Training for IRONMAN for some is a full time job…there are people who have turned professional, but I am not one of them 😉 I have a full time job (an 8th grade science teacher) and still find time to train for IRONMAN.
The Iron Hippie and I just completed week #10 or our 36 week training program for IRONMAN Wisconsin 2014. With some minor variations in duration and intensity of the workouts, this is what my typical workout week looks like:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
14 hours & 10 minutes of training this week…that doesn’t include the preparation time, travel time to and from the gym or refueling/recovery time. The duration of my weekly workouts will only increase between now and September 7, 2014.
Do you have the available time and determination to train for IRONMAN?
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Week #10 Totals:
Swim: 4600 yards
Bike: 72.3 miles
Run: 18.7 miles
Strength Training: 2 hours & 15 minutes
Hot Yoga: 2 hours & 30 minutes
Week #10 in the green 
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Wow, I honestly don’t think I could keep up that schedule. Pretty impressive!
Thanks Tom!! The hours will only get longer from here 😉 I think Daylight Savings has taken its toll on me…this morning was rough.
I’m tired from just reading that! I know I don’t have it in me for a full ironman, not yet anyway. That’s just crazy- I can’t imagine what four weeks pre-race looks like 🙂
I’ll post what my week looks like at different times throughout training, so stay tuned…4 weeks pre-race will be one of them 😉
I really love what you did with the pictures! I could not train for an Ironman at this point.. the intensity of training I could probably deal with, but not the time investment.
Thanks 🙂 Realizing you don’t have the time to commit to the training is very important.
Nice work!! That’s a solid week of training 😉 you rock! See you at IMWI? I’m not racing. Volunteering and registering for 2015! But I’ll be there cheering you on!!
Thanks Kathy!! It would be AWESOME to see you on race day or sometime that weekend!! Let me know your plans and we’ll try to coordinate 🙂
I always say that I wish I could train full time – and now that I can because I don’t have a job, I realized that I don’t exactly get paid for it… Ha!
That is the hard part, Laura…I always say that I wish I could train full time as well, but I still need to have cash flow coming in to pay for all my races and hobbies. I guess I’ll have to keep working for a while 😉
Whew- it’s crazy to think of doing even more 🙂 Do you ever take a day fully off?
When I’ve trained for Ironmans, I always took Fridays completely off. It was such a fabulous mental break!
Abby, right now I don’t have a day off. When I am on break, my schedule can be rearranged to make that happen. I’m looking forward to next week (spring break), so that I can have a day off and mentally refocus for the last 11 weeks of school 😉
That’ll be such a nice treat! Wow- 11 weeks left?! The countdown is on!!!
The countdown IS on 😉
Nope. Definitely don’t have that in me! 🙂 So fun to follow your training though! It’s motivating!
Thanks Sandra!! It is time consuming 😉
It’s so inspiring reading this. I always wonder how people find the time (and energy) for all the hours IM training requires. I am at the point in my career where I have enough flexibility in my schedule to train, but I can’t imagine teaching all day too! I’m curious – do your students or other teachers at your school know that you are training for an IM?
Thanks Kristen!! They do know I’m training for another IM, but most don’t understand the magnitude of it 😉
Awesome.
Thanks Jim!! 😉
I am currently training for IMLP. I totally understand your perspective! Balancing work, training and trying to cook/plan meals/pack lunch & snacks is very tough! The two-a-days are even harder, especially when unplanned things come up, such as working late at the office. Yesterday, I trained on the bike at 5:15am, had to work late, was at the pool and in the water by 7:00pm, home at 8:20pm, dinner at 8:45pm. Whew! I know all this craziness will be worth it come race day!!! Thanks for sharing to remind us there are lots of us in the same boat!! Keep up the solid work.
Will this be your first IM? Thankfully not every day is like the one you described for yesterday, but when they show up, they are a challenge. The craziness now will definitely be worth it on race day 😉 Keep putting one foot in front of the other to achieve your goal!!
Awesome week, Kecia! Looks very similar to my typical week 🙂 It can be tough to fit it all in, but I wouldn’t have it any other way! Hope you’ve had a GREAT spring break!
I agree, Erin…it can be difficult to fit it all in, but I love it!! I have had a great break!! I hope you are feeling better!!