Triathlete magazine 2010 IM plan

Kailua,

Yes that was my plan for my first IM just a few short weeks ago (Florida).  I would say that going into this plan I was in ok shape, but nothing spectacular.  I too was attracted to the low volume and acheivable nature of the plan.  My work (surgery) and family (wife and two small kids) weren't going to permit much more in terms of hours spent.  I would say that I hit about 85% of my workouts and do not come from a competitive swimming/biking/running background.  Most of my workouts during the week were done on treadmill and bike trainer in the garage, whereas the weekend stuff was mostly outside.

I think that this plan was very good in terms of getting me ready for the ironman.  It's a good plan if your goal is finishing with a smile.  I finished an hour in front of my goal and wasn't suffering too bad (my real goal was just finish, but also set a time dream of 13-14 hrs).  Surprisingly the swim became my most comfortable sport after this program.  The only thing that it leaves out is nutrition, but that's another thread entirely.  I actually used the 1/2 ironman plan in the year prior Triathlete mag and it worked very well too.  Good luck with it, happy to answer other questions about it.

Well I am hoping it works for me, like I said, it's what I am using for my first IM.  I saved the pics from the site and saved them to my phone, I also painfully input each thing into my google calendar so I could get to it from anywhere.

Good luck!

Great info.   I can use this program to fine tune for 2012 IM. 

Thanks agian.

Joseph