Oh dear god, an ironman...............
Wannabetri
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The realisation of what a monstrous task this is, has pretty much just hit home this weekend. I've been training pretty well, minus the broken toe.
Swimming is feeling bloody awesome. Very comfortable and smooth. Not much effort. Long Bike up at 4 1/2 hours, holding a low HR and still moving forward. Running is taking some time to get up there, but holding a decent HR for sessions.
Yesterday, I put together my first real brick. 2:26 bike (76km) and then 31min run (6.3km) and I was out on my arse for the run!!! Could not control my HR (150 instead of 135) at all and physically couldn't bring my speed down any slower without walking.
I am now slightly concerned (at best) that bringing all 3 together is going to be the most scariest tri experience of my life to date!
Swimming is feeling bloody awesome. Very comfortable and smooth. Not much effort. Long Bike up at 4 1/2 hours, holding a low HR and still moving forward. Running is taking some time to get up there, but holding a decent HR for sessions.
Yesterday, I put together my first real brick. 2:26 bike (76km) and then 31min run (6.3km) and I was out on my arse for the run!!! Could not control my HR (150 instead of 135) at all and physically couldn't bring my speed down any slower without walking.
I am now slightly concerned (at best) that bringing all 3 together is going to be the most scariest tri experience of my life to date!
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Keep the faith, keep training, keep yourself in reality and you'll get there.
Its' not easy that's why fairweather IM do not exist - there are no shortcuts or easy answers your epiphany this weekend will help you if you use it positively
I did a 45min run after a 4hr bike yesterday and then slept on the couch for the rest of the afternoon much to the annoyance of the misses! The thought of a gentle run later today does not fill me with excitement!
What IM are you up for?
I'm doing my first IMUK in August and just starting to realise how much effort is involved.
I've got the Stratford marathon in 4 weeks and I'm sure that'll be a massive wake up call.
As treefrog says if we take this wake up call as a positive we'll be in better shape come the IM, well that's the plan.
I feel your sleeping pains!!! I was yawning from 4pm onwards and was wanting bed by about 7pm. The realisation that a 13 hour IM would be finishing at this point didn't help!!! [image]http://forum.220magazine.com/micons/m9.gif[/image]
I feel I am going to go brick mad and add on a run each bike.
As far a bricks are concerned do them, they are good for you. But I did IM Swiz last year and the best I felt was on actual race day starting the marathon..
Dont do too many bricks you might over do it or at least give it another moth or so to elt your body get used to doing a long run a long bike a long swim and a lot more every week.
Tired all the time but isn't food great!
Wannabetri and al_ford are you guys doing fink competitive? im doing intermediate and so far only short bricks.
Did 4 hr bike yesterday, felt good. Quite a few people telling me to not overdo the running to early tho. Shins felt sore last week after 2 weeks heavy running so trying to get lots of bike miles and swims in.
Still, quite scary. I'm doing the Forestman July 12th, and I've got 2 hours for the swim (no problem there I think), but 7.5 hours for the bike and it's 55 miles further than I went on Saturday! The ride I did was quite rolly and the weather was shite, so one hope is that the IM course is flatter (New Forest, so should be flatter than the Sussex and Kent countryside) and being in the forest I won't have to deal with high winds, rain, and hail either (it is in July) but it did put the fear of God into me.
I still think running is going to be the hard part, but I'm doing a 1/2 marathon beg May, two Olympic tris (mid-May and mid-June) and a full marathon (end May) for training. So I think that training is good and I'll have some race experience.
And brick sessions start tomorrow every other day until the end...
Sounds like a bit much in may, sure many others on here would advise you not racing the marathon for a pb 6 weeks before a IM distance race?
The only thing I need to do is complete the whole bloody ironman in less than 17 hours (6:00am to 9:30pm ish) so a 5hr marathon would be fine with me.
Sevenspud - fink competitive for me. Although have changed the routine a bit, using it as a gauge for number of hours and training intensity. Can only mange 3 runs a week including brick otherwise my body starts to breakdown.
Good on bike, poor on swim and average on run. Just praying it'll all come together in time.
And yeah food is great...
marathon - 14 weeks out (if feeling sh*te I will take the detour at 12m and complete the 1/2 course)
Sprint tri - 8 weeks out
1/2 IM - 5 weeks out
IMUK - week zero and counting
Other than Conehead (Thanks for the tips!) any other strong opinions about running a marathon as part of IM training?
Did marathon back in September (1st one) and went full out at it, was 2-3 weeks later when I felt like my legs were back to normal. Ran a pb half marathon 5 weeks after the marathon so the physiologic benefit was good or was that partly due to the increase in training for the marathon?
I could not however of carried on with IM training at the level of where you should be 6 weeks before IM.
8 mile run race - This Sunday
80 mile sportif - Mid May
Half IM - Start of June
IM - Start of August
Was thinking of popping in an Olympic in Mid June as a final IM race pace practice session.
Conehead - Shall be on the prowl for the book. Available from all good book stores I hope!!!!
be warned you might have to stay up all night in order to finish it and you'll irritate everyone with the snorts of laughter[:D]
I'm happy to run-walk-run the marathon, but I do not want to die or get the dreaded DNF.
I think I'll skip the marathon in may and take it as a rest day instead.
sorry i'm adding to this
And that's it!
Anyway, regarding the original post I am going run crazy going to have a crash week to try and have a break-through. Read it in a book (Not by conehead!)[image]http://forum.220magazine.com/micons/m11.gif[/image]
Jazz flute is for little fairy boys.
And your hair looks stupid.
I'd like to do a race-pace workout, and that way I've got at least 2 weeks to recover. Thoughts?
Are you following any plan?
3 weeks before should be the start of your taper, your longest runs and bikes just behind you.
Surely your IM pace is slower than your Olympic pace? or do you mean do an olympic distance at IM pace?
Cant see a problem with the latter? but this is my first Im training period and start of triathlon for me. Fink says an OD 12 weeks pre IM and a Half IM 8 weeks pre IM.
I am following a plan - 3 weeks load, 1 week unload, and 2 weeks of taper. I meant doing an olympic at IM pace, just to practice transistions and basically get a 'free' S-B-R brick session. I'm also doing an olympic tri about 8 weeks before IM day, but unfortunately there are no 1/2 IM at the right time before the full deal.
The distance should be no problem and could be a good moral booster...hey that OD was easy, might go for a recovery jog now! [image]http://forum.220magazine.com/micons/m16.gif[/image]
Im not doing one this year, working on my swimming this year, but I am fairly fit. I run a lot and bike a lot.
First tri is this year, and my first marathon.
btw fair play wannabetri
Have my biggest week of 18.5 hours coming up in 2 weeks time!!! Let you know how it goes!!!
Did anyone know running had such a pronunced catabolic effect? I appear to have misplaced 2kgs this week...................
I too plan to do the "BeIronFit" program. Its a great book and most of my knowledge and comments here on 220 are from that book.
My plan is though..
This year 5-6 triathlons 2 Sprint + 3-4 olympic and 1 marathon.
Next year. Ironman somewhwere in Europe plus some olympic and a half iron built into the don fink training
I hope I get to book a place in time for the one I decide to do.
Just on amazon ordering "how triathlon ruined my life".
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