The Riddle of an Ironman's Life
Base,Base, Base!!! You have to develop your aerobic engine and the bigger the base, the more solid the foundation, the higher the peak. Build gradually, steadily
and frequently, interspersed with regular recovery sessions.
Putting in the hard yards!
The more consistent the pressure you put on your plumbing system(cardiovascular) the better and the best way to do that is to train at a more consistent ‘effort’ level in base training, so be careful of taking the hard/easy methodology of training too literally.
I am a great believer in what I call steady state running. In an ideal world, discovering your aerobic threshold, lactate turnpoints and key heart rate zones would be great,
but it is not absolutely necessary. Steady state running is running just beyond
conversational pace and upwards and there are two ways to judge when you have
‘maximised’ this form of training. (In other words just below the red line…
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The Riddle of an Ironman's Life 