I did not extend my runs or rides BUT due to an ongoing shin injury (seeing 2nd chiro tomorrow), I have swapped runs with bike rides and swim drills. (I'm a 1:50/100m swimmer)
The runs that I do in between injuries are all shorter than the plan call for, without intervals and I usually do them on the tread mill or track
P.S. I'm not a volume freak and not looking forward to start doing 4 hours rides and 2 hours runs. I'm just trying to understand the overall plan as my race is scheduled ~1 month earlier than what most October OS peeps are doing.
@T, I don't think we're going to have some admin things in place back here in time for your race. Email us at admin@endurancenation.us and well get you the .pdf versions of what you need. I think you should move over to the IM plan next week.
I know you guys are saying do anything 10-12 wks out from main race. I'm in Nov Os andLP is A race which will be my 9th. I'm considering theTripleT in Ohio May 22nd-24th. I've done it 3 times and know it's a kick in the nuts, (4 races/3 days) to kill it in Lp should I not do TTT (miles in 3 days more then an IM) since it's about 9 wks out?
Paul, TTT is good timing as an epic training weekend for LP. The danger for LP, that I've seen, are the halfs in the northeast in late June that people use as a tuneup for LP. Not a good plan, in my experience, but TTT is fine.
Posted By Jennifer Burbatt on 21 Jan 2010 04:59 AM
RnP-
I am in the Nov OS, but basically haven't be able to complete any of the workouts since the beginning of Jan because of injury and then illness. Should I just drop back in and not worry about the 2 1/2 weeks I missed, or should I start up at week 9 (moving to 10 on Sunday)?
I am planning the family and work calendar and want to test my assumptions here to make sure I block out the right time on the calendar to nail my plan.
I am an Ironman Louisville athlete who started the OS on 12/21 (Jan OS group) so my OS ends May 8th:
My half marathon is now the Kentucky Derby Half Marathon on April 24th. Assume that's fine. Yes. Look for a wiki post from us with guidance for inserting a half into your plan.
I already signed up for the American Triple T on May 21-23 before I joined the team. That's fine, I'm sure others have as well.
I had planned to do the Muncie Endurathon but my reading of the forums seems to indicate that a race simulation about that same time would be better. When this race? July, I believe? You're better to be following the IM plan at this time, with no to very little racing. I'd say your last racing opportunity would be early, early July. Late June is better.
So here are my assumptions:
You will help me add the swim back in and add volume via the outdoor option in March/April to get ready for the American Triple T. I will ping you in late March for adjustments. We are working some tools whereby you submit your races in an organized fashion, we give you concise feedback about your schedule, then you manage your training by "installing" the training plans you need when you need them, asking us for feedback and guidance when you need it.
A Big Bike week/weekend ~3/22-28 would be good timing to jump start things. Want to get this on family/work calendar. Yes
No problem doing a sprint triathlon for fun the week before the half marathon on 4/17. Nope. In general you should just have fun with anything you want to do until...maybe mid to late June.
I should treat the TTT as my big triathlon week and you guys will help me do this. Yep, see above.
Putting my transition to race prep off week(s) right after the TTT makes sense, so May 24th - June 6th. Yep
June 7th is IT IS ON beginning of race prep - 12 weeks from Louisville.Yes.
Assume a mid June Olympic race as part of race prep is fine. Uh...yeah, but you don't want the oly to have a significant impact on your training. When I raced Oly's and sprints in route to IMCDA, I thrashed myself per the plan during race week and was sure to get in my long ride and run. I would even run an extra bit after the race, while waiting for awards, for example, and even rode by bike 20 miles home afterwards.
