Originally written in German. Translated to English by AI — please excuse any awkward phrasing.
Since Frankfurt I’ve mostly been eating a lot, sleeping, and being lazy. The last 10 days included 4 complete rest days, topped off with plenty of chocolate, ice cream, fried food, brownies, steaks, cake, and even more chocolate…
That was a nice change of pace for once, but since Thursday real life has started up again and I’ve been back to training diligently. I actually wanted to get going again Wednesday, but stupidly an e-bike got dangerously close during an easy Tuesday ride — so I had to give everything I had just to stay safe. Luckily it barely worked out, but one day the e-bike gods will have their revenge and I’ll have to admit defeat on a climb…
So what does the plan look like until the next Ironman? Good question, next question. I thought about it for a long time and ultimately landed on the following:
- The next two weeks will be very base-heavy again — lots of volume, low intensity
- After that, 2.5 weeks with nearly as much volume but significantly more intensity
- Then 1.5 weeks of taper leading into race day