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Voluntary Donation: Among the many testimonials that we've received over the years, many people have asked for a way to make a small donation as a sign of thanks for making these programs available. You can click here to get to the donation page - many thanks for your feedback and continued support!Hey Mike, Big fan of the program. I've been following it since December in preparation for IM Louisville on 8/30/2009. Wanted to see if you had any thoughts on what to do with the upcoming July 4...
Started by Charlie Stephens. Last reply by Mike Llerandi Jun 26.
Hi! My name is Tomer, and I lately started training toward the Israman IM at the end of January 2010. Though at this early stage I’m still undecided on whether I’ll go for the half distance or the...
Started by Tomer Geminder. Last reply by Jorge Ruiz Jun 25.
Last year I used the Ultra Distance Training plan with great success for my first IM. I also took over 30 minutes off my best time at the Half IM distance along the way. This year I completed a Ha...
Started by Mike Whaley. Last reply by Mike Llerandi Jun 22.
Hello Mike, So far I am just starting week #1 of the competitive season and have seen fairly astounding results and am looking forward to continuing on to the next phase of the training. As I was l...
Started by Sasquatch. Last reply by Mike Llerandi May 26.
Hi, I'm using the 36 week plan for IMMOO '09, I am curious about the use of a single max rate for the determination of target training heart rates independent of the discipline. I have previous rea...
Started by Ken Milam. Last reply by Mike Llerandi May 14.
I`m not sure if this is the best place to discuss this, but I thought I`d ask anyways. Sorry- I`m new. Anyways, I`m doing Ironman Canada in August. It`s hot there in August- very hot- and it's hard...
Started by Ky. Last reply by Pete May 7.
Was going along very nicely on 36 week long course plan and have stalled a bit with first 5 weeks of Competitive phase. My legs, especially riding are just not recovering. Have reduced both intensi...
Started by Mark Woodhouse. Last reply by Mike Llerandi May 21.
Hello Mike, I'm following your 36-week program to do my first half ironman on august, 23. In week 9 of comp. season of the program (july, 19), there's a 2k swim/60k bike/15k run race I really woul...
Started by Dominique. Last reply by Mike Llerandi Apr 30.
hey mike... question about your ultra training plan. i think this may be on other's minds also. Specifically on the bike... tomorrow's workout (Competative season week 1), includes a bike main set ...
Started by John Broderick. Last reply by John Broderick May 26.
Similar to the marathon before a race, but my questions goes one step further I think. I was wondering how people are balancing their racing schedule with the training program. Some of my tri race...
Started by Brian Teller Apr 14.
Hi everyone! I am currently training for IMMOO 2009, using the 36 week plan. My question is : Has anybody used this plan to do IMMOO, and if so, do you feel there was enough cycling in the plan to ...
Started by Mark. Last reply by Dave Mar 14.
I am doing IMCDA on June 21, 2009. I've already planned on a half-IM on April 18th as a tune up race and just to see where I'm at. Would you suggest doing a marathon or would the recovery take away...
Started by Teri. Last reply by Teri Mar 2.
Mike, I'm coming back from a couple of strained quads (yep, two). I've used your plan three times for various IM races, but this year I decided to focus on a half-iron distance in November. What r...
Started by Kevin. Last reply by Mike Llerandi Feb 26.
So right now I am just starting week 4 of the pre-season plan(week 6 total). I use a bike trainer at home, run outside for most of the runs, use an indoor track for the track workouts, and swim at ...
Tagged: Ultra-plan, Swim
Started by Sasquatch. Last reply by Sasquatch Jan 27.
I'm following the 36 week long course plan & have been doing the Tuesday bike and run separately (ie. early morning ride and lunchtime run, which works out better for my schedule). Was that the...
Started by Mark Woodhouse. Last reply by Mike Llerandi Jan 27.
Mike, I am in week 5 of the plan training for IM Louisville. I have done several marathons and 3 years ago did some olympic distance tri's. I have always wanted to do an IM. I turn 40 this year so...
Started by Steven T. McLean. Last reply by John Sherman Jan 24.
Thought I would share this with the group -- there are 10 slots available for this year's IMLP, provided that you agree to fund raise for a very worthy cause: "Team Cindy" representing the Brain An...
Started by Mike Llerandi Jan 14.
I recently received this email: "Hi Mike currently in comp week 3 in prep for ironman sa in april,but will be racing the 1/2 ironman on sunday 18- 01-2009 should i just do an easy week maybe a tap...
Started by Mike Llerandi Jan 12.
Hi There, My Ironman is at April 2010. My Swimming ability is poor and I find the swimming sessions in the plan too hard for me. Since the IM is so far away and the ROI of swimming is very low I'm ...
Tagged: swim
Started by Boaz Zimmerman. Last reply by Boaz Zimmerman Jan 11.
I just started the 36 week plan for IMlou. I am doing the first two weeks twice(couldnt wait to get started). Is anyone doing Louisville and has anyone done it in the past with mikes pragram? Just ...
Started by kevin. Last reply by Brian Teller Mar 17.
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