STurns,
Congrats on the IMC. I am just about to do one. Where did you do it, and how long did it take? Can you expand on the nature of your training sessions?
I have been waiting to do a residential course consisting of a block of 15-hours over 5 weekdays, but have now concluded that the chances of the UK weather holding out for 5 consecutive days is virtually zero. I will probably now have to fit it in as-and-when, like my PPL, but I think continuity suffers this way.