Its Been 4 months. (Training Update)

Hello,

Its Saturday night, and I am watching some awesome Ironman racing online and figured it was also a good time write a quick training update.  Yes, its been a while since I wrote anything on here, but the truth is training (especially in the winter), is not that "sexy" or fun to write about :)  In fact, I think that is one of the biggest hurdles people have when taking on or hoping for any fitness improvement.  Accepting that consistency, will always beat "sexy" every time.  There is no easy way.

But I digress.  Its been around 4 months since I paired back up with my coach and friend (Sandy Musson - (http://www.triandrunsports.com/Sandy_Musson.html).  And as customary, we ran our baseline tests back then, and subsequently "put my head down" and got to work on the executing the weekly training.  Its been nothing fancy, and in terms of Ironman training, not even THAT much volume. On average, I'd say I've been doing around 11 hours a week.

Ok, time for the good part:  I have recently re-tested both my run and biking and have seen some solid improvements in both areas.  The run results are a bit fuzzy (was a few weeks ago), but I've got about 2kms/hour faster - I still have lots of work to do here, but the run always takes the most time and work for me to get to "fast".  I bike tested yesterday, and am super pumped with how it well it has come back to me.  In 4 months, I raised my FTP 60 watts (from 230 to 290w, and pushed up through a 1min at 380w).  This is pretty close to where I was before I last raced Florida in 2010, and of course I still have lots of time to make more gains! (the race is in Nov.).  I didn't think it'd come back this quick (if you call 4 months quick, so I'm pretty pumped).

The weight loss is on track as well.  I am down 20lbs since Jan, and 32lbs since Oct (yes, I know... I got a little porky ;)  I have 3 more months till my race season will ramp up, and I am itching for the warm weather for some outdoor riding!

I'm still plotting all the races for the year, but should have it laid out soon.  When I do, I'll put the list up so you can see where I'll be racing and stay in the know ;)

Cheers,
Jon