Weekly Totals 6/28

Weekly Total 6/22/14 to 6/28/14
Swim: 0
Bike : 3.08h
Run : 1.0h
Weight: 245.8

Weekly Total - 6/51 - 6/21

Weekly Total 6/15/14 to 6/21/14
Swim: 0
Bike : 2.75h
Run : 0.75h
Weight: 247.5

Weekly Totals - 6/8 to 6/14

Weekly Total
6/8/14 to 6/14/14
Swim: 0
Bike : 1.55h
Run : 0.58h
Weekly total 6/1/14 to 6/7/14
Swim: 0
Bike: 1.83h
Run: 0.5
Weekly total 5/25/14 to 5/31/14
Swim: 0
Bike: 1.83h
Run: 0.5h

Planning My Training

Planning your training is a interesting sort of problem. You want it to be hard enough that you feel like you are working towards your goal, but not so hard that you want to quit or become injured. What I have found that for me, I tend toward the train hard - feel the work, until I injure myself. This time I'm try to slowy ease my way int running, since that is the sport that beats you up the most out of triathlon.
So for training plans I have looked at: Be Iron Fit, 2nd: Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness By Don Fink. Good help with time efficiency and workouts toward getting ready for an Ironman race.

IronFit Secrets for Half Iron-Distance Triathlon Success: Time-Efficient Training for Triathlon's Most Popular Distance Good help with time efficiency and workouts tailored to the 1/2 IM. This is what I have base most of my trainig on.

For running I have started BarryP's running plan from slowtwitch.com. It is a 6 day a week running plan, but starts off with very short easy runs and builds from there. I believe that recovery is key for me and I will be careful not to overextend myself.

For the bike, I have the ability to use the corporate gym during lunchtime, so the plan is to ride the spin-bike. I will get on the road on the weekend and evenings as the summer progresses. Similar to BarryP's plan, I will biking 3 shorts, 2 mediums and a long. I will start the workouts short and slowly increase the time as I see my recovery improve.

Swimming will be lagging as the plan is to restart Total Immersion swimming at the local town pool, when they open at the end of this month. I will start swimming twice a week and add a third session when time permits.

Where I am to Starting Training Again

I started triathlons in 2004, and then took a ten year break. Gained plenty (too much) weight and finally figured out what I need to do to lose the excess weight and keep it off. I need to have a race or fixed goal that I can work towards.
I have done my research and for me a low-carb diet works well for me. A CKD diet works, but I struggle with the loading days. I started with lowering my carbs, but I wasn’t very strict. Some weight came off , but I need something more.
I have now restricted myself to a ketogenic diet. I have been testing with keto strips and been staying in ketosis for the past 3 to 4 weeks.

Starting weight:
April, 2014 ~270lbs
Started low carb diet Transitioned to ketogenic diet
May 25 - 262.7lbs
June 13 – 249.0lbs

 Goals for 2014:
Weight below 200 for:
Manchester Road race – Thanksgiving day

Goals for 2015:
Maintain race weight below 200
 Lake Terramuggus Sprint Tri Series #1-6
Lake Terramuggus Olympic Distance Triathlon

I will describe what my training has been to this point and what my future plan is. I will also give an overview of what I've been eating next week.