Subject: RE: IRON Distance In my opinion - you may able to finish but you will be risking injury, perhaps severe and chronic, to attempt that distance prematurely. I would suggest that the plan you have laid out is premature, very much so in fact.
Everyone's first time goal is to just finish - but most folks wind up planning (and, um..training ) for at least a year before their first IM, and they have several seasons of triathlon behind them before that.
Why put yourself at risk? Are you planning on dying this year, which might admittedly preclude you from a proper training regimen? If not, why not use that year to train yourself properly so you'll not only finish next year, but finish faster, healthier, and happier.
You may not even make it to race day this year - aggressively ramping up a training plan in such fashion can (and likely may ) lead up to injury as tendons and ligaments take a long time to adjust to extreme training that is needed for iron distance. You'd then not only fail to meet your goal, but might rule out next year, too if its a chronic injury.
I know folks who have done IMs for their very first triathlon, but none that would recommend it.
Whats the hurry? |