Here is what I would do:
1-establish the hours I could train (realistcally), daily, during those weeks
2-build the training hours off of that and on the race distance with race specific intensity
3-limit my sim to the one weekend you have free 17-18.
seems you are trying to build a training plan that is going to be really hard to do–and if you try could fail. you’ve created a dream training situation, and are trying to fit it into your life–I think you should consider the opposite–
I’d have my long run mid week, morning before work, on a Tuesday or a Wednesday.
Then, two days after that (thursday or Friday) I’d do a 2-3 hour ride AM before work, with some threshold or tempo stuff.
If Saturday is my travel day, I’d take Saturday off for the weddings + travel and limit drinking. long run on Wednesday AM, 2-3 hour ride with threshold/tempo on Friday. Swim before departing Saturday. Sunday a 3-4 hour ride, no messing around, majority of it tempo, split up into intervals whenever. zone 2 otherwise.
If Friday was the travel day, I’d do my long run on Tuesday, 2-3 hour ride on Thursday and take Friday off for travel with maybe a swim before leaving. Saturday morning would be another ride, 3-4 hours, with a good amount of that at tempo.
on the off days for travel, i’d leave an option to throw in an easy run upon arrival and swim before leaving…
on the way home for travel, I’d ride at the destination site before travel to avoid blowing it off or having to blow it off due to events outside your control that would force you to miss it (car breaking down, accidents, delayed travel, etc…)
just my thoughts—the mega long rides wont happen unless you can take a day off work to do them before the weekend hits.
good luck!
EDIT…final step…whatever you decide, communiate the plan to those close to you well in advance and explain why it’s important you do it, and make sure it fits in their life too!..
Here is what I would do:
1-establish the hours I could train (realistcally), daily, during those weeks
2-build the training hours off of that and on the race distance with race specific intensity
3-limit my sim to the one weekend you have free 17-18.
Wkd of the 17-18th seems like the real possiblity with training Friday and Saturday, then taking off Sunday completely for the wedding. My only worry is packing in so much in a small time period with racing a HIM the previous Sunday. Also maybe I would do better then with a longer taper? I generally don’t schedule tapers, but more go off how my body is feeling as the date inches forward.
**I’d have my long run mid week, morning before work, on a Tuesday or a Wednesday. **
Tried this, and it worked well this year. I plan on doing all my long runs mid-week on fresher legs, but I want these two big “test” workouts to have long runs backup that long bike. However you are right and I may be overshooting myself here. Maybe it would be best to eliminate the T-Run after the ride, or simply move the long run to another day in the week on those two specific workouts.
**just my thoughts—the mega long rides wont happen unless you can take a day off work to do them before the weekend hits. **
Fortunately for me this is completely possible. Right now my job is very flexible and I can, at times, pick the days that I work.
on the way home for travel, I’d ride at the destination site before travel to avoid blowing it off or having to blow it off due to events outside your control that would force you to miss it (car breaking down, accidents, delayed travel, etc…)
Noted, great point as well.
Some great input ideas here. If I didn’t mention earlier my schedule outside of these commitments is more flexible then others. But I am now planning around other commitments and am doing the best to recognize those and not let it diminish my training, or my attendence at these events. Thanks for the input and any other ideas are welcome.