Subject: RE: Advice on IM year race schedule I did IMAZ in November and I have a few pieces of advice. This first one might depend on where you live. If you are a northerner it IS going to get too cold to do too many effective long rides outside. The weather just won't cooperate. I ended up scheduling a two week "warm weather destination" training vacation. I headed to Tucson for a week and then Phoenix for another week to make sure I got some good solid training in during the "cold season". It coincided with my two biggest training weeks and it was AWESOME. For two weeks all I had to worry about was training.
Second, to reiterate on what many people said above...it's going to be a long season. By November, everyone around you is going to be talking about the "off season" and taking time off after their races, etc. etc. I truly believe the ONLY reason I didn't completely burn out by November was because I didn't even "start" my season until August. I was deployed from Jan-July and while I TRAINED I didn't eat/breathe/sleep triathlon. So, SERIOUSLY think about that. Um, not getting deployed obviously...I meant think about not killing yourself early in the year. It will pay dividends! So those are my two pieces of advice: 1. Do a "warm weather training vacation" at the peak point of your training. 2. Start your season later than you normally would.
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