Training plan will be interrupted by vacation

Thank you, I think that is what I will do. The event opened this morning so I am now entered :-). It is on 26th July and I will also do a half ironman on 25th May (which I did this year). I have a sprint this weekend and another on 27th September, then I will start thinking about building my base fitness over the winter and hit the training plan a few weeks early.

Look how far you have come in such a short period of time. Congrats on entering your first Ironman Distance Race.

Hi Todd, thanks! I decided to just go for it. I am repeating the half I did this year which falls around 8 weeks before the full, my goal this year is not to race with whooping cough and an injury and not to come last! :-)

Congrats on your entry! That is awesome! I am sure it will all work out for you and you'll be
ready before vacation. Is there any way you could just swim a little or even get on a spin or exercise bike while
there? I tend to get really creative as I travel quite often during training seasons. Going to Oregon in October
and doing IMFL on November 1. Sort of nervous but I think I am going to do HEAVY running while there. Maybe
1:30 runs all three days or something. Won't have time to bike or swim either.

Good luck for ImFL - that is actually where we will be vacationing. I hope to run early as being from the UK the heat and humidity are a factor for me, but I am conscious that this is a family holiday and I don't want it dominated by my training. We will be staying in a villa so I am hoping to find one on a community with a gym that I could use a couple of times. We will have a pool but it will only be a back yard pool so again unless there is a community pool I probably won't get much done. Gotta balance family time with training, if I can get out early before everyone else is up then great otherwise family comes first for those two weeks. Hopefully I will get enough done to keep ticking over.