| Exercise Log – Week Beginning 12th October 2009 | |||
| Event | Distance | Time | |
| Mon | Swim | 56 lengths | 43mins |
| Tues | Rest | ||
| Weds | Gym | Cross trainer
Treadmill interval session Core Strength exercises Stretches |
30min
15min |
| Thurs | Rest | ||
| Fri | Swim | 60 lengths (float work)
20 arms only 10 kicking 10 arms 10 kicking 10 front crawl |
1 hour |
| Sat | Cycle | 7 miles (windy) | 32 miles |
| Sun | Cycle | 26 miles | 1 hour 42 min |
Posts Tagged ‘vegan triathlon training’
Triathlon Training Log – Week 7
October 18th, 2009Triathlon Training Log – Week 6
October 11th, 2009| Exercise Log – Week Beginning 5th October 2009 | |||
| Event | Distance | Time | |
| Mon | Swim | 64 Lengths (pyramid session) | 48mins |
| Tues | Gym | Cross trainer 15min
Treadmill (interval training- 3min 11kph, 2min 12kph) Spin on bike Core Strength exercises stretches |
15min
15min
15min |
| Weds | Rest | ||
| Thurs | Forced rest
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Visit to the chiropractor |
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| Fri | Forced rest | ||
| Sat | Cycle | 10.6 miles | 36min 06 |
| Sun | Cycle | 16.5 miles
(Windy) |
1 hour 10 min |
Triathlon training log – Week 5
October 4th, 2009| Exercise Log – Week Beginning 28th September 2009 | |||
| Event | Distance | Time | |
| Mon | Rest | ||
| Tues | Gym | Cross trainer 15min
Treadmill (interval training- 3min 11kph, 2min 12kph) |
15min
20min |
| Weds | Rest | ||
| Thurs | Swim
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64 Lengths (pyramid session)
Sauna |
49mins
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| Fri | Rest | ||
| Sat | Run
Cycle |
3.8miles (head wind)
10 miles |
32min 14
43min 27 |
| Sun | Cycle | 26miles | 1 hour 41 |
The reality sets in – Triathlon race targets
September 19th, 2009I’ve been researching previous results for Olympic / Standard distance Triathlon.
I’ve compared my current times to the winning female times in 2 triathlons with sea swims;
|
Event |
Current Times (3 weeks into training) |
Target |
Difference!! |
| 1500m Swim | 1 hour | 25 mins | 35 mins |
| 24 mile Bike | 1 hour 40 | 1 hour 15 | 25 mins |
| 10 km Run | 1 hour | 40 mins | 20 mins |
| Total | 3 hours 40 | 2 hours 20 | 1 hour 20 |
Over 12 months I need to knock off 10 mins per month! (Roughly 3 mins per event) I have no idea if that is realistic!
I’ve got a lot of work to do!
Vegan diet plan for Triathlon training
September 16th, 2009Here’s an overview of my current daily diet. I’m feeling really good for avoiding wheat and sugar. I find the wheat free alternatives like spelt, quinoa and rice noodles much nicer than wheat.
| Breakfast | Snack | Lunch | Snack | Dinner |
| 3/4 litre of greens with baking sodaHerbal tea (redbush or peppermint) | ¾ litre of water with baking soda
Peppermint tea |
Peppermint tea | ¾ litre water with baking soda
Peppermint tea |
Herbal tea
¾ litre of greens with baking soda before bed |
| Toasted (yeast free) rye breadTomato or cucumber or avocado plus olive oil salt and pepper | AlmondsBrazil nuts
Walnuts Dried fruit: Goji berries Blue berries Raisins Figs |
Salad:Lettuce
Cucumber Tomato Sugar snap peas Pepper Onion Mixed Sprouts (chickpea, aduki beans, lentil) Spelt pasta Olive oil Salt & pepper Hummus |
Banana or apple or raw food bar | Vege curries, stir Fry’s, chilli’s,Quinoa
Rice Brown Rice noo |
Vegan diet avoids DOMS (Delayed onset muscle soreness)
September 14th, 2009Yesterday was my first training session on the road bike.
Instead of a nice, easy plod through the country we picked a hilly 30 mile route and kept the pace up (to as much as I could cope with).
By the end, I was physically and mentally exhausted! Legs wobbling!
