tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938489290944371436.post5602881695337584718..comments2023-05-02T03:41:05.439-05:00Comments on If I Were Your Coach...: Things Which Make You Go "Hmm..."Michael Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08389220912107632600noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938489290944371436.post-21994360745238613092009-11-15T13:54:47.054-06:002009-11-15T13:54:47.054-06:00Carlos - the Triathlete magazine article about the...Carlos - the Triathlete magazine article about the gentleman who has completed a number of IMs on little-to-no training is more the exception than the rule. Reading the article closer you'll note he's only done a handful of IM distance events in the past 25+ years. He also enlisted - and ignored - the counsel of a coach he hired to help him train.<br /><br />Mind and body are two different things, but need to be joined together in a common cause...in this case, completing an endurance event.<br /><br />If you're running 7 miles seven days a week I believe you will be able to complete a half marathon in eight weeks...might not be pretty, but for the first half (for the first "anything") completion is a good goal! Long run/s for the week in the 8-10 mile range, if you can afford the time, will probably make the race day distance a little less daunting.Michael Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389220912107632600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938489290944371436.post-46055039011287659602009-11-15T13:35:51.843-06:002009-11-15T13:35:51.843-06:00John - My friend and I considered taking a week du...John - My friend and I considered taking a week during the late summer to ride/run/swim; eat, sleep, breathe, excrete and secrete the sport. And you're right - placed in the right place in the training (some coaches feel a mid-training cycle "camp", followed by cyclic reset is beneficial) it can do good. Most age groupers can't afford, in terms of time/finance, the classic camp...that's my humble opinion.<br /><br />The camp situation I quote comes from an Ironguides coach...just food for thought. Thanks for reading and commenting.Michael Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389220912107632600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938489290944371436.post-84846265067536860262009-11-13T23:23:19.238-06:002009-11-13T23:23:19.238-06:00yes and no in my book. mind and body are two diffe...yes and no in my book. mind and body are two different things. I want to do my first half mary in January. I can only run 7 miles now. that leaves me two months to add the other half. can I do it? body yes, mind is the tricky part but the mind can push the body. I read an article tonight at books a million about this guy who does full ironmans and starts training about a month or two out from race day! he said it is a mind thing. so I feel you listen to your body as well as your heart and your mind and go from there.losracanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160755422921587232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2938489290944371436.post-59003153139746236182009-11-13T14:28:27.883-06:002009-11-13T14:28:27.883-06:00Those training camps you speak of remind of the sw...Those training camps you speak of remind of the swim camps I attended back when I was 14 and 15. A 2 week session was brutal. Swim from 6:30A-9:00A, eat, back for stroke analysis/films, then lunch, dryland exercise, then swim from 2:30pm-5:00pm, then dinner--- repeat for 6 days, Sundays off.<br />Total daily meters equaled 12,000- 15,000/day. <br />The toll on your body was incredible... even at that age. <br />The amazing thing was that I wouldn't see tangible improvement(faster swim times) for 3-4 months. Some of that delay was related to stroke changes and adjustments which I'm sure are indigenous to every triathlon/endurance camp.<br />Ideally placed within your periodization cycle, these camps prove invaluable.<br />Poorly placed and you set yourself up for a poor performance.<br />"My 2 cents"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519962021850664629noreply@blogger.com