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Those of you who have hired coaches, how far in advance of race day do you start working with him/her?  Do you work with a coach year round or as part of a 20 week, 32 week, 52 week plan?

I used the book IronFit. I liked it. It took a while to get use to the timed practice instead of the milage and also training by heart rate. I had 4 periods where I missed training and still finished in 12:02.  I liked that it had three levels of training plans. The only changes for me would be run more if I can handle it just because I am a runner.  He does coaching on line I believe. if you have more question let me know.

Good job!!!

I'm officially on a non-triathlon vacation.  My swim coach says now is the time to relax and take a non-racing vacation.  Just before she says I need to swim 4 times a week if I want to get better.  I just nod my head and say I can do that.  I love the smell of chlorine in the morning.

Hope everyone is having a fantastic Thursday.

I just had a thought I wanted to bounce of LLR.  I have a running coach, I have a swim coach, I have cycling for power coach. I have a tri club.  Do I need another coach to watch over them all? Another coach to watch over me?  Sometime I just want to swim and bike and run because it's fun.  Can I build a base for IM distance and not lose the joy of being in motion, the thrill of the chase? 

Cheers.

Mark

I know I am no LLR but I would say yes its possible but it all depends on if you need that coach. I only had a person help me with my swim stroke and a couple of drills and only saw her like 10 times. You need a plan you can trust and lots of self discipline. I say this is all if finishing is your goal. Of course a coach or several coaches can only help if they are good.  Coaches do help because they can sometimes save you from yourself and see things that you may overlook. I know Ryan Hall(Olympic Marathoner) says he has to have one or he over trains. If I were to do it again I would consider a coach.

ok i want to do an ironman. i was eyeing Arizona BUT i am looking at the US Championships in NY, its the first one, so should be really cool. Its totally sold out but I'm thinking of signing up with Team in Training. Anyone experience with them?

My daughter did the Nike womens Marathon this weekend thru them and she got coaching, entry, etc.

the caviat is I need to fundraise $8900!

They seem to have a pretty good coaching/mentoring program.

thoughts?

YAY Billy Congrats!!!!!!

Thats a lot of fundraising while you are training for an IM.

Come do IMAZ... Fit and I are doing it in 2012

Great Job!!

Hey all!
Finished, had a great swim but the bike and run didn't go well. Beat my NOLA time but didn't hit my A goal.  Sunburned and tired.

Billy - Congrats!

Sure! Thanks for asking!  Swim went well.  Was shooting for a 41-42 minutes and came in around 40 something (funny the guy that whined the most about learning to swim actually had his swim be the best of the three legs).  That is almost an 11min improvement from my first HIM so I am happy.  Good swim but crowded and a fair amount of body contact but I just held my own.  Bike was tough, more hills than I expected and some fairly rough roads in spots.  I can't wait to get home and download my Garmin as a couple of the downhills I am pretty sure I was close to 40 mph.  Just tucked and white knuckled it down.  My bike can fly when I am tucked.  Not pedaling I was passing people on the down hill who were cranking (I guess sometimes there is an advantage to not being feather light! ;> But I wasn't prepared for the hills and my bike was slower than expected and burned my legs for the run.  Run was hot, no shade and three loops.  Overall I had fun and enjoyed myself but paying for it today.

Plans are for NOLA 2012 (cheap entry fee I got) then in Oct next year there are two races, one sprint and one oly which are the state championships I believe.  Going to concentrate on getting fast for short courses as next year is my first shot at the 50-54 group.  Now have a wired PowerTap that I hope works and will train with that.  Going to try Carmichaels "Time Crunched Triathlete".  For me to train more than 8-10 hrs a week is too hard with all the things going on in my life so short and fast it is.

I've been thinking about the fundraising....and that will take too much of my time. I found a group training for Coeur d'Alene, i might join them OR just train on my own for a bit, then look for a coach and shoot for IMAZ as suggested earlier.

Jeff - you can still fund raise without the pressure of a requirement.  IM foundation has a program for any charity you want to raise for or most charrities will help you figure it out.  And you pick the cause.  This is what I do....

Billy - great job dude...

Gary - I think I told you at the early stages of the year about the hills in Austin and it was hot.  I was trying to get down there Sunday early enough to come out to the race but it was 8 before I was there because I had a meeting there yesterday.  Sorry I missed you.

LRR - yep you warned me but it is what it is.  Sorry we didn't get to meet up but it will happen. 

The RR is up, sorry its a bit long:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=272872

Wow, I sure can kill a thread!

Either that or my RR was so long that you all are still reading it!

Oh and I signed up for a Half Mary in January, shooting for a sub 3hr

Didnt workout as much as I wanted but today was a great 8 mile run with hills @ 7:45 pace.  Its the best I have felt in months. Hope all is well with everyone else.

Hey!  I know you are all too busy working out to post but time to get it in gear!  Too quiet here.... so question for the group, Cialis or Viagra, oops sorry, wrong support group.   (Billy and Lena I will let you know what the answer is, J/K!)

Okay, as for me, well its the winter cycling program, also known as the Coach Jorge program and also trying to jump into a half marathon training plan with lofty goal of just finishing (okay sub 3 hrs would be nice and since I did the Austin run in sub 3 I should be safe). 

Been really thinking about my last race and nutrition and have come to the conclusion I suck, nope, sorry I meant my nutrition isn't right.  I am not much of a breakfast person but lunch is a must yet I do these races where I don't eat much until the afternoon.  Infinit on the bike but I think I need more on the run.  I have a run Infinit mix but carrying a bottle on the run just doesn't sound like a sound plan for me.  Maybe like I did for my Oly used a flask with a mixture?  I under mixed that so heavier mix to last longer?  Okay so what do you eat on your bike/run for a HIM?