What about the Muncie Endurathon? It was in my original plan but it doesn't seem to fit your usual protocol and if I do it, what about the first race simulation? Am I better off not doing it and instead doing my 1st race simulation around the same time? FYI, I did two HIMs in 2008 including Muncie so don't need to experience of an HIM race. I also had the crazy idea to pop big volume about this time as a third big week (big bike in March, TTT in May), either including Muncie in that or not. Let me know if that is a good idea since I could block out some of that week after July 4th to get some more volume in. No, I think Muncie is too close. Hopefully what you're seeing is that the rest of the world thinks that a HIM is a necessary check in the box before doing an IM. Hopefully we're having you think in terms of opportunity cost.
Finally, second race simulation is two to three weeks out, so early to mid August for Louisville.
Sorry that I like to plan this stuff out far in advance. My head is very much in the OS but I will have to protect some of these time blocks on the work calendar soon if they are going to happen.
I am in week 16 of Intermediate Oct OS - it ends 5 weeks before Oceanside 70.3- do I switch over and just do five weeks of HIM training? (I was going to start at least one swim session a week in early Feb - and have been doing the 2:30 outdoor rides on Sat at a minimum, century last weekend, 4 hour climb up Palomar Mtn etc a few weeks ago). Yes, you'll be fine, especially with the rides you describe there. Might want to lean forward on the long run volume and add 2x swims. 1x is kinda a waste of time.
Next - I am entertaining doing Vineman Full - it is 18 weeks after Oceanside - this would be my first IM distance event. Do I rest a week, return to OS plan for 5 -7 weeks and then into IM plan for 10-12 weeks? I am also wondering if I should be in a beginner IM plan ( I am doing only my third HIM with Oceanside this spring)? Intermediate. Take a good week break after Oceanside and then move over to the 20wk IM plan, starting wherever it is, ie, you'll be fine jumping into week 3 or whatever if thats how the math works out.
Also is it realistic to do a full IM (with only 3 HIMs and 1 1/2 years of triathlon)? Yep, no worries at all.
I found a new 1/2 iron distance race for the Spring (24 Apr) in Washington, NC which is about 1hour 30 min from my house as opposed to White Lake 1/2 iron (1 May and 8 May) and is about 4 hours from home. Since I have not yet paid any registration fees do you think I can do the Washington 1/2 instead of White Lake? And, if so, should I modify my OS transition for IM France? Am in week 7 of intermediate OS.
A couple weeks back, we re-set my training plan, an OS one. My first race, a 1/2 is coming up on May 1 and is a "B" priority season starter. I'm 15 weeks away from race day now. Historically, I have used an Intermediate with power plan I pick up from you guys back in 2008. Questions are: 1. is there a newer version of this plan I should use, and 2. Should I abandon the OS plan now and move to the race specific plan. Will you change the plan on the dashboard to reflect this?
Dave, we'll have you move to the HIM plan much later, you only need about 8wks of it. By then we'll have some tools to help you, and us, manage that. Just sit tight in the OS for now.
Ok- So there has been quite a bit of craziness going on in life- My mother in law and mother both broke their ankles ( my mother also ended up with a pulmonary embollism) so I have a been ping pong back and forth between them taking care of doc appointments and hospital visits and haven't been able to complete a full week of workouts since early December due to lack of time, lack of motivation and mental exhaustion. As I have reset myself, I wanted to touch base with you guys and ask your opinion on where I am in the plan and if I need to step it back a bit. Phil and I are moving our Half out to Timberman in August (from Mooseman in June). We have planned the bear mountain half marathon in May ( Is that a good idea? We haven't signed up yet) but figured we would get your thoughts before we signed up.
Good news, we have arranged to have training time back, we just need your expertise on where to start and come back.
Sorry for the long winded post, however I wanted to give an update since it looks like we have fallen off the face of the earth and get your thoughts on what we should do.
IM France is Jun 27, same as IM Coeur d'Alene. Then my next ("C") race is Full Vineman Jul 31 for fun. You may recall we discussed IM France during office hours, but I did not mention Vineman.
