Well, I signed up for Ironman Boulder 2018. Training started this week. I plan to update this site weekly to document my progress and add some public accountability to my training. It might be pretty dry.
The goal is to beat my friend Coop’s best Ironman time. Even though he was 25 and I’ll be 43! So 12:09:34 it is. I’m still developing intermediate goals to get me there. My two previous Ironman times are 16:05 (1:28/8:10/6:06) and 14:24 (1:33/7:16/5:11). So my biggest potential gains are on the bike. Reducing my bike time is the primary focus, but to cut 2+ hours off my best time, it’ll take gains in all disciplines (including transitions!) to get there.
I’m following the TrainerRoad full distance triathlon base plan right now (build and specialty phases to follow). It’s a lot of indoor trainer work, but I did a 2.5 hour session yesterday and it seems like I’ll be able to work with the long hours on the trainer.
Week 1: 1700yd/1h0m swimming; 83.2mi/5h45m cycling; 3.1mi/0h37m running; 3500 calories
Stay tuned…