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Originally Posted by JustDaveXxx
Nice!! Iron Man is some serious shit!
I just started cycling again. I have a custom titanium LightSpeed bike that I just cleaned the dust off. Going to start cycling everywhere, like I did when I lived on the beach 15 years ago.
Just Dave
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Biking is the only exercise I've ever done where I can completely shut my brain off and nothing bothers me. Before you know it, you've gone 40-50 miles and time just flies.
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Originally Posted by Zuzana Designs
That's amazing and congratulations! That takes some self-discipline, training and dedication. I have a friend that just did the Iron Man in Kona back in October.
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Thanks, your friend is a true beast. Kona is only for the best of the best. Basically the top 30 out of 3000 from every race get invited to Kona.
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Originally Posted by georgeyw
Well done! Love to read this sort of thing.
How did you pull up after and over the last few days? Also what recovery measures did you put in place after completing?
How long did you train and what was your weekly training schedule like for this?
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About 5 days a week, waking up around 4:30am. Swimming 2-3 times a week, biking and running about the same.
I would average per week about 3-4 miles of swimming, 100 miles of biking per week and about 20 of running each week. I was always in good shape but this new workout regime caused me to lose about 20lbs and about 5% body fat.
Rest days are just as important. As for after the race, I did some light swimming and water walking which sped up my recovery. The day after I had some crazy neck pain and my legs were complete garbage.