Just completed a Half Ironman - Triathlon Week

bochertj · 07-25-2005, 12:24 PM

Hello all. My name is Jeremy and am from Pennsylvania. I am a runner turned triathlete. I recently completed a half ironman race. I completed it in 5:21 but was not satisfied with my performance due to my crappy half marathon time. Is there any advice for a new triathlete that would help with half ironmans. I am wanting to qualify for Kona but need alot of help in order to do such.

Thanks,

jeremy

ghanson3000 · 08-08-2005, 11:29 AM

If that was your time on your first one, you should be giving out advice not asking for it. Nice work, just keep doing them and you'll get better.

julian · 08-09-2005, 12:21 AM

Nice one havent had the guts to do one this season maybe next year. Sorry havent got any advise for you but can I ask you a question? As I say i'm thinking of doing a 1/2 next year, how much more training have you put in compared to olympic distance. By the way great time.

Cheers
Julian

Cuda · 08-09-2005, 01:30 PM

Sounds like you are doing fine...you may consider easing up on the bike just a bit to improve your run time...depends on what your time was for the 13.1.

sohmar · 08-09-2005, 03:44 PM

A 5:21 is great for your first time... I would like that time... whats your age group?

bochertj · 08-11-2005, 06:19 AM

Well...to answer a couple questions posted...I am 25 years old so I am in a difficult age group. The training I took for this triathlon was lots of mileage. I did alot of running (as that is my strength). upwards of 40 miles per week running without any speed work. I will do a tempo run if I felt good that day but only would do a tempo run only twice per week. As far as the other events, as I would not reccomend doing the same as i did, I did maintenence workouts twice a week for both swimming and biking. I would swim for mileage and would do sets of 4*400m in the pool. I would include some sprints of 50m at the end of the workout (before the cooldown). I would recommend getting to a lake or river as to get acquinted to fresh water.

As for the bike, I biked twice per week doing a long bike ride on the weekends and a shorter ride during the week. I would reccomend biking considerably more frequent than I have because I used most of my effort on the bike and suffered on the run. I guess the key there is to be able to bike easily for 70 miles on a normal ride so that you are able to conserve some energy for the run.

I modified my training off of the book "the triathlete's training bible". It is an excellent resource for how to train right for each event. I actually use it for my running training as well because it forces the reader to actively schedule their own training plan to fit their lifestyle and goals.