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 2014-05-26 7:36 AM |
Regular  847    Akron |  Subject: IM with minimal trainingI would be interested in hearing who has done a IM on minimal training and why (injury, etc)? How many hours did you tap out at? This would be for just completing the race not time specific. |
| 2014-05-26 8:59 AM in reply to: SEADOCHA |
Extreme Veteran 1986 Cypress, TX | Subject: RE: IM with minimal training I did IMAZ in 2012 on zero run training due to a Plantar Plate tear. It sort of bothered my bike training but not too bad. Nevertheless, my overall fitness wasn't great due to the lack of running which builds my endurance engine better than the other two disciplines. I just made sure I was in good swim and bike shape and the "run" was going to turn out like it turned out. Cycled about 4x per week (three 1 hour weekday trainer rides and a four hour weekend ride) and swam 4x per week. I tapped out at about 10 hours per week. Swim 1:09 Bike 5:15 Run 4:41 Certainly not my fastest run but the one I'm most proud of considering I didn't run in the four months leading up to the race. Base endurance really got me through the race in a decent time. My takeaway was that run training was overrated. |
| 2014-05-26 8:11 PM in reply to: SEADOCHA |
| Member 1487 Scottsdale, AZ | Subject: RE: IM with minimal training Here's a good article that discusses this. http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/minimalist-ironman-train... |
| 2014-05-26 8:38 PM in reply to: GMAN 19030 |
Regular 847 Akron | Subject: RE: IM with minimal training Originally posted by GMAN 19030 I did IMAZ in 2012 on zero run training due to a Plantar Plate tear. It sort of bothered my bike training but not too bad. Nevertheless, my overall fitness wasn't great due to the lack of running which builds my endurance engine better than the other two disciplines. I just made sure I was in good swim and bike shape and the "run" was going to turn out like it turned out. Cycled about 4x per week (three 1 hour weekday trainer rides and a four hour weekend ride) and swam 4x per week. I tapped out at about 10 hours per week. Swim 1:09 Bike 5:15 Run 4:41 Certainly not my fastest run but the one I'm most proud of considering I didn't run in the four months leading up to the race. Base endurance really got me through the race in a decent time. My takeaway was that run training was overrated. That's a pretty decent time! Very nice. I def believe the bike conditioning carries over to the run as well |
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