Lauren McDonald 2015 Race Plan

lparello

Hey Rick-

I am trying to structure fitting 3 IMs into next season. I'm racing IMLP July 26, IMWI Sept 13, and IMKY Oct 11th.  I plan to do a 12 week IM build into IMLP with this being my AAA race, then participating at WI, and hoping to have a decent showing in Kentucky, if all goes well and injury free.  My question is how to structure those weeks between IMLP and IMWI, and IMWI and IMKY.  Currently I was thinking:

IMLP, then 2 weeks transition plan, 2 weeks training (thinking squeezing in maybe a 90 minute run or 2, and an 80 miler and century ride, before getting into a 2 week taper for Madison

.Then completing IMWI, 2 week transition (thinking only swimming towards the end of week 1, swim/riding week 2, maybe week 3 trying to get in a few runs (nothing longer than 10 miles) and a moderately long ride (70?) before tapering back down for a week and a half/2 weeks.

Thoughts on this?  Thank you

Coach Rich

Posted By Lauren McDonald on 18 Sep 2014 11:33 AM

Hey Rick-

I am trying to structure fitting 3 IMs into next season. I'm racing IMLP July 26, IMWI Sept 13, and IMKY Oct 11th.  I plan to do a 12 week IM build into IMLP with this being my AAA race, then participating at WI, and hoping to have a decent showing in Kentucky, if all goes well and injury free.  My question is how to structure those weeks between IMLP and IMWI, and IMWI and IMKY.  Currently I was thinking:

IMLP, then 2 weeks transition plan, 2 weeks training (thinking squeezing in maybe a 90 minute run or 2, and an 80 miler and century ride, before getting into a 2 week taper for Madison

.Then completing IMWI, 2 week transition (thinking only swimming towards the end of week 1, swim/riding week 2, maybe week 3 trying to get in a few runs (nothing longer than 10 miles) and a moderately long ride (70?) before tapering back down for a week and a half/2 weeks.

Thoughts on this?  Thank you

Wassup LAURA!

You know you're asking about stuff that's a year and then some away?  The short answer is:

• Don't worry about
• Lately we've had enough people doing these short-gap Ironman's (ie, people qualifying for Kona, doing multiple Ironman's, etc) that I'm sure by next summer PnI will have created a more formal solution(s) for these situations. Like training plans for "your next IM is #X / #Y / #Z weeks away kinda thing, to take the guess work out of it.