Subject: pre-Ironman Training training... So I'm all signed up for IMNYC one year from today... This year has been a bit of a wash due to injury, crashing and then just not being able to get back in the swing of things... I know it's to early to start /real/ IronMan training, but is there anything I should be doing to get ready for real training? I have a sprint and an Oly tri coming up and at least 1/2 marathon, to hopefully get me out of the funk and back into some consistent training... I'm thinking my "off season" will be most of Dec then into training sometime in January... Ideally what shape would I go into training? Should I try and get some solid training in for my races this year and go into my "off season" in good shape and hopefully get mentally rested and prepared for next year, or does it that matter that much and it is OK if I predictably goof off, and train just enough to cover my races... Also random advice is appreciated... :- ) -Andy |