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Originally Posted by BamaDave
Kevin, I look forward to following your log! It's always good to have another nutty endurance type in here who is also weight training.
With your background, it would be interesting to hear your take sometime on the popular runners' argument of quantity versus quality in training for long distance races!
I feel your pain on the Summer running. Living in a Southern climate, late Fall, Winter, and early Spring are the best times to run here. I generally start bitching about hot weather and its impacts on my running in May and don't stop until October or November.  |
Dave, I'm pretty new to the weight training (was even a bit too embarrassed to post my weights from Friday's workout! Reading other's logs shows me just how piss-weak I am!).
My philosophy is definitely swinging towards the intensity crowd. When I decided to do Ironman my longest swim had been 2.3km, ride of 150km and run of 30km (compared to the 3.8/180/42.2 of Ironman). So, my main focus was on getting the endurance up. In retrospect, I really needed to be stronger, hence the shift in priorities now.
When I decide to train for Ironman again I will definitely add in more intensity, at the expense of volume. For instance, I will shorten my long runs a little, but do some slightly faster than race pace efforts when fatigued eg instead of a 30km run, I might do 17km @easy/moderate, 5km@sl. faster than race pace, 3km easy/cooldown pace. I have found this makes a difference to my HM's, and intend to implement something similar (but shorter overall) next weekend.