Luckily, the swim is the sport that I need to put the least amount of time into because it is my original sport, and it is the shortest amount of a triathlon anyway. I am not saying that I will neglect swimming long term, but I feel okay leaving it out for a little until I can access a pool or body of water to swim in.
In lou of doing a well rounded triathlon training sequence, I have decided to concentrate on increasing my running base so that I can try to be injury free when I put swimming back into the equation. (plantar facia strains have been my chronic weakness)
So here is my weekly schedule:
Monday- off
Tuesday- a.m. run, p.m. bike
Wednesday- a.m. run, p.m. weights
Thursday- a.m. run, p.m. bike
Friday- a.m. run, weights
Saturday- a.m. run, p.m. bike
Sunday- a.m. run
My weekly milage is starting out at 16 mi/week and I plan on holding it for 3 weeks before going up to 19 mi/week. and eventually getting to 35 mi/week where I will start a training cycle for an olympic distance race. I anticipate this will take me until the middle of the summer to be ready, so I will be looking for a target race in June or July.
My bike rides have already been cut to indoor spinning, so I spin for 30-45 minutes right now.
My time specific goals are still the same as when I competed in college: very fast. I anticipate this will take me multiple years to attain, but I really want to be fast. I want my 10k pace to around 5:30 pace. I think I will be able to get there because I was on the verge of it in college, but I backed of due to foot pain and I graduated the next semester. I am taking my time to get there because I do not have a goal race this time that is forcing me to push myself to fast too soon.
