Colby... Ladies... I dreamed of doing an Ironman last night!

[colby]

Colby, DO AN HIM this year! DO IT! It's laying the base for an IM.

My HIM is in October.

I have a coach... so that's my training plan. Now, I just have to do everything he tells me to do. He gives me one rest day a week, yet somehow I always end up with two. Oopss!

Otherwise, if you join Beginner Triathlete and pay a small fee for the Bronze plan, you can have access to training plans made by a coach. It would be money well spent and cheaper than a coach (although mine is only $85 a month- and he gives me weekly training plans).

Once you get a HIM under you, you can make the decision on the IM. Your HIM will be earlier enough in the year that you can probably find an M Dot IM for 2008.

As for me, unless I do a non-M Dot IM, I can't do an IM until 09.

Good advice, KSH. I'm a little concerned that July 8th would be too soon, otherwise I'd sign up for IM 70.3 in Lake Stevens, WA, which isn't TOO far from where I live. I don't mind traveling across the state. There is a HIM locally, small race, August 5th. There are at least one or two more within decent driving distance, the latest being September 15th. I am crazy and would like to run the marathon again at the end of November, so I guess I have to be careful about going too late.

Hmm, food for thought... could I really ramp up by July 8th, today being April 18th? That's 3 months, or 11 weeks. Seems tight. August 5th might be better, another 4 weeks. Plus I'd get to sleep in my own bed the night before.

If I did an Iron race, I would love to do IMCdA, which means I'd also get to sleep in my own bed the night before. That's June 24th, and last year it sold out in two days. That means if I want in, I'd signing up this year before I even do a HIM. Of course, if we follow the Tri Girl model of "just do it" signups, that doesn't matter. What a serious commitment. I'm usually a last minute commitment type of person (bad colby).

If I didn't sign up, I'd be in the non-Mdot for 2008 and committing like you in 2009 if I wanted Mdot.

[Tri Girl]

KSH- I'm on the planning committee for the Redman this year, and it's going to be a fanstastic race (yet, again)!!! You could always sign up for IMFL for next year and do the half Redman as a training race.... (man- I'm really pushing this Redman, huh?)

Yeah, I've heard LP is very hilly, but I hear that some people actually like hills (not any people I know, but some phantom weridos out there surely do). FL would be a great race- I've heard nothing bad about it (and who doesn't like being near the ocean?).

[Starfish]

Yup.

KSH - if you have the base it takes about 6 months to do a decent job of training for IM. I take 8 months but that's so I can fit in 2 build cycles and race cycles.

How would you describe/quantify a decent base for IM training?

[KSH]

Good advice, KSH. I'm a little concerned that July 8th would be too soon, otherwise I'd sign up for IM 70.3 in Lake Stevens, WA, which isn't TOO far from where I live. I don't mind traveling across the state. There is a HIM locally, small race, August 5th. There are at least one or two more within decent driving distance, the latest being September 15th. I am crazy and would like to run the marathon again at the end of November, so I guess I have to be careful about going too late.

Hmm, food for thought... could I really ramp up by July 8th, today being April 18th? That's 3 months, or 11 weeks. Seems tight. August 5th might be better, another 4 weeks. Plus I'd get to sleep in my own bed the night before.

If I did an Iron race, I would love to do IMCdA, which means I'd also get to sleep in my own bed the night before. That's June 24th, and last year it sold out in two days. That means if I want in, I'd signing up this year before I even do a HIM. Of course, if we follow the Tri Girl model of "just do it" signups, that doesn't matter. What a serious commitment. I'm usually a last minute commitment type of person (bad colby).

If I didn't sign up, I'd be in the non-Mdot for 2008 and committing like you in 2009 if I wanted Mdot.

I say do the on HIM in August.... maybe a non-M dot for 08 and a M dot in 09?

Let us know what you decide, but you can do that HIM Colby!

[KSH]

KSH- I'm on the planning committee for the Redman this year, and it's going to be a fanstastic race (yet, again)!!! You could always sign up for IMFL for next year and do the half Redman as a training race.... (man- I'm really pushing this Redman, huh?)

Yeah, I've heard LP is very hilly, but I hear that some people actually like hills (not any people I know, but some phantom weridos out there surely do). FL would be a great race- I've heard nothing bad about it (and who doesn't like being near the ocean?).

Hee-hee... I will NOT be ready this year I'm afraid. It would have to be 08.

FL is a strong consideration for 09.

[colby]

I say do the on HIM in August.... maybe a non-M dot for 08 and a M dot in 09?

Let us know what you decide, but you can do that HIM Colby!

I have the Triathlete mag with the IM preview, the HIM in Cancun in September sure is looking tempting...

I looked at the preview for IMWA too, wow, it looks nice. That'd be a cool '08 or '09 race. A little bit of a temperature adjustment, though, winter here starts in November and it'd be summer down under. Probably easier for you ladies a little farther south than I am.

Boy, come June and IMCdA, it's going to be a tough decision. There is at least one Iron-distance non-Mdot in the area in August, so if I'm not comfortable signing up for the true Ford Ironman Blah Blah Blah experience, I will be able to do that one, or skip it and be Iron in 09.

[KSH]

I have the Triathlete mag with the IM preview, the HIM in Cancun in September sure is looking tempting...

I looked at the preview for IMWA too, wow, it looks nice. That'd be a cool '08 or '09 race. A little bit of a temperature adjustment, though, winter here starts in November and it'd be summer down under. Probably easier for you ladies a little farther south than I am.

Boy, come June and IMCdA, it's going to be a tough decision. There is at least one Iron-distance non-Mdot in the area in August, so if I'm not comfortable signing up for the true Ford Ironman Blah Blah Blah experience, I will be able to do that one, or skip it and be Iron in 09.

Those all sound very tempting.

I will let you know though, that the race in Cancun will be HUMID. Down there, the humidity is unbelieveable. If you aren't use to it, it might be a hard race.

Well, let us know what you decide lady!