Minimum distances in training for HIM
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vanjames posted 1 year ago.
Your bike distacne is covered. I would scale it back while you increase your running distances to see how your legs react. Its only a few 100 more m for the swim vs. your Oly races so you should be fine.
I personally like to train the full distances but no closer than three weeks out. I usually have a 2 week taper for HIM and 3 week taper for a full IM.
Eating is personal. You will need to ingest more energy for the Half vs the other distances likely but how and what is up to you. I personally like energy drinks vs solids, remember to hydrate. You may want to work out a schedule of eating while on the bike - just don't take in too much or you'll be running with a slosh in your gut.
As for eating, personal experimentation during training is key. You will want to eat and drink more on the bike than in an Oly race to set you up for the run. Generally 2-400 calories per hour can be tolerated on the bike. My personal choice is to get my energy on the bike and burn through it
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senortodd posted 1 year ago.
Thanks for the help vanjames. Since I do not have a large base I like the idea of building up distance until almost race week. I have also been looking up triathlon books and training plans, I think I am going to try the beginnertriathlete 20 week half-ironman plan.
cheers,
todd
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vanjames posted 1 year ago.
Good luck. There's a book " Training Plans for Multisport Athletes" by Gale Bernhardt. It has plans for sprints, Olys, half and Full Ironmans with varying lengths of plans form 3 months to 1 year. I used it for my first Half IM, for IMC i used an online coaching program.
You're correct to build your instances as you build toward the race, if you can take a look at the book (library, bookstore etc). Compared to many of the online free programs it also guides you about injuries, overtraining, nutrition etc or get the book "Going Long" by Joe Friel and Gordo Byrn, another great one.
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glbrum posted 1 year ago.
I was in a similar boat as you when I did my first half. similar age (20) and I had been in the sport about 1.5 years also. My first bit of advice would be to take it easy on the RUNNING right now. What I mean is, keep it at more of a maintenance level right now. Maybe 15-20 miles per week max. My timeline was a lot like yours (with a HIM in March) and I was running 20-25 miles per week. That lead to me getting injured. I would suggest keeping the run volume low until about 8-10 weeks out from your race and then start bumping up the mileage to avoid injury. Your cycling looks strong (from an endurace standpoint). Try and mimic the race course as much as possible in training. If there is a large hill in the race, go find a similar one and ride it a lot in training. You will feel a lot better in the race knowing you've done something similar already. Be consistent with the swimming. You can save a lot of time by coming out of the water fresh. Overall, be consistent week in and week out, but keep the volume (atleast running) down until about 12 weeks out.
Hi all.
I'm planning on doing a half-ironman on May 5th and was wondering what should my longest training sessions and how far out from the day should I do them. This race is the last race of the season and one of my "A" races. Also how much should I eat during the event? During the last couple of months I have been doing a lot of biking with Sunday rides up to 150km(90mi). Should I continue this or scale back during the triathlon season? So far I have been training and competeing in triathlons (mostly sprints with 2 olympic races) for 1.5 years. Thanks for the help.
Cheers.
Todd