Let’s see it.
Ben Greenfield
ride a boat 2.4 miles
drive a car 138.2 miles
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swim a sub 6min 500yrd
bike a sub hr 40km
run a sub 18 5k
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swim a sub 6min 500yrd
bike a sub hr 40km
run a sub 18 5k
These are good guidelines, but…
I can only just scrape under 6 mins for 400 SCM; never done a 40km TT but I’m sure I could go <60 mins; 5km PB is 18:07.
My last 3 IM times are 9:52, 9:31 and 9:42.
My one piece of advice is mental strength. You’ve got to have a reason to be out there - if you don’t, you’ll break.
get late to the start line for one - one and a half hour and there you go - 9:59 instead of 8:30
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get late to the start line for one - one and a half hour and there you go - 9:59 instead of 8:30
haha lol, lol haha you are fricking funy hahah hah …im laughing hahah what a funny guy…dumbass…
right, less fun would be to cut the online time
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Consistency
Patience
Execution
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IM Florida or Roth?
Other than that, start with consistently sub 2 Olympic tri? (2:02-2:03 is probably good enough depending on course for the IM and course that the OT was done one)
Montreal Esprit.
Montreal Esprit.
B2B especially for the swim.
- pick the right course (Austria, Germany/Frankfurt, Florida, Arizona?, non-Mdot Roth, Cologne)
and check whether this is realistic for you - swim 1:05
- bike 5:15
- run 3:30
with a sub-4:45 70.3 on a similarly difficult/easy course, you shld be get there.
train well and enjoy.
IM Florida or Roth?
Other than that, start with consistently sub 2 Olympic tri? (2:02-2:03 is probably good enough depending on course for the IM and course that the OT was done one)
Hell, no Dev! I have never come close to going under 2 hours on a legit Olympic course. That’s not the best race indicator for IM performance, IMO. I think a consistent sub 4:30 for a Half is better. Sub 2 or even 2:02 is very fast but that doesn’t always translate well to IM results. Eganski got it: CONSISTENCY OF TRAINING is the best bet to hit the required splits. 1:00/5:15/3:30 and some transitions and wiggle room.
- pick the right course (Austria, Germany/Frankfurt, Florida, Arizona?, non-Mdot Roth, Cologne)
and check whether this is realistic for you - swim 1:05
- bike 5:15
- run 3:30
with a sub-4:45 70.3 on a similarly difficult/easy course, you shld be get there.
Sure would be nice if the 4:45 thinnng were true. There are tons of people that go sub 4:45 who have not come close to 10 hours. The sub 10 folks i know routinely go sub 3:30 more like 3:20.
train well and enjoy.
+infinity.
doping, drafting, fins or you could have good genes, independently wealthy and lots of time to train.
My top tip would be to not think about it too much. The more important thing to do is to embrace the training, be consistent, look long term. You need to really love getting out the door everyday and training. I find that here there is way too much focus on the details with a tendency to way over think things. Endurance sports training, is rather simple - train aerobically, rest and repeat! It’s not that complicated.
Learn from people who know what it takes…not people who think they know what it takes.
(there’s a lot of the latter coming through on this thread already)
What’s this for anyway…an article?
Regarding training pacing, what worked for me is doing the vast majority of my long rides at my exact planned IM effort, no harder, no easier, and riding 6000+ miles per year really helps as well. The bike really provides a great training tool for targeting your entire race day effort and work it for hours on end with little risk of getting hurt.
Thought that was funny 
jaretj
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