8 week build up to 70.3

[JoeX]

@lwcaron

unstructured (but still did something every day) and then jumped back into training (back to base for 4 weeks and into build.

The problem is that over the past two weeks I have been feeling pretty flat. Legs are sore, and I am just tired. Needless to say, I have been losing motivation and am starting to wonder how I am going to make it another 8 weeks training. I backed things off a bit the last two weeks (dropped 1 intensity workout on the bike for aerobic) but still feel flat.

Honestly, at this point if I could just maintain the fitness I have right now into October, I feel like I could pull off a pretty good result. I am just not sure what the best way is to go about it. Looking for advice on that point.

Currently I’m biking about 3x per week (half plan workouts generally 2x intervals 1x aerobic (this is what I cut back on) running 4x per week with 1 tempo session and swimming 3x per week around 3500-4000m per swim. Total time probably around 9-10 hours. Hoping to go in the neighborhood of 4:30 for the race itself.

Hi there,

Pop in to the IM thread when you get a chance and say hi The Ironman in 2019 thread

You mention two weeks unstructured training everyday - might have better to have one day with no training. A lack of recovery days could be an issue.

You won’t really need base again, but training in between a races is always a question mark. If you’re happy with your bike performance and are struggling to build a lower intensity or speciality may work better or as you suggested yourself just maintenance activity.

4:30 is quite a target, how far off that were you in June?