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Ironman 2011 Training Thread
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Happy Christmas everyone, hope you all had a great day.
yep, especially the wine!
Happy Christmas to all.
10km done today in deep snow, more a stumble than a run but quite enjoyable - now it's over!
Happy Christmas all. 10k run (or skate) today, 2 hour turbo yesterday.
I hope Oscar went down well, Mad(a)lot - as a pet rather than a meal.
Should start Finking tomorrow, but the pool still isn't open. I got some yummy Time Ulteam tri shoes from the fat bearded one - actually it was the from the girlfriend so I'd better not describe her thus.
Apparently Santa's not real - new Wikileaks.
Despite the snow everywhere, I feel I should be able to get more than 6 hours in this week (and will do if I get week 1 of marathon training in). Then again, biking looks like being turbo only, so and the pool will be mostly shut or inaccessible, so maybe I'll leave things as they are!
Happy New Training Year to all starting out tomorrow.
My training plan doesnt start til 10th January and I have spent the morning rearranging the sessions to fit round my shifts for the first 8 weeks!
IPM if you are using Fink you should be going for competative programme I kid you not,.
I had a lovely hour and a half on the montain bike up on Bodmin Moor the tracks were fine but it was a monster work out in the deeper drifts, looks like we have a definate thaw setting in now down here
lots of peeps out on the moors running and biking this morning
Purple lady ... pm me an email address and I will send it to you to have a look if you like
December has officially been crap for execise...!
Looking forward to the new year with a bit more hope.....
Don Fink is a coach, his very popular book is called "Be Iron Fit" and has 3 ironman training programmes in - Just Complete, Competitive and an intermediate one, along with lots of great advice on training for an IM.
Each one is a 30 week plan and lots of people are about to start their plans, myself included.....
The other great book is Joe Friels' book, Going Long, not the triathlete's training Bible, that was a little advanced I felt for a noob like me..
Suka Its a book "Be Ironfit" by Don Fink contains stacks of info and programmes to crack your first Ironman I used it for my first couple now I use a sort of personalised version I think its abot £8 from Amazon
The thaw has definately set in off for an hours easy run soon
OC December has definately been a bit hit and miss with me with sickness, weather etc but on a positive it has forced me to really take my foot off the gas and give my body a good rest I am loking forward to officially starting Grizzly training on the 1st January with IM Wales kicking in the start of March
Gt to get my swim MP3 sorted with stacks of tunes to take the edge off lenght after lenght in the pool it loks a good piece of kit I will let you knw if I am still impressed after a month or so
BTW I have all three Finks on Excel if you pm me your email address. Haven't inputted the swim sessions though, so if you want to follow them, then you need the book.
Of course go buy the book anyway!
I have just written my 36 week plan. It's basically the intermediate fink plan adapted for the Edinburgh marathon at week 18,- and with a pre-base phase to get me used to the frequency of training again.
Rmax, thats very ind of you, but will you not need to refer to the notes in it.
For those who just find it impossible (like me) to follow a prescriptive training programme then I use Fink just as a rough guide to what level of volume etc I should be doing at a particular stage of my training period.
I find the 30 week periodization useful - ie 10 week base, 10 week build etc and just keep half an eye on Fink as I train my own merry way through the year.
I do totally ignore his swimming programme though
Much of IM training is about time management and Fink covers this well.
Just my humble opinion
I have already sussud that any training programme is great in an ideal world. I have already adopted the plan to follow it as best I can, expecially the longer sessions, but work and family will have an impact, especially during weekdays.
I also have to fit in Grizzly and London marathon at some time.
May help if I spent less time on these forums!!
Hi All,
Im after some advice on which or what Turbo to buy?
My December has been a right off due to weather then sickness. I plan to start properly on 2nd Jan.
CD no problems most of them notes and HR Levels I now have ingrained in my brain
ST I have had one of these for four years its had tons of abuse and still going strong plus it is very quiet
and doesnt trash tyres god price on wiggle to at the moment
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/elite-crono-fluid-elastogel-trainer/?dest=1&curr=gbp&lang=en&utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=products&ctype=2
Slim
I know what you mean about Finks swim programmes he naturally assumes we are all fish
Thats only my opinion, i guess some people love their's
SB
I will generally always choose a ride over the turbo but they are a great tool for ironman training I use mine for early morning sessions where they are a great time saver straight out of bed shorts and shoes and MP3 on and go for it + an hour on the turbo is pure training no freewheeling great for practicing and sticking to your ironman pace, also good for bricks off the turbo gillet and trainers on and stright out the door
ST if you decide to buy one be carefull cheap trainers can be noisy not evvery one will appreciate that at 5am
Should be a rest day but I needed to do something resembling a long run after a couple of weeks of very little, so enjoyed a steady 11 miles on mostly ice-free roads.
Sounds like a scary encounter, TH - maybe there is something to say for turbos!
Entered IMUK (first time at this distance) and following a training plan (sort of), but because of the weather, I havent been able to get out on the bike...so Ive been stuck on the turbo in the garage....which is ok, but even with MP3's and DVD's....it is a bit dull and brain numbing after a while.
What sort of training on the turbo would anyone recommend for a IM (duration / intervals etc)
Cheers!!!!