Beginner Full Ironman Plan Group

Pector55 - 2010-08-20 10:04 AM I am doing my first HIM in Sept.   I would like to try this plan with a group as part of my off-season training so I can determine whether or not I should attempt a full in 2011. 

bestbets - 2010-08-20 4:22 PM

I just successfully completed my first IM (14:06 at Vineman, July 31st) using this plan. Stick with it as best you can and you'll all do great!

kimk - 2010-08-22 10:35 PM

I am planning on doing IMWI next year and was wondering about the BT plans. What have you used? Thinking of upping my membership to silver?

Tri Take Me Away - 2010-08-23 12:13 PM

The free Beginner IM plan is great, and what the people in this forum are using. Upgrading to Silver will give you a lot more plans to choose from, and there are different forums for support with those plans.
How much experience do you have with triathlon?

Tri Take Me Away - 2010-08-23 12:13 PM

The free Beginner IM plan is great, and what the people in this forum are using. Upgrading to Silver will give you a lot more plans to choose from, and there are different forums for support with those plans.
How much experience do you have with triathlon?

titeloops - 2010-08-24 8:12 AM


Oops, I'm on the gold level Beginner IM program. Sorry!

dhopman - 2010-08-25 1:05 PM Hi group! I'm Dave...around the end of the year I'll start my 20 week plan for my first IM (IMTX) in May. I got into tris in 2006, took some time off while I was going through my masters program, and am now back in full swing. I did my first HIM at Vineman in July.

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I guess my first question is...do you guys think 20 weeks is enough time to feel prepared?

leopard8996 - 2010-08-25 9:48 PM I've used this plan for IMs in 2007 and 2008 and found it to be AWESOME! I will be using it again for IM CDA in 2011. I added some hours to the bike and dropped one of the weekly swims but I absolutely loved this plan. I had done 2 Half-IMs, many Olympics and Sprints but never run a marathon. For practice I did the first month of the plan in January as a prep before the real plan started and that helped me get in the groove of training.

titeloops - 2010-08-20 10:40 AM

1st Full IM program, so we'll see in Nov! It's kicking my azz, so I think it's working pretty well.

jennykyria - 2010-08-25 7:35 PM

I'm doing IM CDA too! It will be my first and I think I'm going to follow this plan. Will it prepare me to finish stong? I'm nervous- I really don't have much experience in tris. I do have a very strong swim and run background though.

DAVE- what race are you running on the 31st? Is it Marine Corps? Me too if that's a yes!

steveseer - 2010-08-26 11:00 AM

Assuming it hasn't changed, I used this plan last year the same way you are now.  I did 70.3 Augusta then Ironman Florida (which was the same day as B2B).  Went 11:08 for my first IM, goal was 12 hours.  Really happy with the plan!

dhopman - 2010-08-27 5:03 PM Sooo, I spent some time today giving the plan a closer look. Is anyone else planning on modifying it? I only want/need 2 swims per week, on Tuesday/Thursday (because of my pool's hours), maybe 3 per week during the heavy build phase. Further, the average swim is under 50 minutes which (to a swimmer) seems way too short to justify the trip to the pool.

Also, Monday is typically my rest day. This plan has 10 rest days that fall on a Saturday which seems like a waste. 

This forces me to shuffle around pretty much everything on this plan. It's a good starting point in terms of overall volume, and the different phases or training blocks, but I wish it was customizable. =(

I'm building the whole thing over again in excel...hopefully I'll be able to finish it in a week or so.

dhopman - 2010-08-27 3:03 PM

Sooo, I spent some time today giving the plan a closer look. Is anyone else planning on modifying it? I only want/need 2 swims per week, on Tuesday/Thursday (because of my pool's hours), maybe 3 per week during the heavy build phase. Further, the average swim is under 50 minutes which (to a swimmer) seems way too short to justify the trip to the pool.

Also, Monday is typically my rest day. This plan has 10 rest days that fall on a Saturday which seems like a waste. 

This forces me to shuffle around pretty much everything on this plan. It's a good starting point in terms of overall volume, and the different phases or training blocks, but I wish it was customizable. =(

I'm building the whole thing over again in excel...hopefully I'll be able to finish it in a week or so.