The amount of material out there on diet and training for this type of thing is immense and extremely diverse -- and common logic need not apply for dieting. One ultramarathoner swears by a totally vegan diet, while Micheal Phelps eats an absurd amount of eggs and meat. One of the original great Olympians, back in the original games, apparently ate an entire cow heart every day (source unavailable). Conventional wisdom is out the window when 7,000+ calories are burned per day.
Exercise plans seem a little more straightforward. I have done P90X, learned Chirunning when I started that, and am focusing on Total Immersion swimming technique. Perhaps its because of great experiences with Yoga, but I like the holistic approaches to these things.
I can't rightly afford a coach, so I'm going with the next best thing for the training: my Garmin 305 gps watch. I can sync it up with plans over at trainingpeaks.com . For no particular reason I've decided to go with Joe Friel's base building plan (hes written the current go-to book on IM distance triathlons). It seems like a good starting place to me.
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