Week one: Base Training

So week one is all wrapped up. As you can see from my google docs training page, I didn't exactly follow the training schedule to a 'T'.

I do ride my bike to work every day, so I get an automatic 30 minutes of cardio twice a day. I wouldn't call it hard riding, but sometimes it is (whatever.. I know, just making excuses...)

I did, however, do my 45 minute trail run in Schmitz Park - which after the first 10 minutes, I felt surprisingly good. I really enjoy trail running, and I'm starting to think this is going to be a great, fun adventure.

Hmm... didn't drop any weight though this week. We'll see how next week goes....:)

Here's some pictures ( Caleb's Public Picassa Pics )

Apparently Triathlons are not enough...

When I started training for my first triathlon 4 years ago I weight in at about 225 lbs.

Though I've completed 10's of olympic distance triathlons, 4 Half-Ironmans, and one Full Ironman since then, I'm still weighing in just over 205lbs. That's a little frustrating to say the least!

Apparently I need to go longer, train harder, and watch what I eat. So now it's on to ultra running... Maybe that'll do the trick?

So I've chosen 2 ultra-distance trail runs to train for.

My first, a 50k will be on Orcas Island ( The Orcas Island Fat Ass 50k).

The second, should I succeed in the 50k, will be the North Face Endurance Challenge 50 mile in Bellingham (unless they don't have one in 2009 - then I'll have to find a substitute...)

For my training plan, I'm using a plan I got and modified a little for me that was published on page 83 of Runner's World, April 2008. You can take a look at it here on my google docs page.