I expected to wake up feeling really stiff, struggling to climb stairs but instead don’t even feel like I’ve sat on a bike!
I put it down to the sauna last night and a healthy vegan diet, plenty of water and I went to bed with a pint of greensand baking soda to help repair my muscles and neutralise the lactic acid.
On the bike – Triathlon training on a Vegan sugar free diet!
September 13th, 2009My first long cycle today. 30 miles in 2 legs – riding time 2 1/2 hours, I’ve got some work to do before the triathlon!
I still feel like I’m going through a detox after cutting out sugar and wheat a couple of weeks ago, following Brendan Braziers advice. In his book he asures me that once I’m through this fatigue, headaches, diarrhea and nausea, my energy levels will escalate. I can’t wait!
Today felt hard and I was really drained afterwards and even felt a little faint. I had a sauna session this evening to help the muscle recovery by eliminating the toxin build up.
Triathlon Training – Eating Raw
September 8th, 2009Today, I was feeling great after yesterdays rest and some good food.
Tonights gym session consisted of a 15min spin, 15min interval run, 8min row (stopped early as it’s aggravating my huge blister!), 15 cross trainer and some core strengthening exercises and leg stretches.
Todays Vegan diet consisted of: rye bread and tomato for breakfast.
Lunch; green salad with walnuts, spelt pasta, olive oil and hommus, I snacked on soaked almonds, brazil nuts and dried figs.
Tonights dinner was a selection of raw fruit and vegetables; tomatos, avocado, suger snap peas, peppers and cucumber with olive oil and Hommus.
Brendan Braizer – Vegan Iron man, talks about the importance of a higly raw diet as cooking destroys the important enzymes in food responsible for energy production. Cooked food also puts extra stress on the body during digestion.
I’ve also managed over 4 litres of water today; some included a pH ion green supplement, baking soda and elecrolytes.
I’m really starting to feel the benefits of being wheat and sugar free, I’m waking much easier in the morning and not feeling the need for an afternoon nap.
The Triathlon Training Starts
September 6th, 2009Thursday 3rd September was the official start day.
We visited pedal power to start the search for a road bike. The staff in the bike shop were more than helpful and even recommended a triathlon club.
Thursday evening I had an hour in the gym with a trainer, who has set me a cardio and weight program.
I ordered ‘The Thrive Diet’ a book by Brendan Brazier - A Vegan Iron Man. (One of my idols along with Dr Robert Young - pH Miracle)
Friday – rest day – book arrived and I started reading it.
Saturday – Swim (3 months ago I couldn’t even front crawl! I am now able to after alot of practice and patience and coaching from friends)
We did a 45min pyramid swim session in a 25m pool; 4:8:12:12:8:4 more than I have ever front crawled in my life, the session was much easier than I’d anticipated.
As for the diet – It needs some improvement and I’m sure it will evolve as time goes.
This week breakfast consisted of toast with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Lunch - salad with nuts, spelt and wheat pasta,
Dinner – vege Thai curry, various stir Fry’s, last night was an Indian!
Supplements: I’ve drank pH Ion greens twice a day and add baking soda to all my water to help neutralise acid and maintain the alkaline pH of my blood, I occasionally test this with my urine and will be monitoring this more closely.
Next week I’ll be cutting out the wheat as I’ve felt tired and bloated as I don’t usally eat wheat.
Training for a triathlon on a vegan diet
September 6th, 2009Hello,
Welcome to the first entry into my Triathlon training diary.
This began a couple of weeks ago on holiday, me and my boyfriend Jon were writing our goals and both realised we had the same goal of competing in a Triathlon. Both recovering from injury, me an Achilles tendon tear and Jon a slipped disc, we felt it would be a good goal to motivate us at returning to fitness.
I have been mainly vegan for a couple of years and am keen to disprove the myths about the need for animal protein and dairy in sport.
My belief (and I have read and seen plenty of evidence to support it) is that the human body is vegan by design and a vegan diet is far superior to an animal product diet. Producing amazing results in energy levels, weight, clear skin, bright eyes and recovery time.
Before turning vegan I had a high meat and diary diet, being a farmers daughter. I decided to try a 28 day detox just out of curiosity, the detox was meat, diary, sugar, caffiene, wheat, fish and processed food free. I was astounded by the results and didn’t want to go back.
Olympic distance Triathlon on a