IM Wales! Go on, you know you want to !!
The event does sound amazing despite the rain.
Anyone have experience jumping from LV to HV tri plans?
Since last November I have been on the Half Distance LV plan for my 2 early season 70.3s (June and July). My reason for LV was to nail CONSISTENCY after 2 years of on and off training.
I’ve now switched over to HV for my 2 late season 70.3s (October and December). It’s only been 2 weeks, and mind you it is base phase, but overall I am finding it much easier to mentally and physically get up for my sessions than the LV. I felt like every session during LV, while short, just had so much intensity that it was really taking a toll on me.
I’m about four months into the high-volume half-distance plan and so far I haven’t had any issues sticking to it, if anything it’s been hard to resist the temptation to add more volume or intensity to it, which right now I feel like I could handle.
IMO, the LV → MV → HV progression for the HIM and IM plans are the tamest jumps in all of the TR plans. Generally speaking, LV->MV adds 60-90 minute a Z2 bike ride during the week. The other rides increase some in duration, but still 2 workouts during the week and a harder ride on the weekend.
MV->HV basically only changes out the weekend hard ride for a long endurance ride.
Contrast that with the SS plans where MV and HV just add more SS work and no easy rides.
I have no idea what it does for the runs/swims since I don’t follow them.
I’d agree with @matthewgreer
Just to add - high, medium or low volume really isn’t about fitness, it’s about the time you have to train (and recover). Low volume isn’t easy and it isn’t meant to be, high volume isn’t hard.
Checked in for IM Copenhagen, bib 1804 in case anyone wants to follow.
Last minute call for opinions: Socks or no socks on the bike? I’ve always ridden sockless on half and full distance, without issues. Shoes are clipped in in T1. Only upside I see are 4-8 watts which Silca promised me.
Any votes for socks? If so, how do people manage the logistics? Socks in bag? Socks in shoes? Running on socks? Running barefoot and putting on socks at mount line?
Pls help I’m going mad.
Aw, jeez. If you’ve practiced without socks I’d be inclined to go with that, though I guess socks would be a less risky move than the other way around 
I’d probably have them in the bag at t2 and run in them, unless you have mad skillz and can get socks on damp feet while you’re moving. Having your shoes already clipped in is preferable in my experience, and I definitely wouldn’t want to be putting them on while trying to hold a bike upright at the mount line.
not the TT for its first outing. I don’t THINK that there are any low bridges on our route to west Wales.Yea you’re right. I wouldn’t dare running sockless, it’s just the bike and T1 I am overthinking. Nothing new on raceday I guess.
I’d agree nothing new on race day.
If you’ve always bikes sockless what’s driving the question now? Different conditions?
I do bike socks, I run in bike shoes - not left them clipped in.
Guess I’ve just worried too much about blisters on long course, and the minor discomfort in T1 vs a few seconds gained doesnt grab me.
Relax, enjoy the race 
anybody doing Chattanooga next month?
I don’t have anyone on the roll call but there might be a few lurkers - usually a couple at Chatta Id expect.
I transferred out as I couldn’t find a hotel.
I would have welcomed a shorter swim. Starting to have regrets …lol.
IM Canada next weekend instead. It will be gorgeous too.
i use socks in full IM. Shorter distance i could go sockless.
Don’t want sunburns.
Feet need to be dry however.
Watch out for the build phase.
I did LV LD Tri this season. I typically replaced the indoor endurance with an outside solo ride.
The base portion went very well.
The build part was brutal. Maybe because i let the aiFTP increase my ftp or maybe because of B and C races along the way (2 HIM and a 11h long MTB race). Probably the both combined.
I struggled with the threshold workouts for several weeks. If I was rested, there were ok. Next year, I’m going back to a 2:1 ratio during build.
Great swim split.
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Update: flying along 93km in and on target for a just over 5h bike split
aw man, it was a fantastic event , despite the ‘atmospheric river’ weather event. Canada will be amazing ! good luck.
I think he’s outside goal parameters now but still an impressive run, 1h52 at halfway. I dream of a run split like that 
Cheers guys for following!
Everything went great until the run where the wheels came off pretty much immediately. No excuses though, today were perfect conditions. I’ll share a race report later, I’ll soon be too drunk to hold my phone 