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• Jun 05, 2013

  Half-Ironman (70.3) triathlon training plan, 3-to-1 or 2-to-1 training cycles?

  Good morning, Gale. My name is Rob and I am a self-coached triathlete who purchased your 2nd Edition of Training Plans for Multisport Athletes book. I am very excited to delve into all the plans; but, for now I do have one question regarding modifying the 27-week half-Ironman (70.3) plan. Before I ask my question, as a point of reference I used another coach last year training for my first Ironman. During that time the coach had me follow a 3-to-1 work-recovery week cycle with more training hours than shown in your plan. I ended up sick six times during...

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