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Hello All,

My plan is to complete the Ironman Mont Tremblant Aug 21 2016. (Ya I know I am starting to worry about training for this 44 weeks in advance lol.... scared...) The plan is to use one of the Free BT Full IM plans, it states that you should be at roughly 8-10hours a week of training at the start.

My plan right now will be to have

2 run days ( one 1hour steady run, and one day that is with a tri group some steady work, fartlek, running drills etc, that is 2 hours long)

2 bike days ( one 1-1.5hour bike session on the trainer, Maybe a Sufferfest workout, and then the other is a 2 hour tri group spin session)

2 swim days (both 1 hour each, under instruction from a swim coach)

that bring the total up to 8 hours a week, then any other sports ie beer league hockey.

Would that be good, or should I start the program a month early and just complete the first month twice?

Thoughts???

Thanks,


2015-10-24 5:14 AM
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I have completed a 1/2 Ironman each year since 2012 (4 Total) and followed a similar 2 Swim / 2 Bike / 2 Run during the off season. One thing I did differently this last year that made a huge difference was incorporate arms / abs workouts every week. I believe it improved my recoveries and drop my time significantly. As a fun incentive, I have mixed in various running races with my daughter - 8K, 1/2 Marathon, 9K but nothing serious.
2015-11-03 7:49 AM
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Subject: RE: Training to Start the Training program

Originally posted by Murph333  My plan right now will be to have 2 run days ( one 1hour steady run, and one day that is with a tri group some steady work, fartlek, running drills etc, that is 2 hours long) 

I would suggest going with 3 run days instead of 2.  Having 1 of your 2 run days being 2 hours is too much for your preparation phase.  You'd be much better off with 3 runs/week with one day being a key intensity run, one being a key endurance run, and the other a shorter supplemental run at low intensity.  Start off with lower intensity to begin with for the key intensity run and slowly build up the intensity over many weeks.  Building leg durability and run volume through frequency rather than fewer, longer runs is going to set you up much better for starting your IM program.  Good luck!

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