Ironman Canada Goals

Here are my goals for Ironman Canada. I'm putting them on the blog so that everyday I'll be reminded of what I'm working toward.

Swim-1:00:00 T1-:4:00 Bike-5:30:00 T2-:4:00 Run-3:30:00

Total - 10:08:00


How to achieve world class fitness!!

Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.
~Greg Glassman

Thursday, March 11, 2010

It sure did feel good to have a day off and get in two workouts. I started the day at bayside recreation center for some swimming. I haven't been in a pool since 18 Feb and it really felt good to get back in the pool. I was worried that swimming would kick my ass but I felt surprisingly strong. I also swam with a swim cap today for the first time. I'm glad that I did and I'm going to start wearing it all the time because it was really weird to have that thing on my head at first. I'll get used to it and perhaps it will help me get a little faster.

I did the same workout in the pool that I did yesterday running. The only difference is the distances. The swim version of TOSH is 3 x (50m + 100m + 200m) rest the amount of time it takes to do each interval. Here are my times in the pool: 50m - 00:37, 00:49, 00:39; 100m - 1:42, 1:46, 1:41; 200m - 3:56, 3:42, 3:46. I did a 200m warmup and 100m cool down. It was really nice to get back in the pool.

After a hearty breakfast of coffee and oatmeal I headed over to Jeannie's beach crossfit. It was really good to see Jeannie and the crew. I was even able to meet some new crossfitters that have joined since I was last there. I knew that Jeannie wouldn't disappoint me with a wimpy workout and I was right. So today after a good slow warm up we did the following workout:

4 rounds for time of: 6 push jerks, 12 pullups, 50 squats

I used 145lbs for the push jerks and it was just a little to heavy but I enjoyed pushing it with a little more weight. My time was 11:59 and I was whipped!! Great workout and I can't wait to hit it again.

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