I'll agree here...what do you identify as your limiters from completing the HIM? When is it? DO you have a training plan that you have decided to follow xxx weeks out from the event, and if so, how many weeks between the end of the season and the beginning of the "plan"?
For example, say your HIM is April 1st, and you think that a BT training plan that runs 16 weeks would suit your abilities and schedule. That means you'd start that plan around the beginning of December.
If your "season" ends at the end of August, that leaves 3 months of "off season" training...
You can use your off season to rejuvinate, relax, focus on weaknesses, etc. As amine said, the thing you probably should not do is spend time on your best sport at the expense of working on the others.
A thought is to take 4 weks of staying active, but doing some different
(non-tri
) activities...group weight lifting, yoga, pilates, mountain biking, sky diving, scuba trip, etc...take time to do the things you don't have time to incorporate during tri season.
That would leave 8 weeks for your "off season". If swimming is your strongest, and runnign is your weakest, you might decide to do a 5 week cycle of run focused skills & drills, followed by a bike centric 5 week block, then begin your 16 week plan for the HIM.
Those are just some ideas without having any specific data about you.
BT has several "off season" bike focused, run focused & swim focused plans to help you get up to speed on your limiters.
Edited by AdventureBear 2008-08-14 7:39 PM