I am looking at doing IM Mont Tremblant in August, which is approximately 40 weeks away. I am wondering if others have recommendations for planning the year. I was thinking of doing 2-3 traditional base blocks and progressing to build and specialty. Wondering how many of each people would recommend. I am in 50s and did several IM years ago. Thanks for insights.

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What’s your triathlon experience and what’s your goal for the race? What are your strengths and weaknesses?

check this thread, the learning points are transferrable to full distance [image] Long term plan for a 70.3 A race next August Training Hi all! I am fairly new to TrainerRoad but I already like it a lot, especially after the new changes. I’ve added my A race to the new TR calendar, which is a half distance triathlon in August next year, and I realized that between now and then I could fit 4 training training blocks (currently one week into half distance base). I started doing triathlons this year and so far completed 1 sprint (had to withdraw from an Olympic distance race later due to illness), so I though starting with the b…

Hi @soper1961 As you’re coming back from a few years off, I’d start with Sweet Spot Base I, Low Volume (I just finished this myself) see how you take to that and at the end of the year reassess and take a week off for the holidays, or move into Sweet Spot Base II and decide whether you’re doing well enough on Low Volume or want to move up to Mid Volume. If you haven’t been swimming and running in 2019, I would have a look at the swim and run volume in the Full Distance Base plans and either, at the same time as the above bike build up easy running and swimming so you’re comfortable with the start of a Full Distance plan. Another option I have taken is to use the shorter distance plans to ramp up in all three sports before hitting Full Distance: Sprint Base LV (4 weeks), Olympic Base (6 weeks). Join us over on the IM thread and let us know your trials and tribulations! :+1: [image] The Ironman Training 2020 Thread Training I’ve started these threads primarily as therapy/support for anyone subjecting themself to the Full or Half distance training plans! Please do post anything you want, getting through the plans and to the start line is not easy, and I know I’ll need some group therapy to keep me going and others probably will too slight_smile Ironman or any other brand doesn’t matter. This will be my seventh season in triathlon and hopefully my most successful - I hope it will be for you too. At the moment I…

I’ve approached it by starting with SSB LV1 then I’m moving to SPB LV before moving on the Full distance plans. My target A Race is IM Vichy in August

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check this thread, the learning points are transferrable to full distance

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