Training for the Ironman
Training Summary:
| Training Period | 6/12/2007 – 6/20/2008 |
| Average Hours of training per week | 6.47 hours/week |
| Average hours per week in last 3 months | 8.79 hours/week |
| Total miles swum | 40 |
| Total miles run | 975 miles |
| Total miles biked | 1588 miles |
Note that the time spent per week doesn’t include getting equipment ready, recording training, finding routes, driving to rides/runs, extra showers, etc. In other words, this is just exercise time not all the additional time (and this was significant) spent getting ready fro the Ironman
Graphs
Below are some training graphs for what it took for me to train for the Ironman:
Average and Total hours per week:
The week with over 30 hours included a 29 hour adventure race.
If you just look at the 3 months prior, the average jumps to 8.79 hours/week:
Total Workout Time by Activity (percent):
Run 40%, Bike 31%, Swim 11%, Other 18%
Distance by Activity:
Total Workout Time by Activity (hours):
Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:24:00 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) 
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