I got up this morning with the shear excitement that I am starting my journey. The night before I had knots in my stomach just thinking about the hard work that will be putting myself through, I was excited and nervous.
My first task today was to do a short run to my muscles firing up again slowly to avoid injury. At my age any injury can set me back months and that will definitely cut into my training. I have a year and a half to prepare myself and I have to do it carefully.
I have decided to train using my barefoot shoes to help correct any imperfections on my form, feeling the ground allows me to make small adjustments during my run. Also because there is no support it forces me to activate all the micro muscles controlling my foot. The only downfall is that it’s a painful process until your legs get use to it.
I managed to get through about 2 km before the pain in my ankles were too much to continue. I slowly walked it out and continues running home stopping when ever I needed to. Even though it was a painful run, my recover was pretty quick and I was able to complete my leg day workout at the gym after work.
I put together a quick schedule of what I’m hoping to do for my weeks of training.
Monday
6am-7am – Week 1 Running, Week 2 Cycling
5pm-6:30pm – Gym
Tuesday
7am-8:30am – Gym
Wednesday
6am-7am – Week 1 Running, Week 2 Cycling
5pm-6:30pm – Gym
Thursday
7am-8:30am – Gym
7:30pm-8:30pm – Swimming
Friday
7am-8:30am – Gym
Saturday
8am-9:30am – Swimming
Sunday
Velodrome
I look forward to following and helping when I can you on your Ironman journey.