July Ironman Challenge (open)

butters1

Welcome new and returning triathletes!

The traditional challenge is to complete Ironman Triathlon mileage in the 30 days of June
--Swimming 2.4 Miles
--Biking 112 miles
--Running 26.2 miles

You may modify your mileage goals to suit your specific circumstances (e.g., distance changes, no pool access, goals, etc.) just set and declare those goals at the beginning of the month. It must still be a combination of running/walking, biking, and swimming we all love.

All skill levels welcome! We traditionally have some phenominal tri athletes here and some working toward their first sprint tri's. Feel free to Friend request those you find interesting, alot of support here goes on behind the scenes. Anyone may FR me.

We'll use this forum all month to log and report our mileage. You can log daily or weekly-- whatever keeps you motivated!

*****If you have any upcoming events in July, please list them with your goals, so we can cheer you on!*********

Love this group

butters1

After a succesful month of June, I'm going to stick to the traditional ironman for July.

Goals for July:
--Swimming 2.4 Miles
--Biking 112 miles
--Running 26.2 miles

Races scheduled:
none. yet.

Cgirlish

I'm in will post my goal once I see how June ends

ironmom77

I'm all in for the Ironman.

montykirk

Great Idea! I like those goals. I competed in one Duathlon and ran my first half-marathon last summer. I would really like to get myself ready for a sprint tri. The swimming scares me. I can swim.... but more for leisure rather than distance or competition.


I'll go with the Ironman distances for July.

Swim: 2.4 miles
Cycle: 112 miles
Run: 26.2 miles


I will also be riding in Terre Haute, Indiana on July 14th in the "Hauteans-in-motion ride".... either 50 miles or metric century ride (67 miles)

crux

This next two months are my build period before actually racing Ironman Wales in September. That means ever more training... I have one week mid July that will be low volume due to work, but apart from that i'm trying to kill it in July. so....

Monthly goals

Swim 15 miles
Ride 500 miles
Run 110 miles

My legs ache just thinking about it :grumble:

butters1

Great Idea! I like those goals. I competed in one Duathlon and ran my first half-marathon last summer. I would really like to get myself ready for a sprint tri. The swimming scares me. I can swim.... but more for leisure rather than distance or competition.

I did my first sprint 6/24. There is no reason to worry about the swim if you can make the distance.:) There were plenty of non expert swimmers there.

& sounds like a great bike race. Yay!

---

@crux - wow.

nirvi9

I'm in for July. I'm training for my first 2 tris this summer (a "Try a Tri" on Aug. 4th and a sprint on Sept. 1).

I'll go for the full Ironman distance (put into kms for my Canadian self..)

Swim: 2.4 miles (3.9 km)
Cycle: 112 miles (180km)
Run: 26.2 miles (42km)

I feel like the bike might be hard for me to get in this month, but I'll give it a shot.

FTIM2015

I'm gonna go for the 70.3 (I want to do Ironman UK 70.3 next yr)

Swim; 1.2 miles
Bike, 56 miles
Run, 13.1 miles

jillystjohn

I'm doing IMKY in Aug. What a fun forum to follow.

ka97

I'm in! Looking my the calendar it will definitely be a challenge but I'm going to try for the traditional 2.4 swim, 112 bike, and 26.2 run in July.
I have an Olympic Distance race scheduled for July 15

Masterdo

I'm in! I almost did it in June without really trying, so this time I will do it

Swimming : 4km
Biking : 500km
Running : 50 km

That's slightly more than the Ironman for the run, and more than double for the bike, but I bike commute so it should be ok.

Good luck everyone, especially Crux with his ramp up month

AngelofMusic13

I'm going for the traditional distance again. If I surpass all of them again this month, I'll up next months.

carolinagirl7

July goals

swim 2.4 miles
walk 26.2 miles
bike 112 miles

No races scheduled this month...though I am volunteering at one! Good luck this month everyone

butters1

7-1 Bike 25.2 On the board

Totals:
Swim 0
Bike 25.2
Run 0

ooOOooGravy

OK im back, big month for me

Targets:

Swim: 3
Bike: 140
Run: 85

5K Race on 28th. See how things go......

