Just signed up for 70.3 Weymouth.
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Ditto
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Is anyone doing Ironman uk at Bolton? It’s close enough for me to not need accommodation and I practice at the swim venue now and again, would be nice to get feedback in case I enter 2021
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Bolton has good crowds and is listed in the top 10 beginner friendly IM distance races. 
That said tho … it’s not exactly a glamorous location 
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Compared to the middle distance plan sweet spot base is a piece of cake
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Thank you, JoeX for the welcome and the thoughts. Definitely need to heed your advice for some downtime first to ensure compliance, even if it shortens my training period. It’s still a long time to train, through some wintery months, so will be important to go into it ready to train.
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Thank you TG333! Appreciate the welcome and the advice. Definitely seems like a good time to re-inflate my MTB tires and try a few other things for a few weeks before jumping back in. Will definitely incorporate that. Thanks again.
Thanks @JoeX I’m not sure I understand what you mean by over biking on the last event?
Thanks for the training plan advice, out of curiosity why the low volume? Is it due to A event being so far out?
I really need to improve on the bike will this plan achieve this?
Thanks
Hi Kirby73,
On overbiking, it’s always worth analysing your bike effort as it plays an overwhelming part in your run - missing your target by so much I would definitely be analysing the bike. I had a disaster myself this year and after much analysis I finally found the cause was a fault on my bike. In the vast majority of cases though, it’s an element of over biking. The chart upthread gives you an idea of the time/effort or TSS that might have had a big impact on your run.
Funnily enough, I did Lanza and Switzerland in 2019 
Swiss venue is changing though so I can’t help you on that one.
Why Low Volume? You’re just starting on trainer road/structured training, and it can take a lot more out of you than you expect. 3-6hr per week on the bike reads as not much, but feels like 6-10h.
Low Volume can get you to Kona.
Just ask @emmk or check the Ironman 2019 thread.
Low volume minimise your chance of burn out, which happens a lot and you don’t know it’s happening until a month or two out from race day when it’s too late,
You can always add more, but taking away feels like failure. Add in outdoor rides, extra endurance rides or step up to mid volume if it’s really too easy, but before you do check your FTP.
All plans are scaled to your FTP, so they’re all relatively hard.
Another approach alternate to the tri plans is to weave your own plan around Sweet Spot and Sustained Power Build, @julianm does this and also qualified for Kona this way. I’d suggest this is more advanced, and for a new starter the tri plan is a safer bet.
And don’t forget nutrition, recovery and the other two legs! Ironman is a bit of a science experiment, balancing all factors will get the best result in race day.
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Just under 40 weeks to go till IM Lake Placid. Winter is coming…then spring and summer 
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I’m awaiting authorisation for Oman 70.3, but Lanza again is tempting after watching Kona.
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I’d love to join you in Lanza but it will never be unfortuantely.
Timing or cost?
Timing, 13 weeks off a year is great, having to have them at certain times is less so.
Lanza and Oman both coincide with school holidays…although you’d have to be cheeky to get registered at Lanza
If it was easter I’d do it but one week isn’t enough I’d either turn up the day of the race and be rushing OR go home directly after the race. I’m not sure if I’ll ever do another branded race once I have done Copenhagen this year. I defo want to go back and do Outlaw again because I fell apart so much.
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You just gotta wait till you’re allowed to take a sabbatical 
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That’s called getting the sack
No one here would encourage you to deliberately get the sack in order to race Lanza. No-one… 