70.3 Training Plan Hours??

I'm in week 14 of 30 or more...........

swim 2 hours

Bike 5.1/2  hours

Run 2.1/4 hours

Core/weights 1hour

I'm being a little agressive, but my 70.3 isn't till June and I bore easily.

168 hrs

9-10 if life gets in the way(kids work) at times ,but usually  12-14 if everything goes as planned

Anybody tracking TSS points with their hours ?

Last week (about 8 into the plan) was 12hours, 900 TSS points.

In preparation for Rev3 Knoxville I am averaging:

Past 5 weeks: 11hr 21min

Past 10 weeks: 10hr 36min

Past 15 weeks: 9hr 13min

My hours will be down for the next three weeks due to some work travel and a family vacation but I will get in what I can.

HIM is doable on that amount of training.  I raced my first HIM last October basically on olympic distance training.  I averaged 6hr 6min per week for the 15 weeks leading up to the race.  Make sure you get in as many long (>=56 miles) rides as possible, practice your nutrition/hydration, and pace yourself!!!  If you go too hard on the bike you will suffer on the run!!!  I had a great race, finished with a great time, and really enjoyed the experience.

Bless your heart.  I am glad to see I'm not the only one who thought these were pretty impressive training times.

And on another note...didn't know San Juan had a 70.3!  Now my interest is really picqued!

CRAP!  San Juan...Puerto Rico!  Being from Wa, I figured it was something local.  Enjoy and have fun!

I'd say that anything is possible, so much of it comes down to natural talent/ability, course, weather conditions, etc. but for me I'd be lucky to finish a 70.3 if I only averaged 5 hours a week. 

For my HIM last summer I pretty much followed BTs 20 week plan which had several weeks at 9 or more hours, on top of that I had a pretty solid run base from marathoning for the previous 5 years or so.  I finished in 5:40, on a pretty hot day in July.

My HIM is June 3rd so I'm at week 14 on the beginner plan.  Mot I've done is 9 and a half hours - with family and full time work no way i can really go beyond that without a divorce!

I chop and change the schedule around - the longer trainng sessions are always early mornings on weekends, the rest I slot it as and when I can.  I don't follow the swim training as I attend a squad 3-4 times a week and the coach is very much an Ironman mentality so I figure it will work out fine!  It's worked well for the 4 sprints and 1 olympic I've done this summer.  One of those squads is OWS so that's great practice.

Bike is my weakest link and will remain so - I put in the hours on the trainer but am nervous on the road so avoid it.  Oh well, race day, no traffic.

i usually average between 5-6 hours a week, that will peak at about 10 hours a week in May just prior to my 2 half irons.  I looked last year and my max was about 10.5 hours 2 weeks prior to going 5h13m in my half.

This year i expect to be well below 5h in one and 5h is my goal for the other.

what i have done is started my training earlier, like last October earlier, whereas last year i had max months running at 50m and 1 month in the 70's (May 2011) I have been running about 70 miles a month since November. So where i was training 3-4 hours a week last year this time, i am now around 6 hours a week with the extra running.

I don't have a time goal.  This is my 1st HIM, so I'm really just looking to have a good day.  Of course, if I was honest, I'd say MOP.  I'm OK if I get passed, but I'm also used to passing people, so I'm really trying not to get too caught up in it.

I also tend to be an overacheiver so if a plan says do 8 hours per week, I'm happier if I can do 9+.  Also my swim is slow now, so it takes me longer to do the mileage.  I expect to top out at about 15-17 hours per week.

Ali

Ah, copy. 

For me I've got two HIMs on the schedule this year and I'm hoping to be able to break 5:30... actually I'd really like to get closer to 5:15.

My bike was the biggest limiting factor last year (5:40 total time), I did the bike in 3:06 (18MPH) as was rather disappointed.  Although the last 10 miles of the bike course was like ridding though downtown Baghdad, I place the majority of the blame squarely on my shoulders.  I had hoped to at least come in under 3:00. 

Prior to this race I hadn't been on the bike all that much... never really... so I did my HIM with bike training consisting of pretty much only the 20 weeks of training from the BT plan.  I've been doing Jorge's cycling plan this winter and will roll right into my 16 week HIM plan in a couple of weeks.  I'm hoping that I can knock at least the 10 minutes off from the bike alone... if I get lucky I can take 12-15 off the bike time and maybe squeeze out another 5 or so minutes from the swim, run and transitions to get closer to the 5:15 mark.

I'm going to use the 16 week BT intermediate plan, but figure I'll cut some of the strength training so I'll be averaging about 10-12 hours a week with some peak weeks pushing 15.

I was 10hrs +- for my first HIM in austin last fall. I have 2 HIMs on the calendar this year and will put in the same amount of time. But I plan to shift a bit more of that time to the bike.

I was 6:06 in austin and hope to put myself in position to better that. A number starting with a "5" would feel like a big deal to me.