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As I'm finishing out my 2008 race season, I'm starting to look at next year and decide what is necessary to meet my goals. In order to do that, I needed to logically lay out my previous training leading up to Coeur d'Alene and see where I could improve. Truthfully, I'm looking it at trying to decide how I can stuff more training into it but that's an entirely different article.
While breaking up my log into periodized chunks, I thought it might be useful for others to see what an actual sub11 Ironman training plan looks like after the fact. Granted, you can find plenty of training plans on the Internet but this isn't a plan, this is the actual recorded data... my data.
In order to spare you the pain and suffering of sorting through my previous entries, let me add a few notes upfront to better aid you in understanding some things.
The first point I'd like to make is that I am a coached athlete and the workouts were planned for me specifically. What I'm getting at is that it was designed for me and may not work well for others. That said; give it a shot because there's nothing extraordinary about it. I guess that's more of a disclaimer than anything else.
The second point is that I performed every workout with the exception of a couple of swims and an 18 mile run leading up to Ironman Oceanside 70.3 because I came down with a nasty cold/flu thing. Fortunately I recovered well enough to have a decent race.
Other than that, all of my workouts were completed as prescribed and I squeaked in under the 11 hour mark with a finishing time of 10:59:43.
Base Period:
Base1, Week1
Base1, Week2
Base1, Week3
Base1, Week4
Base2, Week1
Base2, Week2
Base2, Week3
Base2, Week4
Base3, Week1
Base3, Week2
Base3, Week3
Base3, Week4
Build Period:
Build1, Week1
Build1, Week2
Build1, Week3
Build1, Week4
Build2, Week1
Build2, Week2
Build2, Week3
Build2, Week4
Peak Period:
Peak1, Week1
Peak1, Week2
Taper Period:
Taper1, Week1
Taper1, Week2
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