Which ironman book
ministryofsound
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I read a lot of talk on here about the book BeIRONfit. I this the best one to get if looking to purchase a book. There is also one called going long. Any advice on which book to get.
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I think any self respecting IMer has to read Scott's book, he is a legend, it's a great book too!
They are both excellent sources of reference and whilst my training plan is based on one of the plans from IronFit, I also incorporate some of the information from Going Long.
That probably hasn't been much help!
"Going Long" gives excellant training advice and advice on putting together your own training programme.
"Be Iron Fit " gives you 3 specific 30 week Ironman training programmes depending on your training time commitments.
If you are training for your first Ironman then "Be Iron Fit" would probably be more suitable.
What has your local library got on catalog? Even an old edition will proviode you with a flavour of the latest to give you a feel whether you want to splash the cash on it.
didds
I found Friels' book & schedules mind bogglingly complicated, and although I understood it all in the end it was slow going.
I've just bought Ackland's "Complete Guide to The Endurance Training ", this looks like a slightly more sophisticated read for endurance training (despite the rowing pic on the cover there are Ironman schedules in it, as well as ones for long-distance cyclists and runners).
But the results are brilliant:
I'm 4 weeks in and on the first few runs I was in Zone 2 (158 max for me) and could only do 10 min/miles, now 2 runs per week and i'm now doing avg 7:20min/miles in zone 2.
So it's really worked for me!
At first It's hard to be strict and walk when your HR monitor is going off because you've seen a speed bump in the distance, but i've found it has worked very quickily!