This year I have started tracking my training on DailyMile.com. This is a great site. What I like about it is… one it is like twitter, two it is like facebook, and three, it will soon integrate with Garmin Connect. Yes, I am a freak, I want to know what I am doing, what I have done, and where I should go. And all of these free online tools help you do that.
Yes, I do use this website to help track my training, but it doesn’t count the miles. And this year I want to see exactly what kind of yardage I put in the pool and how may miles I run and bike my heart rate, power, hours, minutes, and nutrition. This is a ironman year (Steelhead 70.3 and Ironman Wisconsin) everything counts.
Currently my base training is consisting of 3 swims per week 2 being masters group swims. 3 runs per week, 1 speed workout (lunch w/ Eric), 1 tempo run, and 1 long run. And for the Bike, well… a long weekend ride, and maybe 1 short trainer session. And all of that can be translated to DONUTS on the DailyMile.
So what did I do last week? Well it is all in the DailyMile.
- Monday, and had a easy swim of 1000 yards
- Tuesday, Lunch w/ Eric, a 2 mile time trial around the park. 11:51 was my time. My garmin actually said 1.9 miles. Plus I ran too and from the park, so the total was around 5.
- Wednesday, Masters Swim over lunch. 300 warm up, 4×100, then 4 sets of: 100, with 10″, 75 w/5″ rec, 75 w/10″ rec, 75 w/5″ rec, 75 w/10″ rec. 2300 yards total.
- Thursday, I ran tempo http://connect.garmin.com/activity/26739173 Tried to do 1 mile warm up, 4 miles at 10k pace then 1 mile warm down. Between my legs, the hills and the wind. I couldn’t keep it together.
- Friday, Master Swim over lunch. Eric ran the workout on time. starting with 25 yards on the 20 increasing 5 seconds per length. Then increasing the distance 50s, 75s, 100s, and just as you got comfortable the pace increased. Not really sure on the 1200 distance, probably more but, I have trouble keeping count… Interesting workout, I would like to do it fresh because it was a tough workout after the tempo run yesterday. I just didn’t have the energy.
- Saturday, was the big ride. Got out of the house early, just after 7am and headed to the park for laps until I met up with Eric, John, Dave and Eric, to do some more laps until the Team Mack ride. The constant drizzle soaked my gloves and made for a tough ride. When I got home I couldn’t feel my feet and my one pinky toe was blue. Got some good miles in on a crappy day! Manage 70.84 miles. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/26868091
- Sunday, was a long run, 14.01 miles on some tired legs. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/27027337
So what is all of this going to get me in the next couple of months? Hopefully some good times at:
- Illinois Half Marathon
- Pioneer Sprint
- Sullivan Sprint
- Capital City Biathlon
I’m a huge fan of DM and proudly say that I was a user when they still officially carried the ‘Beta’ tag. The site is a great motivator, especially when I see you’re powering through 70 miles of cycling on a crappy weather Sunday.
I’ve been using the Motion X GPS app for the iPhone to track my runs. It will be great when they start adding more device integration. I get geeked about tracking my routes and (although low) performance numbers.
Yep, I am late to http://www.dailymile.com, and I am ok with that. A lot of times new technology is great, but there is something left to be desired.
If you get out on the bike a lot this year you like GPS, you may want to look into a Garmin, such as the 310xt. I love it. Plus, it will leave you iPhone battery with a charge, so you can use it to call, text and twitter while on your ride!