Subject: Ironman training camps. Worth it or boondoggle?Me and 6 of my middle aged friends have done a number of Olympic and sprint distance tri's over the past few years. Nobody's winning age groups but we are not BOPers either. We have all talked about doing a full Ironman and recently committed to each other with an official spit sealed handshake, to enter Ironman Arizona 2014. In long term preparation we are going to do our first half iron sometime this fall. I'm way ahead of planning here but with tight budgets and time commitments you can't start letting the family know soon enough about the crazy things we do. Motivation is a big issue and we all thought that we would get our full Iron 2014 training off to a start by attending a professionally run long distance triathlon training camp in late winter/early spring. Would love any thoughts, suggestions and advice on the value of this investment and if you've had a great or bad experience maybe you can share. Locations not really important and we'd even consider out of country locations. Thanks for any feedback. |