Subject: Movin' on up... I just finished my 4th triathlon (2 sprint/ 2 Oly ) over the last 13 months. First, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone involved in this site, both commentors and administrators. It's been tremendously helpful to have a place to look up all the beginner questions that were keeping me up at night.
My 2020 goal is to move up to the 70.3 distance.
I've been looking at 3-4 training plans, and their longest sessions top out at right around 13 miles for the run or 50-55 for the bike (or the time equivalents ). I'm not sure how going race distance once before the event is going to prepare me for doing all three disciplines at the same time. Especially as a (BoP ) first timer at those distances.
Am I missing something? In my sprint and oly preparations, I've aimed to max out at 150% of race distance on my run and bike. I get that's going to be less feasible training for a longer race, but I can't see how I'm going to have an appropriate base for these distances with these plans.
In a related question, anyone have a training plan they'd like to recommend for a first time 70.3? I am leaning towards the 80/20 plan. |