School Days Chapter 1

Or what I learned from Chapter 1 of Going Long.

Since it's pretty much the Bible for Ironman training, I'm trying to study Friel and Byrn's Going Long very carefully. In lieu of notes, blog posts will serve as summaries of each chapter. As it's just an introduction, chapter 1 doesn't have a lot of content that merits its own summary; better to wait for more thorough coverage later on the book. But there is a real doozy of a suggestion at the very end: don't do your long ride and your long run on the weekend. Instead, separate them by doing the long run mid-week. This approach seems like a great way to reduce physical stress. I'll have to see how the schedule works out, but a long run shouldn't be much more than a couple of hours. And a pre-dawn run is a lot more doable than a pre-dawn ride. Duly noted.