Background - long history of both strength and endurance training. Last few years triathlons of various lengths up to some 70.3, half marathon PB of 1:39. Peak FTP of 275 @ 190lb. Deadlift of 170kg. These numbers are from last year I am not there now. So nothing spectacular - but for me decent generalist fitness. I have currently just been doing whatever I feel. I had epstein barr and bad covid consecutively last year which threw me completely off and led to a full reassessment of how I train. I was doing WAY too much.
With 2 kids, ages 2 and 3 I have very little time for training - like about 4 hours a week. I am 100% not looking for hacks to find more time. I am happy with the time I have, just want to maximise it. I appreciate I could get up at 5am but I don’t want to.
I like to run AND bike. I don’t have huge aspirations of speed and performance, but want to enjoy my traning and feel fit. I quite like a little structure as it helps guide my time. I currently do strength 2/3 times a week and have about 4 further hours free. In terms of goals I might like to run a reasonable 10k next year. No events for biking but I LIKE doing it!
What would you do? I was thinking alternating weeks of 2 runs/1 bike, 2 bikes/1 run. This given me 5 days of training with my strength included. Not really sure where to place the intensity.
