October 11, 2005

Baseline HR: 58
Baseline weight: 166lbs

Today is the day that I actually start my 10 month training program for IronMan Canada which will be held in British Columbia next summer. For most of the program, I will need to train for 6 days a week. In addition, I will also be required to do two training sessions per day for 3-4 days a week. As Monday was my rest day, it looks like I will be busy for the rest of the week.

My first training session was in the pool, which is just as well, as it is my weakest event. After a 150m warm up, I swam for 10 minutes to see how far I could cover, which will serve as a baseline to judge my progress against. I managed 14 lengths (350m) without stopping! In all, I swam a total of 1000m, 25% of the distance that I will be swimming in the IronMan. Now I just need to figure out how to swim 160 lengths without stopping, and still feel good enough to cycle 112 miles and run 26.1 miles!.
My second session of the day was a 30 minute core strength training session. Improving my core strength is supposed to help all three of the disciplines and help prevent injuries - we will see.