Quick question about the 5k time trial to set your running zones. In the past I have done a 20min warm up and a 40min all out run using the last 20 minutes to get my average heart rate. This usuall puts my lactate threashold around 175-172. I just did the EN version( 5k only ) and as in my other 5Ks myr average HR was 185. This difference is pretty big. Will you clue me in on the difference in the two testing methods are am I doing something wrong? On a better note I finally broke the 20 minute mark for a 5k and ran a 19:58....Jason
I was unable to follow the plan for the past two weeks as I was traveling on business. Each week I was (only) able to get one run with some TP miles and one hour on the trainer that included 2x15@FTP. I'm back now and able to resume a regular OS schedule again. FWIW, the original plan was the 2nd week would be a BBW in SoCal, but the weather changed that and I shipped my bike back early.
I'm scheduled to start OS week 9 on Monday, however weeks 7 and 8 never happened and I did no new week 8 testing.
My OS was scheduled to end on 4/18.
My events for this year are: 3/31 is NYC Half Marathon, 4/10 is Tour of Battenkill (a cycle race just for the experience), 6/13 is Eagleman and my A Race is IMLP on 7/25.
What do you recommend I do with my OS now? Should I go back and start week 7 or 8 on Monday 1/25?
Also, I'm considering a travel 70.3 on 5/1, do you think that's a bad idea at this point?
Sent here via the link on my page. My Plan "Self Service" (beta?) page didin't give me the option last week to start my plan on 1.4.10 so it would be in line with my training week. It thinks I am finishing week 1 and it is only showing weeks 1 - 3. On Monday I start week 4 of the Beginner OS Plan. Can you work your magic so that weeks 4 - 6 show up on Monday so I can be ready to go on Tuesday? Or tell me how to make the change myself?
Hi Coaches, If I'm reading the spreadsheet right, I can finish out my October OS, have a transition week, and then go into race prep for Lonestar 70.3 (April 25), right?
My AAA race is IMFL, so should I schedule another half in there somewhere before race prep for Florida? If so, when? If not, I'm assuming you will give me some sort of general training plan to follow, correct?
Thanks for the new Planning Tools, they definitely helped shed some light on what the year looks like going forward to IMCdA. I do have a question about Wildflower and where it fits in this schedule. As I understand it, WF lands at week 4 of the 12-week IM plan. I've seen threads that recommend sticking to the OS until early- to mid-March then switching to the Half Iron program for its final weeks leading up.
My question are:
Would it make a difference to go through OS as part of the January Group through the end of 3/29 week, then go directly to the 12 week IM and just have WF 'happen' along the way (week 4 of 12 week program)? This would also mean I'd get in the pool twice a weeks of 3/22 and 3/29 to find my form again in preparation for 12 weeks of IM.
Or, would the recommendation of "early- to mid-March change to Half" be the best plan of attack? When I've done the WF/CDA combo (3x) I started to ride a little longer in midMarch. You're in Cali so I imagine can ride outside if you want. Basically, you don't "need" to do anything longer than 3hrs until 4/1. April 1 is a good date to put on the calendar to start getting serious about CDA. Yes, you can hen just do WF and you can use the guidance we have/will post about how to work that into your week. Again, I've done it several times your WF race day really is a function of how much rest you take on race week. I've done a full taper, and won my AG, have done it as a C race and had a tough, tough run. Up to you. Bottomline, you're fine to not start the IM plan until 12wks out, but can leverage our location to start to lean into the volume if you want.
Does any of this make a difference?
I'm fine either way, I just like to plan a little too much, which is to say, over-analyze things....
Great, thanks! I'll probably rest up and hit the race hard.
