Here are some totals to quantify IM training six months out from IM Lake Placid 2021.
Swim - 8100 yards in 2 hours, 40 minutes
Bike - 343 miles in 19 hours, 33 minutes
Run - 68.7 miles in 10 hours, 23 minutes
Weight Lifting - 4 hours 52 minutes
Total Hours for month - 36 hours, 18 minutes
Training Stress Score (TSS) - 2193
Intensity factor - .75 average / workout
Chronic Training Load (CTL) on January 31, 2021 - 59
It was not a bad month given that swimming is so limited. For any January since I've started to record, this is the highest biking mileage and the most number of hours ever (but that is due to me keeping track of weight lifting which I've been doing more specifically since I haven't been able to swim).
As far as TSS goes, the weight lifting being added in probably influenced the following as well where we can look at TSS in Januarys of the past:
- Jan 12 - 1415 - pre IM Mont Tremblant
- Jan 17 - 1478
- Jan 18 - 2116 - pre IM Lake Placid #1
- Jan 21 - 2193
Given Jan 12 and Jan 17 (two other pretty intense Januaries that I've got solid data for), this month is step up and is comparable to Jan 18. I definitely felt it.
More soon. Thanks for reading! Keep doing your thing like I do my thing.
