triathlete Training hours

[fat man]

How many hours out of the day do you guys train for those crazy races. I saw one on t.v the other day and was amazed, one guy did the race and he was blind.

 

[Dial_tone]

How many hours out of the day do you guys train for those crazy races. I saw one on t.v the other day and was amazed, one guy did the race and he was blind.

You can do a sprint triathlon with as little as 5-6 hours/week. 10-12 hours should suffice for an Ironman unless you're trying to win it.

 

[fat man]

How does one go about training for this type of thing Dial tone you posted that training to run a faster 5k. I have been working on that and I got dropped it down by 2.5 mintues so far? What about weight training? Next month I am going to start biking

 

[Synpax]

Not counting lifting time, my IM training time got to 30 hours a week.

Training for a 5k? Er - 5-6 hours a week tops, I think. That's two speed workouts, a medium run, and a long run.

 

[fat man]

Alright thanks, 30 hours that's crazy how did you get started in ironman I that I was kicking but by doing 8-9 hours a week.