THE MASTER PLAN

One cannot just do an Ironman. You cannot just roll out of bed one morning and swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and then run 26.2 miles. Nor would you want to be told that you didn't make the cut-off time and have to go home after swimming 2.4 miles and paying $650 to enter the race.

Now, I do like to do things on a whim (my husband likes to call me a pooffy cloud....pretty darn accurate actually) but I know I can't just go out and do it like my 5k's and 32 mile bike rides. Both of those are my furthest distance thus far and I really did just roll out of bed and say, 'Cheddar, we are going for a run', 'Bike, we're doing 32 miles so that we can hit two pie stops instead of one. Let's go'. Food definitely motivates me. (hmm, their supposed to have pretty good food stands throughout the race. Maybe I could just roll out of bed and have the stands keep me going? Nope! Pushing that thought out of my mind right now.)

For any of you that are wondering what it takes to get to the starting line, here's my Master Plan;


This is the six-month training schedule provided by Ironman; everything before Nov. is my own

 If the schedule is too hard to read, here's the link to it on the Ironman website.
http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/news/articles/05/six-months-to-ironman-a-basic-training-program.aspx#axzz2fqK68Qbi

Wish me luck!

Elo