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Below is a sample of recent athlete feedback.  

It is pretty neat to see my training formulas validated time and again
by athletes from such varied and far away places----also interesting to see
how much we all enjoy the process of challenging ourselves to be better, and
the satisfaction that comes with such an accomplishment.

Short version, 3 athletes from very different places and backgrounds, m2 training, all these 
folks are consistent in their training and do the workouts as written which I know because 
they send back their Training Logs.  Hence, all the key ingredients to making progress;

*** A coherent plan like M2's
*** Consistency in training
*** Proper execution of the workouts

Ross Denford		Australia; experienced athlete, triathlete, cyclist
Rasheed Saleuddin	London; medium experienced; travels a lot, pretty diligent; averages 4hrs/week on CT, 
 			just did 410 mile training week/camp in Lanzarote and handled it no problem.  
                        The boilerplate training regurgitators must be aghast
                        at such a feat with no "base" training.
Chang Min Chew          Malaysia; just completed his 2nd IM Malaysia, brutal 
                        conditions, went faster, enjoyed it a whole lot more,
                        AND TRAINED LESS, which is to say smarter.

----- Original Message ----- From: jan denford 
To: Michael Mccormack 
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 12:28 AM 
Subject: Re: ross denford

Thanks Michael, can¡¦t wait to get the last 4 week block.

Just an update to keep you informed yesterday I did a road ride which we call death 
valley (80km of savage hills) although I'm not a climber (you know the old saying ... 
to sort the fat from the fit find a hill) well they found a hill. (still working on 
the fat aspect). 

By the time we pulled in to the coffee shop for a break I was only 3min of the pace, 
however from there on it was a different story.  I slipped into your road intensity 
training taking care of keeping my cadence between 88-95 whereever possible.  
It seemed like I hit a new level as even the fittest rider in our group couldn't hold 
my wheel in the last 45" race pace (pay back for the hills) home. 

I have been riding for many years now and have taken podium positions in nation 
comps but I have never felt like I felt.  I can only attribute it to your excellent 
training principles.  To put it in Aussie term's "Bloody good stuff Mate" 

Cheers for now,  
Ross 
Australia


----- Original Message ----- From: rasheed_saleuddin@westlb.co.uk 
To: mccormack.m@comcast.net 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 1:55 AM 
Subject: Lanzarote feedback.. Next?

Hi Michael - 

I did as you suggested over the past week ("Rasheed, a great week for you to generally 
get out there and do it! Reserve space for basic common sense, 
but use this trip as an opportunity to stretch the boundaries, test your mettle,
and enjoy.") 

The group I ended up with were very, very good cyclists with lots of miles done over 
the winter, and I was able to stay with them (leading sometimes!) on the flats and 
moderate hills. Surprisingly, I was not far off on the steep windy hills of Lanzarote 
first or second up of the strongish-but-not-climber cyclists).   The m2 EA workouts 
really showed their worth (especially on 4-ish hours cycling a week!) , though there 
is clearly room for improvement. 

Most of my cycling was climbing (working on my weakness), and I am well exhausted but 
not burned out by the 410+ miles of cycling. 

Anyway, I am keen to take it to the next level!.... so what do have for me next? 

Regards, 
Rasheed 
London England


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Chang Min Chew 
To: mccormack.m@comcast.net 
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 2:44 AM
Subject: IM

Hi Michael,

I had a good race. My time improved by 33 minutes. I went from 13 hours 28 minutes 
last year to 12 hours 55 minutes this year on a very hot and unforgiving day. I don’t 
know whether you followed the race on ironmanlive who reported that the temperature 
hit 37° C . 

The bike went well. I concentrated on maintaining a 85 to 95 rpm cadence. I think I 
slowed a bit in the second loop. I also stopped 3 times in the second loop to have 
an ice shower due to the heat. It helped a lot and I finished the last 40km feeling 
strong. In fact I caught quite a few riders in the last 40km. They probably faded 
towards the end. 

For once I passed a lot of people on the bike---thanks to the many sessions on the 
computrainer. You are right when you said that the computrainer is the best training 
tool one can get. My bike was faster by 15 minutes despite the very difficult 
conditions and 3 stops.

I finished the bike feeling ready to run though I sat in the run tent for close 
to 9 minutes to drink and get a leg and foot massage. It was really hot !

In the end I discovered that my legs had enough zip to keep going. You are right 
about having one long run under 3 hours before the race and not doing too many 
of them.

I also finished the race wanting to do another IM. When I finished last year’s race, 
I did not want to do another IM.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Chang Min