So I’ve already said I don’t follow directions and I’ve gone rouge on my training.  I was going to have a great coaching opportunity but that seems to be slipping away and so I need to come up with my plan B.  I can’t stay rogue and on my own forever, especially since what I am training for is IronMan Florida.

Many training plans I’ve seen, and many people I know begin their real IronMan training in June. So I am not too freaked out about the IronMan …. yet.  What I am worried about right now is the Half IronMan I’ll be doing on July 14 in Caminha, Portugal.  It has steep climbs.  I figured, if I can do THAT, then I should be in good training shape for the the IronMan bike.

Therefore this week, as my non-guided-fiercely-independent self figured out my training schedule … I ended up with too much on the bike, and no swim.   Here is how the week went:

Monday: Spinning.  Love going to the spinning class and it simulates hills.

Tuesday: Run. Speed workout. 2 miles all out with 2 miles of zone 3 run.

Wednesday: Spinning. It is so much easier to wake up for spinning than for anything else.

Thursday: Joe travelling, rest day.

Friday: pouring rain and the treadmill was not working well.  I ended up doing a killer workout on the elliptical for about 90 minutes.

Saturday: Rode 33 miles outside with a lot of bursts and pushes, then ran a really crappy 7 miles.

Sunday: Dreamer had his first golf tournament and it was early.  I was not going to miss it. Then in the afternoon Joe left on a trip, again, so I wasn’t able to train.

Swimming? Oh! You mean we need to swim? Yeah … swimming did not happen at all this week.  My thought process is that swimming is my strongest sport and the least important so yes, I need to swim but I don’t need to swim three times a week like my uber ambitious training plan suggests.

Just writing this makes me nervous because I know I am winging it, and I don’t want to get injured nor do I want to slack off. My options are: staying with Endurance Nation, join a local team, or find an individual coach.

Endurance Nation is great.  It’s like Facebook for people training for IronMans but I don’t think it’s the format the suits me.  Also, everyone is so strong that even virtually, its intimidating.  The coaches are really nice, but I think I need to talk to someone and not just get a one line answer to a question.

I don’t want to join a team. I feel like I need to have a breather from the drama, and the loyalty, and whatever else comes with a team.  I also don’t want to feel the pressure that I have to train with a team during the week.  If I could have a weekend only team … that would be nice.

So I need a coach again.  I am not too needy, and I don’t take too much bandwith but I need someone to just look over what I am doing and to whom I become accountable. I don’t think I necessarily need someone in Miami because again, I would probably train a lot on my own.  I need someone to tell me what to do, to whom I need to “report” to, and who can be flexible given my schedule.  Someone who understands that going to spinning will be much more likely to happen consistently than biking alone on my trainer. And someone who realizes that my goals are not that ambitious and that training can’t take over my life.  Oh! And who can work with my limited budget.   That’s all (insert big wink here). Any suggestions?