Last race before Ironman - Triathlon Week

03-21-2005, 09:58 AM

I'm doing my first Ironman on July 17th, when would you do your last oly or
sprint before, to give yourself time to recover.
Plus anyone done Ironman Switzerland got any tips etc, thanks all

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Regards
John Hughes

03-21-2005, 02:00 PM

"John" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].uk> wrote:

>I'm doing my first Ironman on July 17th, when would you do your last oly or
>sprint before, to give yourself time to recover.
>Plus anyone done Ironman Switzerland got any tips etc, thanks all

4 weeks should be plenty of time. You should look at it as part of
your training schedule, not a race. Make sure it doesn't alter your
REAL preparation, just to get in a race.

I once did a Half-IM 5 weeks before a full IM and felt comfortable
with it. I treated it as a long training session. Of course I already
had done 4 IMs, so I was pretty familiar with my recovery rate. I
would not recommend that to an IronVirgin.

Mike Tennent
"IronPenguin"

03-21-2005, 04:57 PM

In article <d1mufj$7lu$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].pol.co.uk>,
"John" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].uk> wrote:

> Plus anyone done Ironman Switzerland got any tips etc, thanks all

Is it true that they serve hot chocolate and cheese at the aid stations
there? :-)

--Harold Buck

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