triathlon year plan

ok before people reply to this thread please answer these two questions if both = no please don't reply unless you think you have something extra you could put in the topic

1)have you competed in a triathlon yourself or a long endurance event yourself (more then 1 1/2 hours)?

2)Do you know my background and determination to succeed?

ok abit of background reminder

in the past year i have completed a 5km swimathon in april completing it in 1 hour 44 minutes, a triathlon end of september and recently did a 20km running event with another one in just over a week.

my main goal for the triathlons next year is to get in sub 2.30 time, my biggest weakest going into this year triathlon was my running which since the event i have started to improve on.

at the end of april i will be redoing the swimathon and trying to break the 1 hour 30 minute mark, so between january and april focus on cardio will be mainly swimming except biking to work and maybe a few sunday running events (to keep running ok)

now for the triathlon part my half plan (outside the training we did last year) is to some triathlons on route the big one next year (virgin london triathlon) which is september 22nd i believe. the other one i'm thinking of doing are on the following dates:

june 17th
july 1st
september 9th

now will this be to much for building upto the big one or keep this be the basis of the perfect plan to get to sub 2.30 time?

I've been thinking about doing an olympic triathlon next Summer. Bicycling and running are my best parts because I cycle like 100km/week and I don't think 10km running is too much for me because have ran it many times before.

I'll start training my training in next 2 months when I really stop my bicycling season. My worst part is really swimming. I am not a bad swimmer but not even close good enough to swim 1500m freestyle or anything. Winters in Finland are very cold so I think I spent ALL of my triathlon training time in swimming for the next 4-5 months and after that I will be doing mix of bicycling, running and swimming every week.

Haven't done anything like this before so I'm very enthusiastic participating in a real triathlon

Yeh light cardio work would be possible. But as far as I understood you will do triathlons as "test" runs - so there are all 3 disciplines. Its not like a running race and then you go for a swim the next day... You have all in one. And you need to recover from all...

And its also a matter on how hard you push. My usual race preparations include interval training and endurance speed work - meaning close to race pace at close to race distance --- weekly. And that was quite intense - at least for me. I wont be able to do such a training directly after a "test" race. Because I would push myself to my limits. I for myself would definitely needs some recovery days/weeks (depending on the distance). Where I would only do (very) light or no trainings.

Still recommending the june event or none at all or a private event (if it is possible). In a private event you wont be as fast as in a public event, but it should be a test anyhow?

Although I do love triathlons and have  been doing it for 3 years now I am nowhere near an expert.  To put things in perspective, my last olympic triathlon I finished in 3 hours and 3 minutes which was exactly 60 minutes behind the #1 finisher and I was HAPPY That time put me in the top 30% of my age category believe it or not.  Both the cycling and running had a lot of vertical so it was fairly brutal, I was very happy to finish the 10k run and feel good at the finish line. 

Having exposed my level of in-expertise, I would worry that doing back to back olympic length triathlons two weeks apart is asking for injury - unless you will be treating them as just training exercises and not going all out. 

What if you skipped the July 1st triathlon and instead did a half marathon a few weeks later?

real coon mate!, I gotta get my arse into gear if I wanna compete with u haha!, back in the pool monday, I'll start with a mile, then I'll up by 10 a week!!