July Ironman Challenge (open)

butters1 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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

ironmom77 · June 2012

I'm all in for the Ironman.

montykirk · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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

ka97 · June 2012

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 · July 2012

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 · July 2012

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

carolinagirl7 · July 2012

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 · July 2012

7-1 Bike 25.2 On the board

Totals:
Swim 0
Bike 25.2
Run 0

ooOOooGravy · July 2012

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 2012

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 · July 2012

Targets

Swim 2.4
Run/Walk 26.2
Bike 112

Totals

Swim 0
Run 2.22
Bike 5.28

mjrnner · July 2012

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 · July 2012

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 · July 2012

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

July Ironman Challenge (open)

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