tucktri wrote:
teichs42 wrote:
I've actually been pacing very well and have been able to keep the effort down over the first half and I let myself pick it up a little bit on the second half. It took me 4:10 to do that 60 mile ride this last weekend. I was hoping to be in better shape 4 months out from the race but it is what it is and I've accepted that. In the last week I've decided to cut down from 4 individual runs to 3, so that I could do 4 rides instead of 3. So I'll be getting in extra miles every week now on the bike, which I'm hoping will really help. And I have been doing the midweek rides at a considerably higher effort. As I add miles/time onto my long weekend rides, how much should I be adding at a time? Should I just go by time and try to add 30 mins every 2-3 weeks?
Why are you cutting down your runs? Why not just add another bike?
The man's changing a 4run/3bike combo to 3run/4bike version. That's still 7 sessions per week on his legs and the OP has also stated that this is his first go at the longer version of the sport. He's also stated that he has a day or two rest per week, so to my way of looking at it, that's still a heap of leg work that he has to adapt to.
Experienced IM athletes who have many seasons of training behind them may have no trouble with a 4/4 combo or even more, but at this stage of his training it'd be wise to remain injury and fatigue free and be able to achieve the training load that is being targeted. In time, and that may even be a few weeks on, he may be able or have the desire to increase the load.