Hey RnP (Patrick, sorry, I sent a PM about this too but it should have probably just went in here)
Thanks for putting together the planning tool - awesome.
using the tool, it basically plans things out if I was starting with the January OS although I started in December and I'm trying to figure out how to slot in the Oliver Half on June6th since it falls right in the first week of the 12wk race build. Having said that, should I just move my 2 "orange transition weeks" up 4 weeks, and then have a 2 week mini-prep before Oliver Half, then start the 12week race build immediately after Oliver? (ie, pretend I'm with the January O/S) or should I build in one "orange transition week" as a taper before Oliver, and then another "orange week" right after as "recovery" before I start the race build - so basically sandwich the Oliver Half in the middle of the "2 week orange transition".
this might be way too anal and micro but I want to go balls out at Oliver 1/2 to mentally prepare (prove to myself) that I can throw down in Penticton in August.
My question is about matching up the measurable (dates and numbers) with the unmeasureable (recommendations and guidance).
The dates and numbers on the spreadsheet match up to the DIY calcs that I did showing 2/6 as 12 weeks to IMSG which indicates that I should exit OS after week 17, and then take the week of 2/1 as my transition week.
Recommendations and guidance that I hear is to maximize the time in OS even if it means dropping race prep to 10 weeks (consistent with what line 26 in the spreadsheet shows for Advanced plan). That would suggest that I should consider staying in OS longer, such as the IMSG scenario shown in the example sheet in the tool (which is different from the dates and numbers that come out when you enter in the dates).
If I stay in OS the full 20 weeks I'd be exiting the same week we're going to St. George for recon riding. That would mean a shortened transition week, and starting race prep on 3/1, inside of 8 weeks to IMSG and right after that long weekend trip. What's the best way to approach this do you think? I guess I lean toward exiting OS after 17 or 18 weeks, taking a full week off, then getting in at least one week of race prep before the weekend in SG. Then I wonder though about maybe a mid week exit/transition week that would start around 2/17 and then lead into the IMSG weekend, which would lead straight into race prep week of 3/1. That could be a recipe for immediate exhaustion though. OK...yeah, help!
I watched the videos and looked at the new planning tool spreadsheet and now I'm more confused than before. IMLou is my AAA race but I'm in the October OutSeason group (I didn't know I should have waited until Jan to start the OS). According to the spreadsheet, I don't start Race Prep until 6/6/2010. That's a huge gap from when my OS season ends (March 1) until race prep. Do you actually provide a downloadable General Prep (basic month) training schedule to fill that time or is it up to me to come up with my own training plan for those 3 months?
Just watched your week 17 Transition video and your discussion of transition time off - If I complete week 20 of the October OS on or about Feb 20th, that puts me 5 weeks out from Oceanside - that leaves no transition time. I assume that I will just jump into Week 16 of HIM plan. Correct?
One other question: I am also looking at IMCDA (Ironman Foundation spot or such) that would follow Oceanside by 13 weeks - timing is better for me with impending trip to Afghanistan - 12-13 weeks enough time to get up to speed for my first IM?
Hi Coaches -- Since I missed most of the month of 30/30s with the November Out Season, should I do a make-up month in February? A race one is the High Cliff 1/2 June 20th ish and A race two is IMWI.
I'm in Oct OS and will be doing 70.3 Oschner on April 18. I assume I need to do the worksheet to figure out when I go into the regular season training? I admit, I haven't had time to look at it but will tomorrow after I get through my next exam tonight.....but at a high level, am I understanding this correctly? Thanks!
Update to my last post. My A race is 11.83 weeks out, New Orleans Half. I was thinking to stay in OS thru testing next week, then transition over to race prep. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
OK...having done the video and spreadsheet, I think I need to begin transition this week....which I should have started before doing 3 x 15 x 100% this morning then move into 11 weeks of race prep next week? How does that sound. Then to clarify, after 70.3 Oschner in April, do I replug the numbers into the spreadsheet to get my dates for IMWI? Thanks! So, is this the notification that you need to move me to race prep next week?
My A race this year is Mooseman 70.3 on June 6. It is my first 1/2. This is my only A race - the rest of the year will just be fun stuff.
