smugfit wrote:
My longest swim is probably irrelevant to anyone else, because I spent the first 20 yrs of my life swimming 10,000 yds a day. I never swim more than about 2500, but thats because I try to do the bare minimum to compete. I can easily do the IM swim in around an hour with minimal training. My 1:03 at Vineman was due to being nervous to go harder than fitness.
My longest ride was 70ish, but that was on a road bike with my group. My longest TT by myself in the aero position was 36 miles.
My longest run was 10k.
I think its important to note two things:
1.) I think this was perfectly adequate training to complete my ironman. I will do more volume for St George, but that is based on my goals and what I feel I need to improve on. At no point during Vineman did I think, man, if I only wouldve done a 100 mi ride and a 20 mile run! I felt very well prepared.
2.) The training is very intense and you have to watch overtraining. You are putting it all on the line every single workout, and can get fatigued quickly. Watch it, and take a rest day if needed.
If you have questions about how to set up a program, I would be glad to help. Im glad you are skeptical, if you bought things hook line and sinker I would be worried. The program has goods and others, just like any other program. I am willing to discuss both, on this forum and offline if you want. As far as the time commitment, I found most weeks between 10-14 hours. I won't say for sure, since ST is full of people who train 20-25 regularly (just ask them), but I think it is not much less than the average triathlete. I certainly never felt I wasn't working hard enough, with 2 a days every day except the weekends.
1'st - thanks for serving and protecting us. I'm very serious on this one.
2'nd - Could your ability to complete the Ironman have been from your military experience and not CF? - When I watch the Kona re-runs - My favorite part is the Seals jumping out of the plane before the race starts. I'd wager that most military men could easily do the Ironman just based on their profession.