I will be competing in my first duathlon Oct 27th with the Marin Triathlon. I have done numerous triathlons from sprints to Ironman distance races but never a duathlon. The distance for this race is 5k run / 22 mile bike / 10k run
I am in week 3 and have a good base going into training – this is an advanced to intermediate plan NOT for beginners. my weekly workouts are:
- Mon – Bootcamp
- Tues – power-meter spin class followed with a 3 mile run,
- Wed – Bootcamp
- Thurs – track workout (see past blogs for weekly workouts), bootcamp
- Friday – longer bike ride (over 35 miles under 50 miles)
- Saturday long Brick workout (see below for build)
- Sunday 4-6 mile run bootcamp class and easy bike home
Saturday Build:
- Week 1: Run 2 miles / bike 30 mile / run 2 miles
- Week 2: Run 2 miles / bike 30 miles / run 3 miles
- Week 3: Run 2.5 miles / bike 30 miles / run 4 miles
- Week 4: Run 2.5 miles / bike 30 miles / run 5 miles
- Week 5: Run 3 miles / bike 30 miles / run 6 miles
- Week 6: Run 3 miles / bike 30 miles / run 6 miles
- Week 7: Run 3 miles / bike 30 miles / run 3 miles
- Week 8: RACE WEEK