So, I just got off the chat with Coach P. He recommended I spend 10wks in the HIM plan. So, here's my question:
That gives me 9 weeks left in OS. Unfortunately, my OS has been an "often interrupted journey". I'm actually just getting back to it after 2 medical weeks off. I figured I'd start back with week 7, so I can test next week (I haven't tested since starting the OS back on Nov 15th). But I can start wherever you tell me!
How would you recommend I chop up my OS schedule to be able to start Race Prep on March 29th?
Hopefully there's a clear question in there somewhere - thanks!!
RnP, A Race is May 1st, my plan is to get the rest of this week and next in the out season, week of Feb 7-13 off or transition (magic kingdom with five kids is not exactly a week off, but that is life) then start the beginner IM plan Feb 15, 11 weeks before the race. I know the transition thread said beginners 12-14 out from their race start the IM plan, but I think this works out a little better for my situation. Any suggestions?
I have been seating back quietly just "enjoying" my time in the Oct OS knowing that I have sometime to get things sorted out. After a slight nudge from John S. I decided it was time to figure things out. My A Race is the American Zofingen on May 16th. After using the Planning Spreadsheet I have determined that I can complete the entire OS using the last week as a testing/transition week. So I plan on transitioning to the 12-week race prep on Feb 22. I just need to know which plan (HIM or IM) you think I should use?
I'm on the November O/S and looking forward to test week 14 next week. First 'A' race for the year is London Marathon on 25 April, then the Germany 70.3 in mid August. Previous conversations with you indicated that I should switch from the O/S to the Marathon programme after the week 14 testing. I've read through the hack document for the marathon that you produced just recently, and hope to combine that with 2 or 3 bikes a week to least maintain my FTP over the next 11 weeks I'll be on the marathon program.
So, 1) Does that make sense? 2) Does you marathon programme have any biking in it? 3) Will the full programme be ready for week beginning 8 Feb?
@Tom, I think that sounds good. Might be a good idea to do the outdoor options for bike and run volume this week and next, to get a bit of a head start.
Comments
@T, I don't think we're going to have some admin things in place back here in time for your race. Email us at admin@endurancenation.us and well get you the .pdf versions of what you need. I think you should move over to the IM plan next week.
Jenny start up at Week 9
When is France again?
Dave, we'll have you move to the HIM plan much later, you only need about 8wks of it. By then we'll have some tools to help you, and us, manage that. Just sit tight in the OS for now.
Ok- So there has been quite a bit of craziness going on in life- My mother in law and mother both broke their ankles ( my mother also ended up with a pulmonary embollism) so I have a been ping pong back and forth between them taking care of doc appointments and hospital visits and haven't been able to complete a full week of workouts since early December due to lack of time, lack of motivation and mental exhaustion. As I have reset myself, I wanted to touch base with you guys and ask your opinion on where I am in the plan and if I need to step it back a bit. Phil and I are moving our Half out to Timberman in August (from Mooseman in June). We have planned the bear mountain half marathon in May ( Is that a good idea? We haven't signed up yet) but figured we would get your thoughts before we signed up.
Good news, we have arranged to have training time back, we just need your expertise on where to start and come back.
Sorry for the long winded post, however I wanted to give an update since it looks like we have fallen off the face of the earth and get your thoughts on what we should do.
Thanks!
Andrea
Excellent responses, Rich. Thanks!
Key takeaway is the opportunity cost of the Muncie HIM on 7/10 is great, so I will not sign up.
Second takeway is to not let Sprint/Oly races detract from training.
Looking forward to the race season planning tools. Seems perfect to jointly work the end of OS through A race planning together.
Scott
IM France is Jun 27, same as IM Coeur d'Alene. Then my next ("C") race is Full Vineman Jul 31 for fun
. You may recall we discussed IM France during office hours, but I did not mention Vineman.
