I just finalized my goals for next season. I’ve decided to focus on shorter races which I typically do better at. This last year I tried to focus on longer races and my rankings were worse than they were the year before.
I’ve also written up my personal training plan. I’m not building a huge base this year because I’m focusing on sprint distance races. I’ve been working pretty consistently on my swim and strength training. Once January hits I’ll be starting my strength maintenance phase, lifting once a week. I’ve been lifting twice a week since August. It’ll be nice to get back to the swim bike and run.
Another thing I’ve learned about training during school is that my rest weeks need to be my test weeks. I haven’t included rest weeks in my training plan because rest weeks will be thrust upon me at random times according to my professors whims. I’ll plan on training consistently whenever school isn’t too busy, once school gets crazy I’ll take the rest week.
My number one goal is to get the course record at the IceBreaker and get as close to two hours at the 5150 Provo or Echo.
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