Morning,
The situation: Aged 40, 6ft1, overweight (just under 16st). 2 back operations for prolapsed discs (2014/2016 - seems ok now though).
Fitness: Currently 'ok'. Can run 10km in 50mins, can bike 30miles at avg 17.5mph. Although excess weight doesn't help!
The dream: Complete an Ironman. Have done a few tri's before, longest was London Olympic distance a few years ago.
The question: Is this possible, say in a years time? If so, how to go about it? Is it a case of spending the next few months / time gradually increasing mileage and introducing brick sessions and getting back in the water? Then seek out a 16wk training plan leading to the race? At what levels should I aim to be at to start the 16wk training plan?
Thoughts? Anyone else in the same boat?
Ta
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Google for the Pirate Ship of Fools threads - basically some numpties off here thought that it would be a challenge - and it was....
You're ahead of the game with actually being able to swim so thats a good start. For me the bike is the key - thats most of the day. You need to be comfortable with 100 mile rides - so build up to that.
Running = well you can walk a marathon in 6.5 hours - dont ask me how I know this...
Run a bit, swim a bit, bike a lot. Buy lots of kit.
Have fun !
Cougie's right, spend the summer building up bike miles so you're 'comfortable' with 100 miles, then it won't be a shock when you start your 16 wk plan. Plus it helps a lot if you don't want to walk the entire 26.2 miles.