So IMAZ would be my first IM and probably the last unless I get picked for a lottery slot for next year at Kona. What do you think would be my finish time for IMAZ?
Training details and most recent race are below.
Training hours: I have been hammering the volume these last 6 weeks. Out of the last 37 days, I have been running for 34. 6-7 days a week and most are definitely easy for sure.
These past 6 weeks, I have been doing between 15-20 hours of training mostly due to the running. I'm not swimming enough at twice a week, cycling is "ok" at 3 times a week which consist of 1 biggest gear trainer ride, 1 TT type of training, and one long ride (90-105 miles) which can be flat or hilly (think GMR and Crystal Lake Cafe for the soCal folks).
I have been running 40-50 miles mostly easy because I don't really know what pace to run in the marathon part of an Ironman since I haven' run more than 16 miles until 8 weeks ago. No speed work at all since I want to get the running endurance first.
Today, I ran a 20-miler at 2:36:03 preceeded by a windy and hot 96 mile bike ride yesterday.
In terms of training history, I have been continually running 20-40 miles this year. When I was training for a half mary, I hit 60, got sick for 2 weeks, then hit my goal of sub-90 minutes.
My latest HIM race was Superfrog 70.3 with a finish time of 5:10:52. The splits are 42:46, 2:35:33, and 1:45:46 with a total transition time of 5:57. I know I'm a slow swimmer because I don't swim enough. I was very conservative on the bike until the last 12 miles when a team mate steam rolled me then I paced him and we finished the bike together. Due to the conservative bike, I felt good on the run at 8:03 pace. 6 miles of those were on the sand. The other 7 miles, I had a 7:30 pace and continually dropping. Yes, my transitions have always been long... I'm mentioning this race because its relatively flat like IMAZ and was my only HIM where I finally figured out my nutrition.
I think I can break 12 hours if I have a pretty conservative bike ride. So what could possibly be my finish time? I will make it a moderately hard bike ride and will not do what everyone is doing. I would like to finish with a little bit of daylight left...
Edited by arkmann 2012-10-29 12:51 AM