Hi!

This is my second season as a triathlete (I´ve been a runner for about 8 years though).

So far, I´ve done two 70.3´s, with a PB of 05:40:xx (Panamá ´16). I will be doing my third 70.3 in 4 weeks, and so far, I feel like I´m in the best shape of my life, mostly due to the consistency that I have been putting into my training (no illness nor injuies except tight calves which were fixed by my physio). My plan A is to break 5:25 at my next race.

I have been following a better structure compared to my other two halves, and have also increased the volume of my training, which looks kind of like this:

M-Rest
T-Masters Swim (AM) Bike or Run (PM)
W- Intervals on the Turbo or Track (some strength work)
T-Masters Swim (AM) Bike or Run (PM)
F-Run or Bike (some strength work)
S- Long Bike (AM) Swim Drills (PM) ---- every second week -----> Long Bike+Run intead os Swim Drills
S- Long Run

Hours range from 9-12 weekly
Biggest limiter is the bike because my longest ride ever is 120k, my weekly long bike tops off at 3:30 (around 95k).
Strength is the run, I have a Marathon PB of 3:18 and Half Marathon PB of 1:32

The thought of doing an Ironman has been with me for some time now. I am single, and although I work about 50 hours a week, I could devote some time to training, and would like to transition to the full distance in 2018 (next year I will do two more 70.3´s)

What do you think are the biggest differences between training for a 70.3 and training for Ironman?

Please consider that I live in Quito, which is almost 3000m above sea level, this makes recovery slower.

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Love the Pain!

Quito-Ecuador