Comments on: Triathlon: Forget Scheduling Races, Plan a Mini-Camp to Get Faster (Plus: Competition) http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/bigweek/triathlon-forget-scheduling-races-plan-a-mini-camp-to-get-faster-plus-competition Advice, free guides and products from Patrick McCrann. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:57:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick McCrann http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/bigweek/triathlon-forget-scheduling-races-plan-a-mini-camp-to-get-faster-plus-competition/comment-page-1#comment-160 Patrick McCrann Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:27:55 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/wordpress/?p=74#comment-160 Josh, people of all ability and fitness levels compete and complete Ironman<br>events every year. I personally have trained 25 hours per week and 6 hours<br>per week for Ironman events, depending on life/work/etc and have finished<br>every one (so far!). I think the training that we choose is a function of<br>our goals and our ability to handle the training from a time and physical<br>perspective. Best of luck this season! Josh, people of all ability and fitness levels compete and complete Ironman
events every year. I personally have trained 25 hours per week and 6 hours
per week for Ironman events, depending on life/work/etc and have finished
every one (so far!). I think the training that we choose is a function of
our goals and our ability to handle the training from a time and physical
perspective. Best of luck this season!

]]> By: Patrick McCrann http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/bigweek/triathlon-forget-scheduling-races-plan-a-mini-camp-to-get-faster-plus-competition/comment-page-1#comment-156 Patrick McCrann Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:27:55 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/wordpress/?p=74#comment-156 Josh, people of all ability and fitness levels compete and complete Ironman<br>events every year. I personally have trained 25 hours per week and 6 hours<br>per week for Ironman events, depending on life/work/etc and have finished<br>every one (so far!). I think the training that we choose is a function of<br>our goals and our ability to handle the training from a time and physical<br>perspective. Best of luck this season! Josh, people of all ability and fitness levels compete and complete Ironman
events every year. I personally have trained 25 hours per week and 6 hours
per week for Ironman events, depending on life/work/etc and have finished
every one (so far!). I think the training that we choose is a function of
our goals and our ability to handle the training from a time and physical
perspective. Best of luck this season!

]]> By: Josh http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/bigweek/triathlon-forget-scheduling-races-plan-a-mini-camp-to-get-faster-plus-competition/comment-page-1#comment-155 Josh Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:56:25 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/wordpress/?p=74#comment-155 Ironman is a 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run. <br><br>If you want to do a 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run then sometimes you need to drink the kool-aid that is based on those facts. Ironman is a 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run.

If you want to do a 2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run then sometimes you need to drink the kool-aid that is based on those facts.

]]> By: Patrick McCrann http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/bigweek/triathlon-forget-scheduling-races-plan-a-mini-camp-to-get-faster-plus-competition/comment-page-1#comment-154 Patrick McCrann Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:40:02 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/wordpress/?p=74#comment-154 Very thoughtful, thanks for sharing. My only caveat would be that's for an<br>advanced athlete...that kind of effort will leave all but the fittest of<br>folks totally cratered! Hope you aren't in my AG! :) Very thoughtful, thanks for sharing. My only caveat would be that's for an
advanced athlete…that kind of effort will leave all but the fittest of
folks totally cratered! Hope you aren't in my AG! :)

]]> By: Josh http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/bigweek/triathlon-forget-scheduling-races-plan-a-mini-camp-to-get-faster-plus-competition/comment-page-1#comment-153 Josh Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:15:08 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/wordpress/?p=74#comment-153 Friday evening - Club swim ~90 minutes.<br><br>Saturday morning early - long sustained pace in the pool, emphasizing muscular endurance, residual fatigue from previous night will make it simpler to start into muscular endurance sets without having to log time swimming or needing to use gear (paddles).<br><br>Saturday - Immediately following swim depart for a long ride. For me this would be 100+ miles. <br><br>Saturday early afternoon following ride - get a good meal in you. Lean protein and stay off your feet for the rest of the day. <br><br>Sunday morning take it easy and maybe get in the pool if it's convenient. <br>Sunday around noon head out for a ride between 60%-80% the length of Saturday ride. Load intensity into second half of ride, building to last hour at IM+ pace. <br>Run Half Ironman race pace off the bike for 8-10 km. This is likely the hardest part of the weekend. I want to be running at threshold here. I can justify that the camp is more than half over afterwards so give myself some liberty to dig deep a bit.<br><br>Monday Morning early - Long run. (25-30 km)<br>Get a good meal in you, rehydrate. <br>Monday around noon. Head out for long ride (Between distance of Saturday and Sunday). Again, the second half of the ride should be designed to be tougher. That means in reality combined with the fatigue this is something that at least seems a bit challenging to complete. <br><br>Monday night. Depending on how you feel, there's an optional swim here to tack on an extra hour, loosen up if possible and mentally reflect on a good weekend. Pull Buoys will be employed! <br><br>This is a very reasonable way to load together 23 hours with 15 hours on the bike.<br><br>1.5<br>--<br>1.5<br>5.5<br>--<br>.75<br>4.5<br>.75<br>--<br>2.5<br>5.0<br>1.0<br><br>I would have taken the prior Thursday off and kept it to less than two hours on the prior Wednesday to come into the weekend fresh. Tuesday would be nothing and Wednesday I might hit both the pool and bike again. Probably not running until the next Thursday. Just because 23 hours gets tapped in basically three days doesn't mean the weekly volume gets too high, I'd probably only put my nose above 25 hours, but the proximity effects of all those workouts would be excellent. I also think the Monday ride at the end of the weekend is a huge confidence lifter if I feel anything better than shredded. Friday evening – Club swim ~90 minutes.

Saturday morning early – long sustained pace in the pool, emphasizing muscular endurance, residual fatigue from previous night will make it simpler to start into muscular endurance sets without having to log time swimming or needing to use gear (paddles).

Saturday – Immediately following swim depart for a long ride. For me this would be 100+ miles.

Saturday early afternoon following ride – get a good meal in you. Lean protein and stay off your feet for the rest of the day.

Sunday morning take it easy and maybe get in the pool if it's convenient.
Sunday around noon head out for a ride between 60%-80% the length of Saturday ride. Load intensity into second half of ride, building to last hour at IM+ pace.
Run Half Ironman race pace off the bike for 8-10 km. This is likely the hardest part of the weekend. I want to be running at threshold here. I can justify that the camp is more than half over afterwards so give myself some liberty to dig deep a bit.

Monday Morning early – Long run. (25-30 km)
Get a good meal in you, rehydrate.
Monday around noon. Head out for long ride (Between distance of Saturday and Sunday). Again, the second half of the ride should be designed to be tougher. That means in reality combined with the fatigue this is something that at least seems a bit challenging to complete.

Monday night. Depending on how you feel, there's an optional swim here to tack on an extra hour, loosen up if possible and mentally reflect on a good weekend. Pull Buoys will be employed!

This is a very reasonable way to load together 23 hours with 15 hours on the bike.

1.5
–
1.5
5.5
–
.75
4.5
.75
–
2.5
5.0
1.0

I would have taken the prior Thursday off and kept it to less than two hours on the prior Wednesday to come into the weekend fresh. Tuesday would be nothing and Wednesday I might hit both the pool and bike again. Probably not running until the next Thursday. Just because 23 hours gets tapped in basically three days doesn't mean the weekly volume gets too high, I'd probably only put my nose above 25 hours, but the proximity effects of all those workouts would be excellent. I also think the Monday ride at the end of the weekend is a huge confidence lifter if I feel anything better than shredded.

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