update on training - hills hills hills

Start to the seasons been going quite good. I have a training schedule and stuff now which is nice...sometimes it sucks haha but you HAVE TO do it, it's suppose to be a grind. Wheres the fun if it was easy? What REALLY excites me is that I feel like I'm already in better form (swimming and maybe running wise) than I was at my peak last season, and I still have a few months to go b4 the first race. Especially with the swimming too, which was my worst of the three last season, I guess it also has the most room to grow though.

I think the main reason for a quick improvement is because of the interval training i've incorporated into my workouts. Last year I would just run/bike/swim the distance at a moderate pace. This year I'm doing more intensity related workouts to improve speed. I'll usually either do ladder runs, repeats, or hills.

Ladders being something like - hard100, easy100, hard 200, easy 200, hard 400, easy 400, etc....and back down.

The repeats will go something like - 400m sprints followed by a minute rest and over and over again.

and

There's a hill near my place thats pretty great for both biking and running. Today I decided to spoil myself just a little bit and do some bike hills followed by running hills and it surprisingly felt quite good which is one of the reasons why I feel I'm already in decent form.

LAWRENCE HILL


Putting down the bike and changing into running shoes



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