1/7 Run 4.3

Completed (Target)
Swim: 0 (3)
Bike: 0 (140)
Run: 4.3 (85)

carolinagirl7

July 1st walk 3.4 miles
July 2nd walk 3.1 miles


July goals:
swim 0/ 2.4 miles
walk 6.5/26.2 miles
bike 0/112 miles

dinos

Targets

Swim 2.4
Run/Walk 26.2
Bike 112

Totals

Swim 0
Run 2.22
Bike 5.28

mjrnner

Hi,
I'm still pretty new to MFP, but this seems like a good group for me.
I am training for a sprint - my first in 5 years and since having 2 kids!

I haven't ever tracked mileage cumulatively like this before so I will set my goal and see how it goes....I think the bike miles will be the biggest challenge as I have trouble finding the time!

Swim - 2.4
Run 3.1/26.2
Bike 20/112

7/1 - 5k race (3.1) & 20m bike - big day!
7/2 - 3 mile walk (not logging above)



(also, if anyone has similar goals, please feel free to add me - would love some "tri" friends on here

tyrtill

I'm going to try to do the standard:

--Swimming 2.4 Miles
--Biking 112 miles
--Running 26.2 miles

I'm sure I can do the biking but it should be fun to try to do the swimming and running.

Here's my sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Almh55W4bRn2dEVlZmk3MERWN0RMcGxiQUFuUk1VVUE

I'll try to update on the thread too.

July 3rd Totals

Bike: 25.6 mi
Run/Walk: 2 mi
Swim: .12 mi

ka97

Goals:
swim - 2.4
bike - 112
run - 26.2

July 1 - 1ml swim, 10ml bike
July 2 - 5ml run
July 3 - 16ml bike

Totals:
swim - 1ml
bike - 26mls
run - 5mls

ooOOooGravy

1/7 Run 4.38
2/7 Run 5.82
3/7 Swim 0.8
3/7 Bike 20.19

Completed (Target)
Swim: 0.8 (3)
Bike: 20.19 (140)
Run: 10.2 (85)

dinos

Completed (Target)

Swim 0 (2.4)
Bike 8.53 (112)
Run/walk 7.33 (26.2)

Cgirlish

I'm back for july

goals swim - all classes plus 5 extra pool workouts and one open water swim
bike 112- will be harder without my 40 mile bike ride this month
run 26.2 .... just missed last month with 25.5

butters1

7-1 Bike 25.2
7-4 Run/walk Intervals (treadmill) 4 + Spinning bike 5

Totals:
Swim 0
Bike 30.2
Run 4

dinos

Completed (Target)

Swim 0 (2.4)
Bike 16.11 (112)
Run/walk 9.15 (26.2)




[/quote]

mjrnner

Swim 0 (2.4)
Run 5.1 (26.2)
Bike 30 (112)

7/1 - 5k race (3.1) & 20m bike - big day!
7/2 - 3 mile walk (not logging above)
7/3
7/4
7/5 - 10 mile bike, 2 mile run

montykirk

So far this week to start July:

Swim: 0 (Booooo!)
Run: 0 (Booooo!)
Bike: 70 miles


Planning to run/walk tomorrow morning! It has been over 100 degrees everyday for the last 2 weeks here in Indiana! It's ridiculous. I have to get out super early otherwise it's just miserable right now.

Anyone else struggling with the heat?

carolinagirl7

July 3rd 17.2 miles bike
July 4th swim 0.55 miles
July 5th bike 16.2 miles

July goals:
swim 0.55/ 2.4 miles
walk 6.5/26.2 miles
bike 33.4/112 miles

dperich1968

bump for later, the other passion that pays my bills is calling.

Masterdo

"Minor" setback for my challenge, my seatpost broke in half, with a piece left stuck inside the frame. And since it's an old bike (8 years), and that seatpost hadn't move in 6 years, it's pretty much welded there now

Bike replacement will arrive on the 18th or so, I doubt I'll have time to make up for the lost time to get to 500km

Next month! Run and swim though, it's still on!