I was unable to follow the plan for the past two weeks as I was traveling on business. Each week I was (only) able to get one run with some TP miles and one hour on the trainer that included 2x15@FTP. I'm back now and able to resume a regular OS schedule again. FWIW, the original plan was the 2nd week would be a BBW in SoCal, but the weather changed that and I shipped my bike back early.
I'm scheduled to start OS week 9 on Monday, however weeks 7 and 8 never happened and I did no new week 8 testing.
My OS was scheduled to end on 4/18.
My events for this year are: 3/31 is NYC Half Marathon, 4/10 is Tour of Battenkill (a cycle race just for the experience), 6/13 is Eagleman and my A Race is IMLP on 7/25.
What do you recommend I do with my OS now? Should I go back and start week 7 or 8 on Monday 1/25?
Also, I'm considering a travel 70.3 on 5/1, do you think that's a bad idea at this point?
thanks
cary
Hi Guys:
Sent here via the link on my page. My Plan "Self Service" (beta?) page didin't give me the option last week to start my plan on 1.4.10 so it would be in line with my training week. It thinks I am finishing week 1 and it is only showing weeks 1 - 3. On Monday I start week 4 of the Beginner OS Plan. Can you work your magic so that weeks 4 - 6 show up on Monday so I can be ready to go on Tuesday? Or tell me how to make the change myself?
Grassyass.
John
If I'm reading the spreadsheet right, I can finish out my October OS, have a transition week, and then go into race prep for Lonestar 70.3 (April 25), right?
My AAA race is IMFL, so should I schedule another half in there somewhere before race prep for Florida? If so, when? If not, I'm assuming you will give me some sort of general training plan to follow, correct?
Thanks and have a great weekend!
Thanks for putting together the planning tool - awesome.
using the tool, it basically plans things out if I was starting with the January OS although I started in December and I'm trying to figure out how to slot in the Oliver Half on June6th since it falls right in the first week of the 12wk race build. Having said that, should I just move my 2 "orange transition weeks" up 4 weeks, and then have a 2 week mini-prep before Oliver Half, then start the 12week race build immediately after Oliver? (ie, pretend I'm with the January O/S) or should I build in one "orange transition week" as a taper before Oliver, and then another "orange week" right after as "recovery" before I start the race build - so basically sandwich the Oliver Half in the middle of the "2 week orange transition".
this might be way too anal and micro but I want to go balls out at Oliver 1/2 to mentally prepare (prove to myself) that I can throw down in Penticton in August.
thoughts?
Tav
The dates and numbers on the spreadsheet match up to the DIY calcs that I did showing 2/6 as 12 weeks to IMSG which indicates that I should exit OS after week 17, and then take the week of 2/1 as my transition week.
Recommendations and guidance that I hear is to maximize the time in OS even if it means dropping race prep to 10 weeks (consistent with what line 26 in the spreadsheet shows for Advanced plan). That would suggest that I should consider staying in OS longer, such as the IMSG scenario shown in the example sheet in the tool (which is different from the dates and numbers that come out when you enter in the dates).
If I stay in OS the full 20 weeks I'd be exiting the same week we're going to St. George for recon riding. That would mean a shortened transition week, and starting race prep on 3/1, inside of 8 weeks to IMSG and right after that long weekend trip. What's the best way to approach this do you think? I guess I lean toward exiting OS after 17 or 18 weeks, taking a full week off, then getting in at least one week of race prep before the weekend in SG. Then I wonder though about maybe a mid week exit/transition week that would start around 2/17 and then lead into the IMSG weekend, which would lead straight into race prep week of 3/1. That could be a recipe for immediate exhaustion though. OK...yeah, help!
I watched the videos and looked at the new planning tool spreadsheet and now I'm more confused than before. IMLou is my AAA race but I'm in the October OutSeason group (I didn't know I should have waited until Jan to start the OS). According to the spreadsheet, I don't start Race Prep until 6/6/2010. That's a huge gap from when my OS season ends (March 1) until race prep. Do you actually provide a downloadable General Prep (basic month) training schedule to fill that time or is it up to me to come up with my own training plan for those 3 months?
