Week of March 29 to April 4 - Lots of Running to Do!

First Week of the Second Build Mesocycle.

70 miles of running slated for this week. Awesome! Will my legs hold up?

The volume itself tells me that the endurance racing season is just around the corner. Time to really kick it into gear now for these mesocycles are the most important in building endurance for the types of races that I do, which is ultras and triathlons.

I feel focused to the task.

The bike and swim are still being done this week, but the volume is reduced significantly to focus on the run. The tallies for all 3 disciplines are thus:

6000 meters of swimming
60 miles of cycling (now outside)
70 miles of running

The Key Workouts are one swim, one bike, and two run. Here they are:

Swim: 2x1000 meter swims with 1 minute rest in between sets (hard endurance akin to a triathlon swim)

Bike: 15 miles at Anaerobic Threshold (Zone 3 - very hard) at Great Kills Park (time to Time Trial, I love these!)

Run: 10 miles Zone 2 Intense Aerobic Run to Bayonne and Back (throwing some hills in, oh baby!)

Run: 20 miles Zone 1 Ultra Format Run (either on Boardwalk or on D & R Canal Towpath, depending on schedule; both are flat courses).

(Ultra Format is roughly 2 minutes of walking after every 8 minutes of running, the ideal way to run ultra distances)

Let the training begin!