{"id":1858,"date":"2013-05-22T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2013-05-20T08:34:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T12:34:21","slug":"1858","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/22\/1858\/","title":{"rendered":"Tri Training Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve started thinking about my training plans through the end of the year.<\/p>\n

That’s right.\u00a0 Through the end of the year.\u00a0 That seems like a lot of planning.\u00a0 But at some point, I’ll have to start training for January’s marathon, and I have another triathlon to train for later this summer.<\/p>\n

For the marathon, I’m definitely using one of Hal Higdon’s plans<\/a> again.\u00a0 Preferably one with only one 20 mile run.\u00a0 The idea of doing 2 or 3 just seems painful.\u00a0 I’ll probably use Novice 1 or 2 with a tiny bit of modifying – I want to keep up with one bike and one swim workout per week, just to keep myself in shape before I jump back into tri training after the marathon.\u00a0 Yes, I’m just assuming I will love triathlons and will want to do them again next year.<\/p>\n

For triathlons, I’ve been using Athleta’s training plan<\/a> with some modifications (longer Tuesday swim and Sunday run, no Sunday swim, Team Fight swim on Thursdays).\u00a0 I picked this one purely because the workouts fit into my schedule.\u00a0 It’s definitely more than sufficient for my June tri, but the one in August will need a bit more distance, I think, especially on the bike.\u00a0 I think that I may join up with the Mid-Maryland Tri Club for Sunday bike rides on the course and flip my Saturday and Sunday workouts.<\/p>\n

But I’m also scanning other triathlon training plans to see what else is out there.\u00a0 Here’s what I’ve found so far:<\/p>\n