Pirates at VLM

haha - i love how just about every publication advises against running a marathon in the build up for an IM - yet just about every single pirate does it every single year

we're a smart bunch!

M.r Zuvai wrote (see)

haha - i love how just about every publication advises against running a marathon in the build up for an IM - yet just about every single pirate does it every single year

we're a smart bunch!

Really?

Good job I've never read that. 

Oh cool, lots of faces to look out for   You sure you can't be persuaded GB? 

Mr Zuvai, I've never been able to follow a plan, lol.

so here's the golden question;

Are you training for a marathon with bike and swim squeezed in or are you training for an IM and using that fitness for the marathon?

i guess that depends on what you're planning your A race

I've got a weird Fink/ P&D hybrid going on...

I don't follow a plan, I just increase what I'm doing and try to fit in what I can.  Last year that meant 2 masters classes a week (if I was good) and tons of cycling.  I barely ran last year what with the dodgy achilles.  I suppose the IM is the target, the marathon is just for the shiny medal!

Sorry, will be travelling back on the Sunday so will have to miss the run, otherwise of course .... hmm

M.r Zuvai wrote (see)

i guess that depends on what you're planning your A race

That was my problem / thinking - I want to focus on IM this year seeing as it is a big commitment and I have signed up already.... but I also want to run a sub 3hr marathon in my next one... and I know I couldn't do both!

I could just use London as a long training run, but (especially given the effort to actually get a place in London) I wouldn't be happy / be able to go and run it an hour slower so that I would recover quickly!

I'm doing VLM, but like kk I have to be in club colours.  I'm doing it as a bit of a hybrid as I have for the last two years, making sure I get the long runs in, but my pre-London races will be duathlons rather than the usual half marathons and 20 mile races. 

It does bother me slightly that Outlaw is several weeks earlier than last year, but OTOH the weather so far this year has been kind and I've been able to get longer rides in earlier than usual.  Whether that's worked will be revealed at the spring ballbuster I suppose.

The mara comes before IM for me

I still see myself as a runner first, tri second.

Tricky one.  I'm a better runner, but I prefer triathlon (although only marginally).

I'm not convinced that running VLM compromises my IM by too much.  If I could guarantee a significantly better IM result by dropping VLM then I might consider it, but there are no guarantees in IM and I could have a bad day whether I run London or not.

Cheerful Dave wrote (see)

Tricky one. I'm a better runner, but I prefer triathlon (although only marginally).

I'm not convinced that running VLM compromises my IM by too much. If I could guarantee a significantly better IM result by dropping VLM then I might consider it, but there are no guarantees in IM and I could have a bad day whether I run London or not.

that's pretty much my thoughts ... plus the impetus that spring mara training also ensures the IM schedule gets moving

although im not overly keen on how much shorter we have between due to oulaw being brought forward