https://www.boards.ie/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:24:30 +0000 en training plan — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin' https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057461230/half-to-full-marathon-16-weeks Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:41:57 +0000 Training Logs oirishfruitie 2057461230@/discussions
Ran my third half marathon at the weekend.
1:57. Happy enough with it as I started too fast, i hadn't done much training and I was out the night before!
But now the real training starts and I need to get serious.

16 weeks until Dublin marathon.
Does anyone have a training programme they can recommend to me. I googled and always seem to arrive at a paying one.

Would people recommend the Athlone 3/4 for a biggie before Dublin?

All advice appreciated. It's quite daunting thinking I'll have to double the half!

Thanks
Oirishfruitie]]> https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057388661/wicklow-200-training-plan Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:08:29 +0000 Cycling Dapos 2057388661@/discussions
Just wondering does anyone have any good training plan for the Wicklow 200 for someone who is trying it for the first time.

I only started cycling last year and the most I did was the 130km Leinster loop (just over 4:30 hours). At the moment evenings are too short for cycling so aiming to do a bit in the gym and go for a long cycle in the weekends.

Any advice would be great. Been trying to work on core too to avoid backpain.]]> https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056852641/half-ironman-training-plan Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:40:03 +0000 Triathlon / Duathlon / Adventure Racing ChickenBalls 2056852641@/discussions
I don't have a program as of yet and I know there's lots out there so I wanted to ask the experienced boards.ie triathlete's what they recommend, be it online or a book I should buy - having info on both options would be good thou.

One big question I have is, do I need to train by heart rate and if so how often? I've read it's important to do this but not sure how much my training should be incorporated as part of it.

Another big part of this training is that it's not going to be based exactly on a strict training program you guys recommend but around my lifestyle (cycling to work, running at lunchtime which I currently do...) - The benefit of the program is that I know how much I need to be doing each week as that's what I'm not sure about. For example my average week is currently something like this, run 25 miles a week, swim 3km, cycle (only twice in last 2 months which is terrible!) but say for example 150/200km a week. My cycle to work is 24km each way which I plan to do 2/3 times a week with a brick session on the weekend (start with 40/50km cycle and 5km run).

Anyway, feel free to ask me questions and appreciate anyone pointing me in the right direction.

K.]]>