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2 Ironman events in 2010?
scott_burrows
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So I’m going to do IMUK or IMCH in August next year.. I have a thought process that works something like this..
Training for IM is going to intense..
Is it a waste to get to IM fitness level only to complete one IM?
Therefore shouldn’t I enter 2 IM next year to maximise the benefits of 10 months of training..
1. Is my above theory logical?
2. How long does it take to recover from an IM?
3. What is an ideal time to have between IM races?
Interested in peoples thoughts...
Scotty
Training for IM is going to intense..
Is it a waste to get to IM fitness level only to complete one IM?
Therefore shouldn’t I enter 2 IM next year to maximise the benefits of 10 months of training..
1. Is my above theory logical?
2. How long does it take to recover from an IM?
3. What is an ideal time to have between IM races?
Interested in peoples thoughts...
Scotty
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Before this year I'd never gone further than OD. I'm interested to hear more experienced people's opinions.
i felt spent by the end of all of them.
never gone beyond an OD but i could have done with much more rest and more training time between each. thou somehow my times went down on each
make sure you rest well between them is my advice.
They say it usually takes around 8 weeks to fully recover from an IM, though as ever this will vary from person to person. As long as you are sensible in your recover and don't try doing too much too soon, there is no reason why you can't build up into another one without the usual base, build, peak periodisation
However.. a lot of people have told me this is a bad idea.....
so I will proabbly plan to do it then.. or perhaps scale the idea down to just a half IM instead.
my biggest concern is I crash after the IM, therefore I thought i might put off binging in celebration until after summer...
Why not go for a HIM/70.3 and the IM a couple of monhts later. Finishing either/both is still an awesome achievement.
http://www.tri247.com/article_5655.html
- April 2010 London Marathon
- June 2010 HIMUK
- August 2010 IMUK
plus all other 'lesser' events I'll do.
But not too sure now.
Probably plan my training on doing all of the above, which would seem to be against the general adcie, but I feel that at this moment in time I need several targets to keep my focus, and review all nearer the time.