I've had the good fortune of completing some pretty daunting things in my life. First was my PhD comprehensive exams (studied 9 months for them), then there was my dissertation (took two years to write) and finally there was this marathon (trained for 9 months). The common denominator between all of them is that there's a period of time after the big event where you just stand around thinking, "now what?" You expend so much energy just trying to get *there* that there's now a big void in your thinking and motivation.
It's easy to get into a post race slump, so while I took last week off of working out (for the most part), I'm using today to reevaluate and get a new schedule going asap. I'm thinking something like this:
Monday: Swimming, weight training
Tuesday: Running
Wednesday: Cycling, weight training
Thursday: Running
Friday: Cycling, weight training
Saturday: Swimming
Sunday: Running
If I decide to do the half ironman, I'm going to have to double up my workouts (ex. swimming + cycling on Mondays, etc...), but I think I just want to get into an established schedule for right now. I also know that I want to keep my half-marathon length, so I'll probably do a 13 mile run every other week or so just so I don't lose that distance. The Thursday run will probably be either 6 or 8 miles and I'd like to keep my Tuesday runs at the track just for a change of pace. You'll notice that I'm adding weight training back in 3 days a week. For swimming, being stronger is really helpful. Plus, after spending the better part of the fall and winter running for hours on end, it seems like a ridiculous luxury to just stand there and lift weights.
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