I set my bike trainer up on the back deck this afternoon while Ellen Rose napped. I did a 1 hour interval ride where I warmed up for 5 minutes, did 30 second bursts followed by 30 second rest for 5 minutes and then I came up with a new, to me, method for intervals. I rode hard for 1 minute, rested 1 minute, rode hard 2 minutes, rested 1, rode hard 3 minutes, rested 1, rode hard 4 minutes, rested 1 and then rode hard 5 minutes, rested 1; then I worked my way back down and rode hard 4 minutes, rested 1 until I got back to a 1 minute hard ride and then finished off with a 5 minute cool-down and some stretching.
It was a good 620 calorie burn too!
I am still 'shopping' around for a solid IM training plan. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
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I have a bunch of friends that did IM Canada this year and I'm meeting up with some of them tonight. I'll ask around for you.
ReplyDeleteI like your new interval plan. I'm going to try that!
OK, so I'm sure you're already familiar with Joe Friel's training bible, but it seems that most of my friends actually went with Matt Fitzgerald and loved his plan and they all had FANTASTIC races!! Good luck choosing your program :-)
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