Ironman's 6month trianing plan

it seems a little to "figure it out on your own" for me in many ways. Just running for an hour is something I could come up with.

For my 1st IM, I used a BT plan and I think it was a good plan.

Rob, Be Iron Fit has several excellent first IM plans. It's also a solid resource on IM and tri training. I used a modification of it (longer midweek bike, no high intensity work) to an 11:07 first IM.

I actually saw this a few months ago and thought the "6 months out" and "5 months out" pieces looked like great ways to build and maintain my base. So the first two months of my "plan" are their first two months. After that I'm switching to a customized plan I had built for me a few years ago.

It's hard to say how much "more" it is, since my plan progresses and is very specific (and I'd have to do a lot of math to come up with that answer), but for me, topping the longest run out at 2 hours as stated in the Ironman brand plan would not be enough. It might be for someone else though.

I agree with this.  I know how much time I have each day to train.  What I would want is a plan that tells me the best way to utilize that time.  Do I do some hard 3 min intervals during my 1 hr bike?  How about some tempo?  Should I just Z2 it for recovery?  Those are the type of things that I expect in a plan.