The books give you any number of different training plans and they harp on and on about how satisfying it is to complete an Ironman, blah, blah, blah.
What they don't accurately describe is the fearsome level of pain you will encounter during the training and subsequently during the event.
Cue advice from E.H., 3 times Ironman finisher and chasing a sub 11 hr 30 mins finish in the upcoming Ironman Austria.
1) The run is easy if you are a runner. I'd think nothing of getting up in the morning and deciding to do a marathon that day.
2) Och, it'll heal itself. You can't let it affect your training.
This applies to just about any injury.
3) You need to practice getting kicked and punched in the face.
My friend, Miss B, upon hearing this little gem of open water swimming wisdom, selflessly offered to kick and punch me in the face as much as I wanted. (It's nice to know you have the devoted support of true friends when putting yourself through all that is Ironman.)
4) Find a big, long, steep hill and go up it again and again and again. It's not the gradient you need to worry about, you just need to prepare yourself for the unforgiving relentlessness of the cycle.
Note there weren't any remarks about having fun along the way.
Current weight is 13 stones 4 pounds (186 pounds / 84.4 kg).
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That's not what The 'Rat' says. training should be 95% aerobic, and therefore a right larf.
E.H. may be guilty of overtraining?
'The Rat"; "Often more isn't better - just more"
Re: Ms.B. You've got to be very careful with women in general
I understand The Rat's viewpoint to a certain extent, but how are you going to run a marathon if you only ever tick over on 5k runs?
For example, I ran for 1 hr 45 mins tonight on the soul destroying dreadmill, an increase of 15 mins. Each increase extends the pain threshold.
Miss B is visiting on Saturday night. I shall be careful to chill some Bulmer's in advance.
i ran for an hour at the prescribed Rat heart rate in the snow it was quite pleasant.
It's never going to be a 2.5 hour marathon.
Which at this present rate equals a 4.5 hour marathon. slow but would still an improvement on the Aberfeldy debacle.
But that's without the swim or bike. I've been led to believe that the run time will increase by 20, 30 or even 40% from normal.
4.5 hrs does not compute, unless you are dragging your duff arm around in a wheelbarrow. 1 hour 44 mins for a half marathon puts you at 3.5 hrs.
Surely your heart rate wasn't bouncing of the limiter at Buchlyvie?
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