OK you fast guys and girls please help me out. I have 3 IMs under my belt with an 11:50 PB I feel I still have a faster race in me, I am in for the Outlaw next year and as I reach the tender age of 50 next year I want to blast it. Please feel free to share the knowledge. I am not planning on starting training in anger until January but will be spending the time till then maintaining my general fitness by mountain biking, trail running, riding my fixed into work .
The things I specifically want to work on this winter are core strength and swim technique (not distance yet) anybody got some tips/sessions they want to share or some advice as to what I really SHOULD need to be doing at the moment.
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core strength - Pilates although they can take ages to produce results so get a good gym session from an instructor as these are likely to be more intense - Pilates can be a bit too relaxed for us more outgoing types!
as Doozer says - get out and ride lots. MTB over winter mixed with road is good to build leg strength, stamina and power - it's also muddy fun as well
for swimming - 1:1 coaching is probably best
Thats wot I am trying to prevent with all this running around as I have a serious chip, choclate and red
wine habit to support!
Doozer. wrote (see)
thats one of the things that spurs me on in a race if iam going past peeps in their 20/30s on the latest 4k Cervelo I am a happy (old) man
and like RBM - I have some food and drink habits to support.......
and there's nothing like kicking the arses of youngsters 20+ years younger who should be doing better - but it's a pisser though when your age compatriots are so much quicker. my a/g winner at Kona - 10:21 ffs!!
I'm with you FB - and that's the reason I keep on going even if I don't do so well as the rest of you. You've seen my family history of stroke/hypertension/cholesterol/heart disease - like you I intend to go on as long as I can.
Am in my 50th year of running!