Is the trifuel ironman training plan good?
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Tribro posted 48 weeks ago.
i know several people who have used the plan with success. If you scroll down through the weeks you'll see that the shorter workouts you mention are during the week, but when you get to the saturday and sunday the rides are 3-5 hours and runs 2+. i think it's tailored to people with a full work week. but, follow the plan and you should be prepared to complete an Ironman.
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tsilcyc posted 48 weeks ago.
I've never actually looked at the plan until now but I've heard of people using it and saying it's a decent plan. Personally, it looks a little light on the biking and I would probably combine the later half of the pre-season with the competitive season.
But I may not be the best person to ask since I have a coach who advised me to do very little for the month of December and I haven't been listening.
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gfd posted 48 weeks ago.
I used the plan. However, I did add to the long bike rides and runs. I did four 100 to 110 mile bike rides and I also added four 20 mile runs. I ended up ditching many of the swim drills and prescribed sets for what I found to be comfortable for me, which was a little less than prescribed. I substituted weekly long open water swims to make up for the lesser weekly distances and intesity. I ended up doing around eight 2 to 3 mile open water swims over a 3 month period.
Overall I was able to get through it without burning out or injuring myself. The "Iron Weekends" that Tribro talked about will definitely give you the confidence to start imagining that you can actually finish an IM. During my IM I felt strong the entire time. Now nailing the nutrition is another discipline in itself. Good luck and keep asking questions.
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Tribro posted 48 weeks ago.
Good points. Every plan you get from a book or website will undoubtedly need some tweaking to accomodate your strengths, weaknesses, schedule. Reading much of the articles in the training section will help you adapt it to your needs. Using a coach will allow for that personal adjustment as well. As far as canned plans go, however, I haven't seen many with this type of detail so it is an excellent starting point, and just bounce stuff off the forum.
And Garen is dead on. Nutrition in an Iron distance race is absolutely crucial. Practice, practice, practice, and dial it in. I've done two and still haven't gotten it dialed in yet...
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Anton posted 48 weeks ago.
I think it's a good base plan...like Garen, I tweeked it to get more out of it and dropped alot of the swim drills too. Nothing beats just banging out the long swims. Add in at least one over-distance ride (120 miles). Everyone I know that has used it, modifies it some, but I think most folks tweek just about any plan they are on...even if they have a coach.
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Rebecca posted 48 weeks ago.
I used the trifuel Ironman training plan with very good success for my first Ironman race. I was a little surprised by the shorter "long runs" than my BF did for his two Ironman races (especially since I am a marathoner). Believe it or not I ran a very good marathon in the race. I am planning to use the same plan again for my 2009 event. I actually use full plan through the fifth competitive week for a solid 70.3 training plan as well. Good luck!
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jacmun posted 48 weeks ago.
Note that a lot of the short week day work outs are high intensity especially those in the competitive season. These are a good mix with your long weekend efforts or long Wednesday run and will really lift your speed. Personally I found that this plan offers you good bang for your buck during the week, especially when you are working full time and really need to invest your training time wisely.
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blazindave posted 47 weeks ago.
Alright. I just found the biking and running not long enough (i even checked later in the plan for the longer rides/euns). My race is september 13th.
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http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon/ironman-workouts/
I checked some of the workouts and alot of the biking sessions are like an hour and 10 minutes. Alot of the runs are sub an hour and a half.
Can someone just skim over it and tell me if the plan is ok or not?
Just to give me peace of mind. I understand the build up is gradual but back when i did train for triathlons (random training) it was always at least 2-3 hours of biking followed by an hour of running or something to that effect. I always figured the ironman would have the same type of hourly training (+3 hours a day).
Thanks :)
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