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I am racing in my first full Ironman in July, Lake Placid. What is the typical period of time it takes to train for a Full Ironman. 5-6 months?

2014-12-22 1:06 PM
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Depends. What kind of experience do you have?

2014-12-22 1:35 PM
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Most ironman training plans begin specific race training at 16, 18, 20 weeks out from the race. But that is assuming you have a solid base to start with. 

 

2014-12-22 1:43 PM
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mine was 23 weeks.
2014-12-22 4:28 PM
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Definitely depends on a few factors mentioned by others above as well as what your goal is?  But if you are not new to the sport and have some experience and some base fitness, sure 5-6 months should be plenty

2014-12-22 5:19 PM
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Originally posted by husse23 I am racing in my first full Ironman in July, Lake Placid. What is the typical period of time it takes to train for a Full Ironman. 5-6 months?

As other have said it kind of depends on your base level of tri-related fitness.

For someone relatively new to the game I'd say 5-6 months is a good ballpark.

For someone experienced it can be much less.  I did Ironman Canada in 2013 on an 8 week training plan but it wasn't my first rodeo.

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