A few years ago my dad came to town to join me for a half marathon. After packet pickup he said he'd buy me a bike if I did an IRONMAN with him. At that time I wasn't even sure I'd be able to finish the half marathon. I wasn't training regularly and the longest I had run was 10 miles. Needless to say, I wasn't thinking too seriously about it.

The next day at mile 11 of the half marathon, I started catching the BUG. I was enjoying myself and thought that if I finish the race without walking I wanted to run a whole marathon. I've since run 3 marathons and 3 olympic triathlons and am registered for IRONMAN Louisville October 13 of this year. I am pretty excited!

I'm coming off of an April marathon so my fitness is decent. Here's where my training is at almost half way through the 4 month training block:

M-Off
T-30 mile bike, 8 mile run
W-6 mile run, 45 minute pool swim, 1 hour strength training (upper body)
R-72 mile bike, 3 mile run
F-1 mile open water swim, 6 mile run, 20 minute strength training (legs)
Sat- 6 mile pace run
Sunday 15 mile long run

August 4 Olympic Triathlon ("C" race)
August 10 Half IRONMAN ("B" race)

Starting August 12-September 9 (THE BIG MONTH) my schedule will shift to: (Week 3 of this month will be a cut back week, but the long run will alternate 20miles then 15 until I get 3 20's, then I'll taper the long run 3 weeks out)

M-Off
T-36 mile bike, 8 mile run
W-2 mile open water swim, 1 hour strength training (upper body)
R-36 mile bike, 4 mile run
F-45 minute pool swim, 6 mile run, 20 minute strength training (legs)
Sat- 100 mile bike, 4 mile run
Sunday 20 mile long run, recovery swim later in the day

Then taper down for the race...

For anyone that has done an IRONMAN or has training knowledge, thoughts? I know that my program is "run heavy" compared to what I'm seeing on other sites. But I like to run and figure that fitness will translate???