40s Endurance Training

[...] that run showed how I lack aerobic fitness. More Maffetone runs needed for this Duadaddy. Saturday morning was a long ride from Home to Valle Verde loop, my new playground. Just loved how that 2km+ [...]

[...] . And yeah, a secret goal of a sub-60 is playing in my head. Let's see if I'm up to it this Saturday morning. See ya! [...]

[...] ... RAMENNNN!!!! All that eating had to be burned so good thing I brought my running gear. By Saturday morning I took a mid-morning run from the hotel to Imperial palace, which had a 5k loop. [...]

[...] gain was improved as well as the popular Antipolo climb has been a regular route on Saturday morning rides. That long weekend when Pope Francis came was when the family went to Subic. The wife [...]

[...] as this requires an additional 30mins driving time. That Maf run last Sunday felt good, as average pace improved to 7:32/km. Recorded my 3rd best time in the ULTRA hill on that Saturday ride so [...]

[...] be half-hearted, as the total distance logged by my Garmin was only at 9.74km, giving me an average pace of 6:03/km ---not a sub-60 10k. The result overall, was ok for me as I only registered for [...]

[...] I started off well, covering the 6km Run1 course in a little over 36mins which was good for average pace. After putting on my helmet in T1, I headed off for the bike course with my cleats already [...]

[...] need to trust the HRM and keep the HR below 140 as recommended by Maffetone. The 8:19/km average pace for that run showed how I lack aerobic fitness. More Maffetone runs needed for this [...]

[...] workouts coming, I said to myself. But then I recalled how I slowed to a walk in my last duathlon in Subic, succumbing to a slow 38mins on that 5km run2. This thought changed the plan [...]

[...] website. In terms of my TrainingPeaks CTL and TSB stats, it looks good if I compare it to my last duathlon (May, was it?) so the "taper" that I did this week should help. My TSB should be [...]

[...] still hoping to get all that back before my next duathlon on Nov9 in Nuvali which is my last duathlon for the year. Unfortunately the National Duathlon Championships in Subic, THE A-race [...]

[...] races for the year. Today was the Philippine Duathlon Series - Leg 4 in Nuvali, supposedly my last duathlon for 2014. I wasn't able to race today as I got injured two weeks ago, from of all sports: [...]

[...] . With the money I got, I thought that it was time to either upgrade the bike frame or buy a tri bike for my duathlons. Both options were pricey, right up there in the "how can I spend this [...]

[...] I'm liking the Gallium Pro as it makes me do better on the climbs. Of course, a second bike, a tri bike, won't be bad at all. ;-) That's @roadiemanila at the start of our Bugarin climb *** I hope to [...]

[...] begins. Oh, btw, Popo Nagtalon emailed us past participants the 2014 race calendar: PHILIPPINE DUATHLON SERIES 2014 LEG 1: 5km/25km/3km March 30, Eagle Ridge, Cavite LEG 2: 6km/30km/3km May 31, [...]

[...] Well, it's my 2nd duathlon for 2014 on Sunday at the Philippine Duathlon Series - Leg 2, in Nuvali, Laguna. Glad to see that the race organizers have added a wrist [...]

[...] -free for 2014 as I wanted to join all my targeted races for the year. Today was the Philippine Duathlon Series - Leg 4 in Nuvali, supposedly my last duathlon for 2014. I wasn't able to race today as [...]

[...] once the duathlon season comes into full bloom by May, with special focus on my A-races (Unilab Dua in Sept, and Nat'l Dua in Nov). Yup, Leg2 is on end of May. A lot of time to improve my race [...]

[...] if my fitness would be ready in time for DuamanX2, two weeks after one of my A-races (Unilab Dua). It could also be a good conditioning race for Phil Dua Leg4, which is the same distance [...]

[...] By now, my coach is realizing that I'm starting to come up short in meeting the required training volume ---especially on weekends. Check the past 3 weekends and how I fared: Except for that 100km [...]

[...] 152 kms. 9 hours and 8 minutes. Last week was another breakthrough week in terms of training volume for me. On the weekend, I went up again the ULTRA hill twice, a 300m 7% climb. My aim is to [...]

[...] workout a week routine vs my body's capability of handling the continuously increasing training volume. I am learning a lot from my coach, but at times it seems that this 40-yr old body isn' [...]

I managed to come up with the table below based on different website updates. The schedule is accurate as of this writing (and as per the websites I c [...]

Updated table based on website sources as below: I'm assessing if my fitness would be ready in time for DuamanX2, two weeks after one of my A-races ( [...]

[...] later after signing up, I’m glad I did. The Alpha way of training is not for the weak, as the 6-day workout a week will surely put any normal age-grouper (such as myself) into a whole new level of [...]

[...] but I'll spare you the details. The main thing is that I am becoming concerned of the 6-day workout a week routine vs my body's capability of handling the continuously increasing training [...]