Is it possible?

[RockHound]

Hi,

I'm interested to see who is doing/has done the Ironman 70.3 EL, full Ironman PE and Comrades in one year (6months)?

 

If so, what was/is your training vs recovery plan?

 

Is this possible?

[Ferret69]

Definitely possible... I did it in 2012 and 2013

 

I just Triathlon trained for 70.3, and then took 3 months building up a bit more mileage for Ironman , still just concentrating on Ironman Training, and only after Ironman did I take a weeks break and go onto predominantly just Running for 7 weeks.

 

I had done 1 marathon in March as part of my Ironman prep that I used as my Qualifier and apart from the Ironman run I never went past 42kms again before Comrades..

 

I also added Sani2c in that 7 week Break between Ironman and Comrades..

 

Was I received by Comrades... No, probably not.... Was I under cooked with regards to pure running mileage ... No Doubt (700kms Jan-Comrades)

 

Did I finish ... Yep, 9h10.... Long, Long day, a lot harder than Ironman in my Opinion.

 

I must add Running was my Sponger discipline in Triathlon so your circumstances mat be different

 

But can you do all 3 in Same year... Definitely.

 

2013 I did it all again exactly as above but added in a 60km Long Comrades training Run 10 days after Ironman... went on to finish Comrades in 8h47..

[Moriarty]

Definitely possible... I did it in 2012 and 2013

 

I just Triathlon trained for 70.3, and then took 3 months building up a bit more mileage for Ironman , still just concentrating on Ironman Training, and only after Ironman did I take a weeks break and go onto predominantly just Running for 7 weeks.

 

I had done 1 marathon in March as part of my Ironman prep that I used as my Qualifier and apart from the Ironman run I never went past 42kms again before Comrades..

 

I also added Sani2c in that 7 week Break between Ironman and Comrades..

 

Was I received by Comrades... No, probably not.... Was I under cooked with regards to pure running mileage ... No Doubt (700kms Jan-Comrades)

 

Did I finish ... Yep, 9h10.... Long, Long day, a lot harder than Ironman in my Opinion.

 

I must add Running was my Sponger discipline in Triathlon so your circumstances mat be different

 

But can you do all 3 in Same year... Definitely.

 

2013 I did it all again exactly as above but added in a 60km Long Comrades training Run 10 days after Ironman... went on to finish Comrades in 8h47..

Aaish!

[IceCreamMan]

_{It is possible, mate of mine did Ironman, the following week two oceans and then comrades in 2015. With iron man now having moved 2 weeks later it does make the time between ironman and comrades a lil short ( 7 or 8 weeks) its still doable.}

 

_{just not doable for me but then I am not a runner and come from a swimming background}

[fabes]

My brother did it last year

 

Definitely possible

[fabes]

Definitely possible... I did it in 2012 and 2013

 

I just Triathlon trained for 70.3, and then took 3 months building up a bit more mileage for Ironman , still just concentrating on Ironman Training, and only after Ironman did I take a weeks break and go onto predominantly just Running for 7 weeks.

 

I had done 1 marathon in March as part of my Ironman prep that I used as my Qualifier and apart from the Ironman run I never went past 42kms again before Comrades..

 

I also added Sani2c in that 7 week Break between Ironman and Comrades..

 

Was I received by Comrades... No, probably not.... Was I under cooked with regards to pure running mileage ... No Doubt (700kms Jan-Comrades)

 

Did I finish ... Yep, 9h10.... Long, Long day, a lot harder than Ironman in my Opinion.

 

I must add Running was my Sponger discipline in Triathlon so your circumstances mat be different

 

But can you do all 3 in Same year... Definitely.

 

2013 I did it all again exactly as above but added in a 60km Long Comrades training Run 10 days after Ironman... went on to finish Comrades in 8h47..

Those are seriously good commerades times with that amount of running training