Ironman Coeur d'Alene : Official Thread (Page 12)

I'm such a terrible runner I can't see doing a marathon before CDA but I am planning to try and do a half marathon every couple of months before CDA to force me to be consistent.  I've been an Endurance Nation member for the past couple of years and really like their philosophy of upping the intensity and backing off the volume in order to keep a better training/family/work balance.  I'm debating to remain a member still or not now that I know the principals and what parts work for me and what don't. 

I do my bike workouts by power and really recommend their plans for power athletes.  I struggle with the run workouts as when I travel for work (often) the speed work seems to be the first to be forgotten. 

The schedule seemed to work out for me as they had it laid out.  The hardest switch was changing the long run from Sunday to Thursday but once I did I really liked it.  I didn't really get involved in the "group workout" posts they had going unless I had a question about the actual workout.  Although the scedule worked for me their were plenty of people who switched days but still posted on the "Tuesday Workout" thread.

During the "Off Season" generally it is is Mon off, Tues 1 HR trainer session, Weds 1 HR run, Thurs 1 HR trainer, Fri off, Sat 1 HR trainer (or 2.5 HR outside)/:15-:45 run (brick), Sun 1 HR run.

During the 12 Week race prep it switches to Mon 1 HR swim, Tues 1 Hr trainer/:30 run (brick), Weds 1HR run/:45 swim, Thurs long run (up to 2:30), Fri 1-1:15 Swim, Sat Long bike, Sun 2-3 HR bike.  The hours vary some....

By moving the long run to Thursday morning you get to ride outside long 2 days/wk since you can run easier in the dark than bike so you get off the trainer an extra day/wk when you are starting to get sick of it.  I do my weekday workouts early in the AM anyway so it wasn't too much of a change for me.  It's pretty cool to get to work and see everyone still sleepy and know you run a half marathon plus already. 

I really do think they have a great program at EN.

Is “Little foot Triathlon”  a Sprint or Olympic.?  I would guess a Sprint.  The AF Academy does a Sprint normally at the beginning of May.  It appears most of races in CO for May are Sprints.  I think I’ll just do a couple of Sprints for May for good intensity workouts, plus Sprints are easy on the body and are a blast to do.

And welcome to BT and IMCDA crew.

Don’t worry you’ll be fine.  Some advantages to take into account.  One is we are at least 3,000 ft higher  or even more depending on where you live. Second we have the Rockies to ride and can find routes that are much tougher than IMCDAs.   Granted there is no such thing as an easy IRONMAN distance but at least we have the advantage of elevation and tougher terrain to prepare us for IMCDA.    

 “Train High...Race Low”

Congrats on your IM KY finish! I like that you're just putting your goals out there. I'll have to give that some thought as we head toward the training.