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Andrew Kennedy
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IM Training (Over Mileage Training) Question
Replied Aug. 19, 2008
IM Training (Over Mileage Training) Question
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Rob Chance Aug. 21, 2008.
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- Hometown:
- Milford, MI
- About Me:
- 40 years old
6 IM Finishes to date
Swimming Background
Multiple knee surgery survivor....another on 12/20/07
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- Key Race for 2010:
- IMAZ Vineman AB IMFL
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Knee Surgery Rehab - Kicking off 2008 in style!
Hello.
After two years of putting up with knee pain I decided to have arthoscopic surgery to repair a meniscus tear. There is a long tale of woe to go with the knee but it's ancient history. Today marks the first towards IM AZ and then IM FL in 2008. This will be the second time in my triathlon career that I'll attempt two IM races in one calendar year. It will be IM race #8 and #9. I've labeled these races "Payback #1" and "Payback #2". Since I have yet to enjoy a decent IM race,
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Over the past 5 years I have limited my running to 2-3 times per week with one of the runs being long-ish on Sunday. I definitely need to improve my weekly consistency and spread out the workouts. I damaged the meniscus 4 weeks before IM LP in 2006. Running fast downhill is now forbidden. This past year was a disaster as I focused on IM L'ville and suffered through the knee pain all season. To top it off, I contracted phenumonia 4 weeks before the race and basically did a crash taper. The surgery on 12/20 is basically me giving in and not wanting to waste another season. I'm a big guy so any extra weight for my kness is unwelcome. :)
My background is swimming and my IM swim training is limited to 8 workouts total. 6x2000 meter straight swims and 2-4000 meter straight swims. That's it. Any other pool work is easy recovery and some stroke drills throughout the year. I have one heavy week in January whle at swim camp in Curacao. Other than that, I focus on the bike/Run. My IM swims are all 1HR +/- 2 minutes.
Where I will need help and insight is in the area of the bike. I'll definitely participate in the forums and add where I can.
Thanks again.
-Andrew
One thing that jumps out at me from your profile is the knee injuries (looks like another surgery scheduled for a few weeks from now?)...seems like your training program would need to be more heavily weighted toward the bike/swim, with your running volume coming from shorter, more frequent runs. The typical example is to do 3 x 40min runs over 36 hours, rather than a 2:00 straight run...the multiple runs are so much easier on the body, and if you hold your pace/HR in the proper target areas you'd definitely get tremendous benefits.
Just a thought -- hop on the Run Stuff group, too, when you get a chance and post some questions there about how to adapt your program.
Thanks again for joining!
-Mike