Case Study: The 40% swimming Ironman training plan with Lars Finanger | EP#155

Episode 155 (Monday 12 November)

Lars Finanger is another case study showing how when you don't have a lot of available time to train, you need to be very smart and make the most with the time you have. Lars finished Ironman Texas 2017 in a sub-9:30 time, on less than 9 hours of training per week. The most surprising thing about his training is that roughly 40% of it was swimming!

 

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

-A big-picture overview of Lars' build to Ironman Texas

-An example of a typical training week for him (which was always less than 9 hours)

-Factors outside of the actual Ironman training that Lars focused on to achieve a fast time

-Lars' top tips for time-crunched age-groupers and their Ironman training

-Swimrun events in the US: Lars is the race director of Casco Bay Islands, Boston Harbor Islands, and San Juan Islands

 

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LINKS AND RESOURCES:

• All previous case studies on That Triathlon Show
• Case Study: Sub-9 Ironman on low-volume, high-quality training with Carl Brümmer | EP#145
• Case Study: 10:30 at Challenge Roth on 10 hours of training per week with Petri Karvinen | EP#150
• All previous Swimrun episodes on That Triathlon Show
• The Nine Hour Per Week Ironman Training Experiment - Slowtwitch article
• Swimrun USA website (with races Casco Bay Islands, Boston Harbor Islands, and San Juan Islands)
• Lars' Twitter

 

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