Weekly average training time
I found in the Ironman site this:
What is the average time it takes an Age Group triathlete to prepare for an IRONMAN?
Triathletes train an average of seven months for the IRONMAN World Championship. They average hours per week devoted to training for the IRONMAN World Championship generally falls between 18 and 30+. Average training distances are:
- Swimming miles per week: 7 (11.3 km)
- Biking miles per week: 232 (373.3 km)
- Running miles per week: 48 (77.2 km)
So, do you agree with this? How many hours do you spend training? I'm about 15.
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Marcelo - Ignore this information, unless you are qualified for Kona and trying to win your age group there. The survey is suspect to begin with, as it is self-reported by a subset of athletes who are racing at Kona, including professionals and age groupers who might as well be professionals. This information provided by WTC is self-serving marketing-speak, designed to impress the gullible, and is not meant to be reasoned training advice.
Rest assured that the EN plans are the real deal - do the work as listed for the entire Ironman build, and you will be supremely well-prepared for the day. Hours trained/miles ridden, run, swam are not nearly as as important as how hard you are working during that training time, and how well you execute on race day.
Ironman has been bouncing around these number for years. When I look at them and do the math on the average speed of the average Kona athlete, you're looking at about 2.5-3hrs swimming, 11-12hrs/wk of riding, and about 7hrs/wk of running. Also, in my experience, ^those^ numbers are about on the bleeding edge of what a working age grouper can do during race prep period for a limited number of weeks.
People who can do that week in and week out for months and months are in a very different place, on many levels, than 95% of triathletes...which is probably why they are going to Kona in the first place.