My goal is to train so that I can finish Ironman Florida '14 in under 10 hours. I finished in 10:12 and 10:14 respectively in '08 and '09. I haven't finished an Ironman since. I don't train like I used to. Not even close. Don't plan on it either. But think based on experience and a base built up over several years now, it is attainable. I plan to swim in 1:10; ride 5 hours, and run 3:40. This is my journey....
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday: 64 mile bike; 10 mile run; 2000 meter swim
S: 2000 meters.
B: 3 hours w/60 min @~285w overgear. Rest of ride was easy.
Lots of early mornings. Lots of late nights. The key for my training has been the Computrainer. A 3 hour ride takes 3 hours. Biking two times a day if need be also helps. Running is pretty easy. If you run close by to where you live or work, or on a treadmill, you minimize travel time. The only time consuming aspect of training, relatively, is the swim. Furthermore, to improve your swim by 5-10 minutes, takes hours and hours and hours. So I find that swimming is the costliest in terms of time, and that is why I neglect it most. If you want it bad enough, you can find the time to train--I had been doing about 2-4 hours throughout the year, but have recently stepped it up as I lead into Florida.
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Dude,
when do you train, at 4am? do you have a flex schedule?a
Lots of early mornings. Lots of late nights. The key for my training has been the Computrainer. A 3 hour ride takes 3 hours. Biking two times a day if need be also helps. Running is pretty easy. If you run close by to where you live or work, or on a treadmill, you minimize travel time. The only time consuming aspect of training, relatively, is the swim. Furthermore, to improve your swim by 5-10 minutes, takes hours and hours and hours. So I find that swimming is the costliest in terms of time, and that is why I neglect it most. If you want it bad enough, you can find the time to train--I had been doing about 2-4 hours throughout the year, but have recently stepped it up as I lead into Florida.
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