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2005-12-15 9:24 PM
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Subject: RE: IM Training Hours BS
Saw the article, didn't believe it. My plan (30 weeks) starts at 6 and has a high af 22ish. Different strokes for different folks. I am a single mom that works full time.

2005-12-15 11:58 PM
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oipolloi - 2005-12-10 7:44 AM
Steve- - 2005-12-09 9:42 PM
haroldbuck - 2005-12-09 4:30 PM
The WTC really blows sh!t out of proportion a lot.  Hell they call their Ironman races the "World’s Toughest Endurance Event"...geez give me a break.  I can think of several races off the top of my head (not including the Tour de France) that are 10 times harder than the Ironman.  One of those races would be the Southern Traverse.

WTC is great and all...but sometimes they get a little carried away...

Yeah, I think just maybe it's possible that the Badwater UltraMarathon is tougher than an Ironman. Maybe. My peak week for my first IM was 12 hours of actual training. I didn't swim much, since my swimming is fine, and so I probably did a 1-hour swim, an 8-hour bike ride (I'm slow on the bike) and a few runs and another ride that week. I finishen IM Moo in 2003, which is more than a lot of people did that day. This year, I expect to train more, esp. on the bike, but I still doubt I'll get over 18 hours at a peak. You don't need that kind of mileage to complete the race and have fun doing it. I was really careful to get in 4 100-mile rides and a couple of 18-mile runs, plus a 2.5-mile swim. Not all in the same week, though.

yeah, you're right....you definately don't need that kind of time to finish and have fun.

I'm about to do IMAZ in 4 months and my training will so minute compared to my IMWI build-up that I may end up publishing my book after all.  Look for it in a bookstore near you in the spring.

"How to Finish and Ironman with less than 8 hours a week training"

ha ha ha ha ha

I'll buy that book!

I'll be holding a book signing at the IMAZ expo.  Just wear BT apparel and you'll be sped ot the front of the line.

2005-12-16 12:00 AM
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Subject: RE: IM Training Hours BS
oipolloi - 2005-12-14 7:55 AM
Steve- - 2005-12-13 7:12 PM
oipolloi - 2005-12-13 1:14 PM

sue7013 - 2005-12-13 1:55 PM They did a survey at IMNZ and the average amount of time age groupers put in was 19.? hours per week and half that time (of those surveyed) was spent swimming....I personally find it hard to believe anyone can spend 10 hours a week inthe pool tho

That can't be right.  9 to 10 hours a week in the pool for an AG'er?  Someone please say this isn't so.  My schedule is calling for an average of 3 hours a week with a high week of 6.5 hours.  If most agree AG'ers should be spending 9-10 hrs then I need to make some major changes in my training.

word of advice.....don't base your training volume on others'

Don't base my training volume on others???  Don't we all use Training Plans devised from someone else in one way or another?  You aren't suggesting that a first-timer write his own training plan from scratch without the input from experienced athletes are you?  That would render all of BT's training plans useless for beginner triathletes. 

Er...not exactly.

My point, more precisly was, just because someone is doing more training than you are doesn't mean you have to follow suit.

Liberty Lake and Yaqui seem to understand and better expressed my point.

2005-12-17 5:34 PM
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Ahhh - I love these threads! The guys who go 10 hours - chances are very good they put in about 5 hours of swimming per week, 10-12 hours per week on the bike, and 4-6 hours per week on the run. That is only 23 hours. I know some guys who go 9:15 and put in 30 hours per week, and I know guys who go 9:15 and put in 15 hours per week. It all depends. Do the avg Kona qualifiers put up those big numbers? - no way.

Most of my athletes average about 10-12 hours per week. We may have a big week here or there - 15-17 hours, but its not the norm.

I have kept track of my IM times and avg training time from 12 weeks out:
10:30 finish time at IMCali in 2001 based on 11 hours per week of training
10:57 finish time at IMNZ in 2005 based on 17+ hours per week of training
Courses were similar, but training was very different.

So - I know what works for me - lower volume and high quality workouts. I had a 42 yr old this year who raced to 10:28 at IMFL and his average time was about 12 hours per week (if that). So - it's not how much time you have to train, its how you train with the time you have. - Rick Niles said that, and it's so true.


2005-12-21 10:35 PM
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runnergirl29 - 2005-12-14 3:03 PM

Oh my gosh- I knew I shouldn't have visited this thread.  I mean I know that I won't have a life when I'm Im training for FL, but oh my gosh!  I'm really not going to have a life



Not if you have training partners. And especially if they're cute training partners that motivate you.
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