Thursday, 20 June 2013

Laura's Trifecta of Running Support

I have a trifecta of running support from friends-family-coworkers, this blog, and my trainer, Marianne. Marianne is hilarious and incredible and has modified my workout goals a hundred times to accommodate my lack of progress but, most of all, she is expensive. So as to get the most out of these training sessions I thought I'd share what she has created for me and perhaps you will get some use out of the workouts too.

My training for this week and the following week is as follows (how do you make a goddang table in these blogs??):

Monday, June 17: CT (Swim)
Tuesday, June 18: Intervals
Wednesday, June 19: CT (Outdoors cardio)
Thursday, June 20: Musculation
Friday, June 21: Swim & 3KM
Saturday, June 22: REST
Sunday, June 23: LSD, 5KM --- test: can I complete 5KM in 35mins?
Monday, June 24 (SAINT JEAN BAPTISTE DAY): Swim
Tuesday, June 25: Intervals
Wednesday, June 26: Rest
Thursday, June 27: Musculation
Friday, June 28: Bike & 3KM
Saturday, June 29: Rest
Sunday, June 30: LSD 6KM



Couple words about this training schedule... things I'm worried about: 
  • I have not yet gotten my pass to the local pool and have yet to try swimming in it... annndddd I have never systematically done "laps". But I really like the idea of integrating swimming and biking (out of the gym!) into my workout schedule. Marianne referred me to this website for information: http://www.swimsmooth.com/
  • Musculation - or weight training - is done in the gym whereas everything else can be accomplished outside. I'm wondering, when it actually starts to heat up, I'll want to move in doors. For now, I stick to taking as much advantage of the outdoors, a conscious decision I have never made before.
Disclaimer: I have not stuck to my training schedule thus far this week and probably will have to modify my training schedule for the rest of the week. I'll let you know what happens!


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3 comments:

  1. Dannie20 June 2013 at 09:14

    Holy moly that's one heck of a schedule. If you can't get access to a pool in time, I would just run or do an aerobics video at home. Dont let it get in your way.

    Sounds like an awesome plan. Let us know how it goes.

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  2. Unknown21 June 2013 at 09:48

    A lot of pools do lap swim times, which are great because the whole pool is usually closed down and the lanes are in. The key to not dying of boredom while doing laps is variation. Grab a kick board and a pull buey and use them in your workout. For example, do 4 laps normal, 4 laps kicking, 4 laps pull and repeat with the same or different stroke. Pools also have time clocks so you can do timed sets. Mixing things up makes the time go faster!

    Love the word musculation BTW sounds intense!

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  3. Laura24 June 2013 at 07:11

    I like the idea of the pull buey. I hope they have that!

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