Is it possible for an athlete to go sub 10 in an ironman, with only 10 weeks of training, and only training a MAX of 10 total hours a week???
Yes, but only by doing Crossfit.
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Is that sarcasm?
What is the athlete’s training base? Previous IM results?
Your question is valid, but you need to indicate what type of base, experience, and speed you are coming from. Have you went sub 10 or even close before?
Yes, but only by doing Crossfit.
X2, but you need Crossfit Endurance.
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If you had a huge base, I read an article on xtri a few months ago written by a coach that went like 9:20 or 9:30 in his first IM on less than 10 hours per week.
I think all your training would need to be pretty hard and you probably wouldnt get much swimming in.
It made sense to me, I always thought a super hard 3 hour ride was more beneficial than a cruisy 5-6 hour ride.
Yes, pink = sarcasm. Welcome to the forum, being around a while I would usually take a question like that as a troll. However, in case it is sincere - the answer is of course YES. Depending on the athlete of course. If you have a background in swim bike or run and good genetics, I think it would be possible. Heck Andy Potts went from buying a bike to 15 months later being on the US Olympic team. Training 10 weeks from couch potato and trying to go sub 10? Probably not even sub 11.
2 previous Iron Distance races. PR of 10:35.
The last IM was over a year and a half ago. No single training event longer than 2 hours since then. Total weekly average miles; run 8-10, bike 40-70, swim 4-5k.
Sounds unlikely to me, but why don’t you just see what you can see.
Too often in this sport people forget that a lot of getting fast is about paying attention to the process, rather than a simple input/output equation.
I know of a few guys that go sub 9:30 on less then 10 hrs a week. Usually they have excellent body comp and a long history of endurance training.
I love to think you could do it. Take off 35 mins your PB by training less but smarter. I also like the shorter race prep of 10 weeks. I think a lot of age groupers train for an IM 10 months away, get tired and then taper for far too long.
What’s you plan? Do you have a basic week we could have a look at? Body comp, good?
body comp is good, maybe a little more bulk than a traditional Ironman athlete.
I am starting a blog to show my day to day training and nutrition leading into the event.
Mainly curious if anyone has done this before.
Is it possible for an athlete to go sub 10 in an ironman, with only 10 weeks of training, and only training a MAX of 10 total hours a week???
Yes. I did 9 Ironmans all well under 10:00 on a* yearly weekly training average* of about 10 hrs/week!
But there is a lot of back-ground and details that I am not going over. But it’s do-able. I did it 9 times!
From your bio on the blog: “My name is Leo Jenkins, I am a certified crossfit trainer, crossfit endurance certified coach, USA Triathlon certified coach and certified sports nutritionist. I am the head endurance coach and owner of RangerEndurance.”
My guess is this will turn into a very long crossfit thread…
Possibly. Not the intention.
It seems to me that a lot of endurance athletes fear crossfit. I am not sure why exactly.
Is it possible for an athlete to go sub 10 in an ironman, with only 10 weeks of training, and only training a MAX of 10 total hours a week???
hmm a crossfit “coach” sets up a thread like this as promotion, surprising.
My guess is that you are a stud and always will be one. You will beat your old PR with swim = 1:05, Bike = 5:00, Run = 4:05, Total ~ 10:20
Will your n=1 experience allow you to go sub 10:30? I say yes.
Does that mean that the crossfit endurance approach will work for others more than traditional training? I say no.
My guess is that you are a stud and always will be one. You will beat your old PR with swim = 1:05, Bike = 5:00, Run = 4:05, Total ~ 10:20
Will your n=1 experience allow you to go sub 10:30? I say yes.
Does that mean that the crossfit endurance approach will work for others more than traditional training? I say no.
That is interesting!
How did you come up with those numbers??
I am assuming that the other 10 minutes is for transitions??
Is it possible for an athlete to go sub 10 in an ironman, with only 10 weeks of training, and only training a MAX of 10 total hours a week???
hmm a crossfit “coach” sets up a thread like this as promotion, surprising.
I am not promoting anything, I am simply curious if anyone has done this before. Again… Fear!
Why did you take a new screen name? Was “TYE” too tainted?