badgertri wrote:
Yeah, I definitely think that's reasonable. However, even at a peak of 41 the long run is ~49% of total mileage.
This conversation is interesting as I feel most of the reading I've done points to most putting in 30-40mpw during an Ironman build. I'm sure elites/pros do more than that but I never got that impression for the majority of AGers. So that begs the question, what is the longest run those putting in 30-40mpw do? At 35% that means long runs of 10.5-14, which would not have me feeling confident AT ALL going into an Ironman.
Well, then you've got to ask yourself whether you want to be like the majority of AGers or not? I'd say the majority of AGers walk a large percentage of the run, and it doesn't matter whether they've done a long run of 14 or 20.
If you want to have a good run, you'd better have a pretty good running background to get there on even 3:6:20. I did 4:8:20 for my only IM. Had a decent run but not great. Didn't walk though.
Now I'm doing 5:10:15 (been at this volume since mid-dec) for HIM and have gotten so much better at running I'm a little scared to talk about it. I'm sure I'll be accused of doping after my next race.
More is more. Volume works.