Thanks,
Amy
Just watched your week 17 Transition video and your discussion of transition time off - If I complete week 20 of the October OS on or about Feb 20th, that puts me 5 weeks out from Oceanside - that leaves no transition time. I assume that I will just jump into Week 16 of HIM plan. Correct?
One other question: I am also looking at IMCDA (Ironman Foundation spot or such) that would follow Oceanside by 13 weeks - timing is better for me with impending trip to Afghanistan - 12-13 weeks enough time to get up to speed for my first IM?
Thanks
Hi Coaches -- Since I missed most of the month of 30/30s with the November Out Season, should I do a make-up month in February? A race one is the High Cliff 1/2 June 20th ish and A race two is IMWI.
I'm in Oct OS and will be doing 70.3 Oschner on April 18. I assume I need to do the worksheet to figure out when I go into the regular season training? I admit, I haven't had time to look at it but will tomorrow after I get through my next exam tonight.....but at a high level, am I understanding this correctly? Thanks!
RnP,
Update to my last post. My A race is 11.83 weeks out, New Orleans Half. I was thinking to stay in OS thru testing next week, then transition over to race prep. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
OK...having done the video and spreadsheet, I think I need to begin transition this week....which I should have started before doing 3 x 15 x 100% this morning
then move into 11 weeks of race prep next week? How does that sound. Then to clarify, after 70.3 Oschner in April, do I replug the numbers into the spreadsheet to get my dates for IMWI? Thanks! So, is this the notification that you need to move me to race prep next week?
My A race this year is Mooseman 70.3 on June 6. It is my first 1/2. This is my only A race - the rest of the year will just be fun stuff.
So, I just got off the chat with Coach P. He recommended I spend 10wks in the HIM plan. So, here's my question:
That gives me 9 weeks left in OS. Unfortunately, my OS has been an "often interrupted journey". I'm actually just getting back to it after 2 medical weeks off. I figured I'd start back with week 7, so I can test next week (I haven't tested since starting the OS back on Nov 15th). But I can start wherever you tell me!
How would you recommend I chop up my OS schedule to be able to start Race Prep on March 29th?
Hopefully there's a clear question in there somewhere - thanks!!
A Race is May 1st, my plan is to get the rest of this week and next in the out season, week of Feb 7-13 off or transition (magic kingdom with five kids is not exactly a week off, but that is life) then start the beginner IM plan Feb 15, 11 weeks before the race. I know the transition thread said beginners 12-14 out from their race start the IM plan, but I think this works out a little better for my situation. Any suggestions?
I have been seating back quietly just "enjoying" my time in the Oct OS knowing that I have sometime to get things sorted out. After a slight nudge from John S. I decided it was time to figure things out. My A Race is the American Zofingen on May 16th. After using the Planning Spreadsheet I have determined that I can complete the entire OS using the last week as a testing/transition week. So I plan on transitioning to the 12-week race prep on Feb 22. I just need to know which plan (HIM or IM) you think I should use?
I'm on the November O/S and looking forward to test week 14 next week. First 'A' race for the year is London Marathon on 25 April, then the Germany 70.3 in mid August. Previous conversations with you indicated that I should switch from the O/S to the Marathon programme after the week 14 testing. I've read through the hack document for the marathon that you produced just recently, and hope to combine that with 2 or 3 bikes a week to least maintain my FTP over the next 11 weeks I'll be on the marathon program.
So,
1) Does that make sense?
2) Does you marathon programme have any biking in it?
3) Will the full programme be ready for week beginning 8 Feb?
Thanks in advance.
@Jonathan, please use the Training Plan Change Request link in your dashboard so we can take care of that marathon plan above. Thanks.
@Peter, use the HIM plan
@Tom, I think that sounds good. Might be a good idea to do the outdoor options for bike and run volume this week and next, to get a bit of a head start.