Symonds wrote:
The two fastest guys on that course told me the same thing "The training is very similar to Ironman training". So I would say that is a god starting point.
Common sense suggests that this would be a good limit. In reality, most human bodies can't balance much more than Ironman training and full time work and family obligation, so going much above IM training might be counter productive anyway. Probably having solid general health is primary, because on the three race days, if your general health is not optimal then you can't recover for tomorrow's stage while doing today's stage. It's kind of like the Alaskan huskies on the iditarod who can recover and refuel and literally re build their bodies while doing low intensity work (well, we all do that to some degree....we can recover while sitting around at a desk or on a walk, but can we do it at low intensity biking or running?).