La Cosa Nostra
I met with T2 this evening, to plan for what I will call project "La Cosa Nostra" (Italian for 'This Thing of Ours') or LCN.
We are working off the Gale Bernhardt 16 week first timer Ironman plan. T2's target race is Ironman Arizona, which is April 9, 2005, or week 14 of 2005, so we need to officially start the plan no later than December 19. However, in order to get an extra week of taper, plus build in a little slack due to holidays, we are starting up on December 5.
That doesn't mean we're just going to laze out until then! Far from it. The 12 or so weeks we have until kick-off will be spent building up our base fitness and strength - we'll be training to train, so to speak. This means biking and running with each other (and maybe with others), once a week or more (if possible), during the base weeks and continuing through during the training plan. We will strength train and work on flexibility on our own. Swimming will likely be separate, as the open water season is coming to an end, and we are members of different gyms.
For added variety every other week, we will try a group bike ride with the Cascade Bicycle Club, and a group run with the Eastside Runners, depending on how convenient it is. Perhaps we will get some ideas for training routes at these events.
We have some other smaller target events planned:
We also have a friend, JHS, who is training for Ironman USA Lake Placid. Thus, JHS will be doing long bike rides and T2 and I will see if we can join once in a while. Although JHS signed up with a coach who may load JHS up with crazy workouts, I expect our paces to be compatible enough that we can ride together when convenient.
T2 and I aren't planning to tell JHS we are training for an ironman. Instead, we will phrase our desire to ride as wanting to emphasize bike volume for the upcoming season.
We are working off the Gale Bernhardt 16 week first timer Ironman plan. T2's target race is Ironman Arizona, which is April 9, 2005, or week 14 of 2005, so we need to officially start the plan no later than December 19. However, in order to get an extra week of taper, plus build in a little slack due to holidays, we are starting up on December 5.
That doesn't mean we're just going to laze out until then! Far from it. The 12 or so weeks we have until kick-off will be spent building up our base fitness and strength - we'll be training to train, so to speak. This means biking and running with each other (and maybe with others), once a week or more (if possible), during the base weeks and continuing through during the training plan. We will strength train and work on flexibility on our own. Swimming will likely be separate, as the open water season is coming to an end, and we are members of different gyms.
For added variety every other week, we will try a group bike ride with the Cascade Bicycle Club, and a group run with the Eastside Runners, depending on how convenient it is. Perhaps we will get some ideas for training routes at these events.
We have some other smaller target events planned:
- Dawg Dash, October 24
- Seattle Half Marathon, November 28 (I will be out of town and miss this)
- Chilly Hilly, February 27 (? has not been scheduled by Cascade yet)
We also have a friend, JHS, who is training for Ironman USA Lake Placid. Thus, JHS will be doing long bike rides and T2 and I will see if we can join once in a while. Although JHS signed up with a coach who may load JHS up with crazy workouts, I expect our paces to be compatible enough that we can ride together when convenient.
T2 and I aren't planning to tell JHS we are training for an ironman. Instead, we will phrase our desire to ride as wanting to emphasize bike volume for the upcoming season.
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