter here on my blog. 

Soon it’s time to start working more on cycling and swimming again. I haven’t cycled in ages (since last autumn – OMG!). Things are a little better with swimming but still: I don’t get at least 1 swim in per week. I will try to swim more and in also in natural environment like lakes, sea, rivers etc after my half-marathon is done. Right now my half-marathon goals come first but I still have some bike and swim action included in my 21,1K training to get myself slowly prepared for my tri as well.

I have about 4 weeks to really shape up my tri skills after Narva Energy Run 21,1K is done. Is that enough? I have also purchased a triathlon book which has a ton of training plans. I think I will use something from there when the time comes.

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I’m so excited! 🙂

Half-marathon training plan: 12 weeks until my first 21,1K

Published on by Margit Partei10 kommentaari

So as many of you might know I have registered to run a half-marathon at the Narva Energy Run on the 15th of June. I wrote about that in “My goals for the year 2014” and it is one of my top goals in workouts and fitness this year. 21,1 kilometres. A lot!

I registered in December 2013 and actually had a training plan ready even before that. I’m the master planner obviously 😀 I found the original 12-week training plan somewhere online, I think it was that one. I modified it to my personal preference and needs.

So I came up with something that looks like this:

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I used my regular colours on this plan: 

  • running (regular and races)

  • muscle workouts

  • cycling

  • swimming

  • Nike Training Day: lots of different group workouts. More information here.

This plan might change a little here and there because let’s face it: sometimes life happens and you have to change some stuff, especially when considering my recent hamstring injury. The most unsure are Fridays since I don’t know when I’ll have Zumba classes with my best friend and when I won’t. But in general my plan is to do 2 Jooks Jõud Venitus workouts, one of them focused on intervals (Wednesday), one more focused on strength (Monday) and one slower and longer run on Saturdays. I’m also going to be doing 2 muscle workouts (BodyPump preferably), cycling and swimming. Occasionally do other stuff like Zumba, long walks etc as well.  Those extra workouts can change according to how I feel. If I feel like I need more rest, I might skip something in the plan; if I feel like doing more, I will. I’ve also started to think about doing a foam rolling class but it overlaps with Tuesday’s BP… I might have to buy a foam roller and roll at home a couple of times per week to really condition and stretch my muscles.

When it comes to nutrition, I won’t be changing much. Maybe only add more root vegetables and some fruits to get more carbs at the end of May and beginning of June when I have longer and more serious distances to run (like 15+ kilometres). I’m going to do everything according to how I feel and try my best to listen to my body’s signals. 

Whether I’ll do a carb-up right before the race, I don’t know yet. How do you carb-up without grains? I just feel miserable after eating grains: bloating, heartburn, gas and extreme heaviness in my stomach. So I don’t really want to eat them… What should I eat to get more carbs? Potatoes? Bananas? What else? I have no idea! More research needs to be done in that department. Liberal low carb is the plan from May I guess.

What do you think: can I do it? Is this a reasonable plan? What should I change? Let me know in the comments!