I’m wondering how to deal with an interruption to my training plan (low volume half-ironman, base, build and specialty plans atm) leading up to my A race in late September, a half iron man.
8 weeks before the event i’m planning to complete a Land’s End to John O’Groats attempt with some friends- 1100 miles on the bike over 14 days.
How can I best plan my season around this significant interruption - and hopefully leverage some the volume to improving my bike times?
I would have a rest week coming into trip and after. Which would leave you with 5 weeks to your A event. I would complete the first 3 weeks of the speciality plan then complete the last two weeks (to taper).
You might find the 2 weeks block of high volume works as a training camp.
Good luck with your attempt of Land’s End to John O’Groats.
I’d be concerned that you’re under training for the Lejog attempt.
LV HD sets you up for a good 56 miles at 70-80% effort, lejog is what…90 miles per day for two weeks?
If you want to do a tri plan Id look at FD…but I’d be tempted to do a bike only plan, and fit a couple of swims and runs a week around it. Depends on your run/swim maturity.
I would agree Joe but it is not a hard effort 90 miles in 5 hours each day. It can be taken reasonably leisurely and I think the overall effect will be very positive. Once you have recovered from LEJOG you willl have built a ton of base fitness and probably lost some weight.
Thank you Joe and John.
I’m hoping to supplement the LV HD plan with an outside ride twice per week, for a longer time and at a similar intensity to the LEJOG trip. Hopefully I should be one of the stronger riders of the group so the effort should be on the lower side at around 6-8 hours a day.
I’ll have a closer look at the full distance plans, as the swim is my biggest weakness at the moment so I think a tri plan is probably necessary.