Weekly Plan: Week of July 16

Peak, Taper and Rest

Yup, that’s the plan. BIG race this weekend, the Tahoe Traill 100, a 100K mountain bike race that also serves as a qualifying race to get into the infamous Leadville Trail 100. I did this race last year on a lark as a personal challenge, only hoping to finish within the time cut-offs. I succeeded, so of course I wanted to do it again and see if I could improve on my time. Using the Maffetone Method of developing a great aerobic base and avoiding high intensity training means my “peak” is a little different. What I’ve done is accumulate volume by not taking days off, and stretching my workouts a little longer each time. Then my “taper” will be three days of reduced training, then three days of rest to absorb all that volume. Then race!

Monday:

Two hour MTB time trial. Aerobic climb to compare fitness to last year

Short transition run, depnds on bike time

Dinner- Jeff Novick’s SNAP curried cauliflower and potatoes

Tuesday:

60-75 min run

40 min swim

Dinner-Turkish Eggplant and rice, green salad

Wednesday:

90 min. road ride easy

Dinner- Italian potato/green bean casserole, green salad

Thursday:

MAF test on the track

swim

Dinner: Curried vegetables and dal

Friday:

walking

Dinner- Fuhrman style GOMBBS (greens, onions, mushrooms and potatoes)

Saturday:

Drive to race venue for athlete’s meeting

Dinner- Pasta

Sunday:

RACE!

Go as FAST as possible!