Goal: 2005 Duke Blue Devil
Background:
2004 was my "non-Ironman" year
2003 finished IMW in 13:30. It was my first Ironman. My splits were:
Swim 1:17
Bike 6:42
Run 5:12
Comments from the race: Swim felt easy, did the first half of the bike in 3:08 and felt good but knew that was not going to last as I couldn't eat anything. Bonked around mile 80. If there was a headwind, I think I would have gone backwards. Run was fine - ending up walking miles 18-22 b/c of cramping from the 90 degree heat.
My training: Here's the pathetic (depending on how you look at it) part. Just reviewed my log and here are the results:
Weekly averages (from 1/1/03 - 9/7/03:
Distance Time
Swim 2,000 yards 1:00
Bike 50 miles 3:12
Run 10.5 miles 1:24
Stretch 0:30
Total 6:06
Due to extenuating circumstances, I couldn't commit more time to training.
This year (b/c of many changes), I'm pretty confident in saying that I have about 10 hrs / week to train
How should I apportion my training?
I know swimming is my worst event, but is it worth putting in extra time to pick up 10 minutes there (if that's even possible) or b/c of my ten hr timeframe, would the extra time yield bigger gains in the biking or running department?
I think if all things break right (weather included) I can go sub 12 hrs (1:15/6:10/4:20) but would like some help on where to concentrate my training.
Background:
2004 was my "non-Ironman" year
2003 finished IMW in 13:30. It was my first Ironman. My splits were:
Swim 1:17
Bike 6:42
Run 5:12
Comments from the race: Swim felt easy, did the first half of the bike in 3:08 and felt good but knew that was not going to last as I couldn't eat anything. Bonked around mile 80. If there was a headwind, I think I would have gone backwards. Run was fine - ending up walking miles 18-22 b/c of cramping from the 90 degree heat.
My training: Here's the pathetic (depending on how you look at it) part. Just reviewed my log and here are the results:
Weekly averages (from 1/1/03 - 9/7/03:
Distance Time
Swim 2,000 yards 1:00
Bike 50 miles 3:12
Run 10.5 miles 1:24
Stretch 0:30
Total 6:06
Due to extenuating circumstances, I couldn't commit more time to training.
This year (b/c of many changes), I'm pretty confident in saying that I have about 10 hrs / week to train
How should I apportion my training?
I know swimming is my worst event, but is it worth putting in extra time to pick up 10 minutes there (if that's even possible) or b/c of my ten hr timeframe, would the extra time yield bigger gains in the biking or running department?
I think if all things break right (weather included) I can go sub 12 hrs (1:15/6:10/4:20) but would like some help on where to concentrate my training.